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More Innovative or More Secure? Ask Your Board

Associations Now

Good thing, too, because cybersecurity and innovation are often at odds. The technical work that comes with running an organization of any kind offers up a natural tension that can at times prove difficult to get past. The answer, for most organizations, appears to be yes—if in need of some thoughtful updating from time to time.

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Lunchtime Links: Throw Away Your Best-Practices Handbook

Associations Now

How following industry best practices could hinder innovation. Holtzclaw, CEO of Laddering Works, writes for Inc.com that if you’re following best practices, you could lose an innovative touch and diverge from what your members actually need—or you could remain average. Also: Have a long to-do list?

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Book: The Network Weaver Handbook

Beth Kanter

My friend and colleague, June Holley , has written a much anticipated book, The Network Weaver Handbook. The Network Weaver Handbook is designed to give you skills and resources you need to build effective and innovative networks. Order it here.

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Three Reasons Your AMC’s Culture is Important

SBI

Culture drives innovation. For example, if an AMC hasn’t embraced technological innovation for itself, the odds it will embrace technology for a client are lower. How can a board better determine if an AMC prioritizes innovation? Of course, there is a caveat: an AMC can only drive innovation within an association so far.

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Onboarding the Board—Your Opportunity to Promote Peak Performance

.orgSource

Is it even possible in organizations where the staff has little control over who fills those seats? It’s a good idea to include people from outside your organization’s playing field who can introduce a different point of view and push the group forward.”. And individual participation is seldom evaluated in any meaningful way.

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8 Award-Winning Success Stories from Super Forum 2018

Higher Logic

Included dynamic text, based on country, to include different messaging on how the ASHRAE handbook would be delivered. Reviewing posts, prompting responses when needed, assisting community members, and keeping threads organized. Most Innovative Way of Using the Higher Logic MA Platform: American Association of Airport Executives.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 11.10.17

Reid All About it

And, unlike other organizations in your member’s world, your association has (and can get) the data to deliver personalized, if not hyper-personalized, content based on their unique wants and needs.”. If your organization has a webinar scheduled in the near future, please send me the link. “Members can find information anywhere.

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