Leading Learning

JUNE 17, 2021

It’s helpful to have an understanding of e-learning course creation, from coordinating subject matter experts (SMEs) and writing scripts to using rapid authoring tools, when creating a successful learning experience. She currently serves on the board of ATD Detroit. The post Effectively Training a Global Audience: What Works?

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Associations Now

MARCH 22, 2017

Technology and automation tools are some of the biggest drivers of a shift to joint membership. The biggest advantage to joint membership is that national and chapter dues are rolled together in one payment, and typically there’s a savings passed on to the member.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Over two decades, an ambitious firm has grown from startup subsidiary to the established maker of a tool used by millions. It came from Detroit. Hint: It’s probably in your car.) The reason the company has managed to hold on for so long has much to do with its ever-evolving data strategy. It’s still going strong.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Some associations aimed to not just document and promote through social media but also equip professionals with the digital tools for success in their industries. Other events, like the 2014 Meeting of the Minds conference held in Detroit, spoke to the need to recognize the potential of economically distressed areas throughout the country.

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Associations Now

APRIL 30, 2013

“The problem isn’t limited to drivers who text on their smartphones,” said Ellen Bloom, the senior director of federal policy for Consumers Union, to The Detroit Bureau. These guidelines are aimed at getting automakers to focus on safer tools in the dash that take less of your attention away from the road.”.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 22, 2016

In an effort to save money, the cash-strapped city had decided to stop acquiring water from Detroit, instead planning to join a new project that would source water from a pipeline into Lake Huron. The crisis in Flint is rooted in a decision made while the city was under control of an emergency manager appointed by the state.

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Achieve

MAY 22, 2016

I talked with him about the incredible work by millennials in Detroit who are fed up with the current economic situation and are building sustainable business models to reinvent neighborhoods. I quickly countered with the power virtual reality is having on individuals whether they are 80 or 8, or can give $50,000 or $5.

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Idea Architects

APRIL 1, 2012

In this edition, explore tools for environmental scanning and trend watching, examples of game dynamics being applied by real-world companies and associations, and a handy tool for tracking and maintaining personal productivity. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Staying Aware of Societal Trends and Innovations.

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Idea Architects

DECEMBER 5, 2011

These scientific tools are complemented by the specific roles identified by IDEO, one of the worlds most innovative product design firms, in The Ten Faces of Innovation : Anthropologist. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Experimenter. 28, Columbia, CAI-SC Annual Conference. 1, Columbus, OFA & ANLA Staff Workshop.

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Idea Architects

JANUARY 6, 2012

Well explore some of the values and beliefs required for effective facilitation, best and worst practices, tools and techniques, common group and individual situations, and different facilitation environments (including virtual) or meeting purposes. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. 28, Columbia, CAI-SC Annual Conference.

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Idea Architects

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Every Fridays post will focus on some tool, technique, or situation related to facilitation, a skill I believe to be fundamental for anyone, bother personally and professionally. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. If three emails a week is too much for you, subscribing via RSS feed might be a better option. Blog Archive.

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Idea Architects

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

I led two breakout sessions (links to slides provided): the first focused on tools and techniques for enhancing creative, critical, and constructive thinking, and the other explored the everyday practices of innovative individuals. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. 28, Columbia, CAI-SC Annual Conference. Blog Archive.

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Idea Architects

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Its a very hands-on event and we explore facilitation fundamentals, tools and techniques for meetings and discussions, and how to manage common group dynamics situations. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. We had 45 folks in July, so a great community of learners gets engaged. Please join us if this event is of interest.

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Idea Architects

APRIL 16, 2012

I am a huge believer in the value of record-keeping in volunteer organizations and regularly preach the power of checklists as a vital tool in project management (you have read The Checklist Manifesto , right?). 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Um, simply the past records for a neighborhood association event I am helping plan.

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Idea Architects

JULY 20, 2012

Tools like decision-making grids or Edward deBonos Six Thinking Hats can help ensure thorough consideration of alternatives an evaluation of the selected options using common criteria. Regardless of the tools used or process selected, some of the core questions facilitators must help groups answer include: 1. Blog Archive.

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Idea Architects

MARCH 4, 2012

Structure and strategy are merely tools to accomplish mission and vision, not things to be preserved at all costs. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Regretfully, the ways in which core values and purpose are realized over time becomes seen as the ends in and of themselves as opposed to a means to a greater end. Blog Archive.

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Idea Architects

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

It is all too easy to focus conversations about designing better learning experiences on tools, techniques, and logistics. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. It is the sound advice that helped keep me challenged as a meeting planner when I was designing an event I had already reimagined several times. Blog Archive. Blog Archive.

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Idea Architects

JULY 2, 2012

Turn your participant directory from an address book into a true networking tool by adding two fields on the registration form and then publishing them in the directory: (1) topics I want to learn more about, and (2) topics I could be a resource on for others. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Blog Archive. Blog Archive.

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Idea Architects

JUNE 8, 2012

Affinity diagrams are one effective tool for managing this issue. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Effective facilitation ensures that they each get heard, but in an efficient manner so that the bulk of the conversation can focus on the implications of the different perspectives. 28, Columbia, CAI-SC Annual Conference.

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Idea Architects

MARCH 9, 2012

You could begin the process prior to the first meeting or conversation, anonymously collecting and aggregating individuals ideas via an online tool like SurveyMonkey. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. 28, Columbia, CAI-SC Annual Conference. 1, Columbus, OFA & ANLA Staff Workshop. 2, Columbus, MORNING AVAILABLE-special rate.

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Idea Architects

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

I think this might be a great problem-solving tool for association members when they feel like they've run into a wall and aren't sure where to go. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Inspiration is everywhere - we just have to make the connections. :) Great list, Jeffrey! 28, Columbia, CAI-SC Annual Conference.

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Beth Kanter

JULY 30, 2012

” This could have created a public relations nightmare (It’s happened in the orchestra world when the Detroit Symphony musicians went on strike and used social media to air their concerns. Instead, these Goodwill employees went to their CEO. Karen Brown (@KarenRedRover) July 26, 2012.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 15, 2010

By engaging their own passions, his company created an experience for those visiting the Michelin exhibit at the Detroit Auto Show. Big data is often beyond our cognitive ability to understand — why we need tools to make sense of it. Art is a tool we use to learn about past civilizations. What’s happening with data?

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Associations Now

AUGUST 12, 2015

In my five days in Detroit, I heard a litany of ideas, questions, and discussions about association membership, both in Learning Labs and in informal conversation. Here are four takeaways that stood out, including the definition of engagement and the next big threat to membership stability.

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Idea Architects

MAY 4, 2012

That is the most important tool we bring to any meetings or conversations we facilitate. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. And perhaps the best way to find our own voice is simply to. let our voice speak, to listen to it with great intention, and to make. as much meaning of it as we are equipped to do at any particular point.

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Idea Architects

JULY 6, 2012

Visuals are a critical tool as we work to help participants make connections and make meaning from what unfolds. Tweets are visuals increasingly being incorporated as visual records during a session ( in Twitter wall form ) or being curated and repurposed using a tool like Storify following a session to tell the story of what occurred.

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Associations Now

JUNE 20, 2017

But it also brought in people who might not otherwise engage with Bezos, like Madonna, who saw an opportunity to help her hometown of Detroit: @JeffBezos #Detroit @empowermentplan @DETBoxingGym @DetroitAcademy pic.twitter.com/UAIq5IRpRd. — Madonna (@Madonna) June 17, 2017.

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