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The CEO’s Guide to Association Innovation

Association Adviser

When I say the word innovation to you, what feelings does this word evoke? In a recent research study association professionals reported that innovation is synonymous with risk, big expectations, large investments, long commitments and failure. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a guide to association innovation?

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.11.21

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Billhighway talked with Peter Houstle of Mariner Management and Christi Beatty of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) who are working together on AGC’s chapter benchmarking project. Christi shared lessons learned so far, including five prerequisites for a chapter benchmarking project. Event budgets. CAE credits.

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Common Trap for Association Professionals

Smooth The Path

He should be excited to take this leadership position. ” This happens all the time in association leadership because we are coming at everything with a different perspective than our members. ” “When you say the word innovation I worry that the projects will be too big and too risky.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 4.16.21

Reid All About it

Do you find yourself rushing to put out fires and never moving forward on big projects or initiatives? Innovative Remote Workplace. We invite you to participate in our Tech Cluster to talk about Innovative Remote Team Strategies. Amanda Ma, Founder and CEO, Innovate Marketing Group. More info/register. Wed 4/21 at 12 p.m.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.22.19

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They suggest working with your chapters on an onboarding plan that helps you learn about new members’ needs, introduce them to the chapter and association, and guide them onto the most relevant membership path. Dan Hickey at DelCor describes the seven steps your association should take when building a technology project team.

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Is it Day 1 or Day 2 for Associations?

Smooth The Path

In our Association Leadership Benchmarking Study , we found that some associations had far more autonomy from the board than others. Another behavior that enables quick decision making is using the phrase “disagree and commit” In essence, team members use this mindset, “I do not agree that this is the right direction.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.14.21

Reid All About it

Some of the highlighted trends are alarming: leaders are out of touch with employees and need a wake-up call, high productivity is masking an exhausted workforce, Gen Z is at risk and will need to be re-energized, and shrinking networks are endangering innovation. Vasan Selliah, Member Insight and Engagement Manager, CSAE.

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