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Weave a Safety Net—Find the Right Strategic Partners

.orgSource

Nancy MacRae, CEO at the Emergency Nurses Association and Kristine Hillmer, President and CEO of the Wisconsin Restaurant Association , steered their members through the challenge. Here’s an example from my experience. Inspire and support the improvement or innovation of products or business practices.

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Resilience Rides the Waves of Disruption

.orgSource

But, it also means using the disruption to identify opportunities for innovation and growth and applying lessons learned to develop future initiatives. Kristine Hillmer, President and CEO at the Wisconsin Restaurant Association, described this experience to our audience at.orgCommunity’s recent leadership ColLAB event.

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What Do Successful Associations Have in Common? What We’re Learning from the Associations Thrive Podcast

MatrixG

For example, Lindsay Currie of CUR has a Board that practices anticipatory planning and has an innovation fund. For example, CASE updated its strategic plan and created a new career journey framework during the pandemic. For example, Russ Webb of the Bay Area Apartment Association has a FOMO (fear of missing out) event strategy.

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10 Tips for Facilitating Conversation About Big Ideas and Innovations

Idea Architects

It's been two weeks of innovation as I was one of the facilitators for last week's National Summit on Association Innovation sponsored by the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives and as a volunteer, helped champion this week's ASAE InnovationTalks campaign. Determine the right time and environment. Facilitate assertively.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.12.21

Reid All About it

Innovation method. WBT Systems introduces a new brainstorming and innovation tool: jootsing. Host: Wisconsin Society of Association Executives. In this panel discussion featuring four innovative association leaders, we’ll examine everything that 2020 brought with it: The good, the bad and the ugly. More info/register.

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The Carver Guide Series on Effective Board Governance by John Carver and Miriam Mayhew Carver

Eric Lanke

But several examples of ends policies in this Carver series have made me question the wisdom of that approach. Then, in keeping with the examples provided in the series, each of the points above would have their own ends policy.

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Working out Loud: Learning from Eric Lanke

Jamie Notter

He’s the CEO of the National Fluid Power Association, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and he writes on the best CEO-authored blogs out there. But in the context of our innovation matrix, the red lights also become part of our success. After all, innovation doesn’t happen without them.