The Hourglass Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Next Steps for Association Innovation. This is an exciting time for the WSAE Innovation Task Force. First of all, our white paper on association innovation is nearly finished. We’re looking for appropriate venues to publish and/or present the paper, and encourage your suggestions and help in disseminating it.

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Association Adviser

JULY 13, 2016

READER NOTE: To learn more about content management outsourcing, view our related webinar featuring Liz Richards, CEO of the Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association and Jill Andreu, VP of Content Strategy & Development, Naylor Association Solutions. Social media. Follow through, consistency and innovation.

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The Hourglass Blog

JULY 17, 2010

Principles of Innovation. The fourth meeting of the WSAE Innovation Task Force was held on July 16, 2010. For those of you new to this conversation, Im heading up an effort for my state society to define an evidence-based model of innovation for the association community. Im also blogging about it here.

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The Hourglass Blog

JANUARY 31, 2011

The Innovation Hub for Associations. Ive been blogging about my work with the Innovation Task Force of the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives for a while now. Its called the Innovation Hub for Associations , and can be accessed here. The core of the site can be found under the "Innovation Model" tab. at 9:18 PM.

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Membership Marketing

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Innovation through Collaboration. We are always looking for new innovative ways to do things better. So I wanted to share two items that I came across this week that attribute successful innovation to collaboration. It’s a modern strategy based on two assumptions. First, innovation is collaborative.

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The Hourglass Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2010

The Clinic of Innovation. Heres another fascinating post about innovation from the HBR blog. It describes the first-of-its-kind "Clinic of Innovation" at Oslo University Hospital--an internal unit within the hospital that is set-up to work like an outpatient health clinic.

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Tom Morrison

OCTOBER 22, 2009

So Why Social Media for Your Association? The world of business is changing every day, and it is critical for associations to tap into the innovations in technology to help enhance our value to members and create a connection between them that cannot be separated. There are numerous providers of social networking platforms.

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Aaron Wolowiec

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Included here may be research time to develop unique content, custom Prezi or PowerPoint presentations, innovative instructional strategies, interactive learning exercises, engaging discussion topics and supplementary handouts. original research, white papers). Dissemination of speaker resources (e.g.,

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High Context

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Thoughts On Strategy: If you can’t innovate now… If you are unable to innovate your web presence now you never will. Can social media be applied to your core strategies? Innovators are inherently optimistic people, which will really make you stand out from the crowd these days!

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Fri 12/2 at 10 a.m.* – Association Community (Coffee with Innovators). Darren Cambridge, an innovation strategist most recently with the American Council on Education, will lead us in dialogue on the vital topic of building and sustaining community. How to Drive Pipeline with an On-Demand Webinar Strategy. More info/register.

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The Hourglass Blog

MARCH 27, 2011

In my last post , I talked about something I called the Catch-22 of innovation. Your association wants to deliver new innovative products that meet the needs of your members, so you ask and poll them incessantly about their needs, wants and desires. Labels: Innovation , Umair Haque , WSAE. Innovation. Social Media.

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SCD Group

AUGUST 13, 2012

At the ASAE annual meeting Sunday (8/12/12), five panelists from five accredited association management companies shared 30 Marketing Tips in the Social Media Age. 4 Increase member engagement with your social media tools by providing hands on training and support at your annual meeting. Strategy | Content | Discovery.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 26, 2011

This is part two of my reaction to Jeff De Cagnas excellent article on business model innovation for associations in the April 2011 issue of Associations Now. The WSAE white paper on innovation calls this understanding the mind of your community. Labels: Innovation , Jeff De Cagna , WSAE. Image source. at 9:10 PM.

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SCD Group

AUGUST 12, 2012

In fact, I’ve heard it said that content is the currency of Social Media. ” Images, text, video, audio, animation and illustration assets can all be reshaped, stretched, mashed up and rendered anew across blogs, websites, video channels, eBooks, white papers, tradeshow displays and more ( see 42 ideas for using content ).

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The Hourglass Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

This is part of an on-going dialogue between Eric Lanke and Jeff De Cagna on the work of the WSAE Innovation Task Force and the status of innovation in the association community. For Jeff’s first post on why innovation is critical to the future of associations, go here. For an introduction to this dialogue, go here.

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SCD Group

AUGUST 6, 2012

Are American Companies (associations) Headed for a Succession Crisis White Paper (19 pages) by Sarah Sladek and Bob LaBombard via Affiniscape The quick answer is Yes! Strategy | Content | Discovery. Under Armour’s race to discover innovative fitness. Social Media & Internet have replaced 2 of top 3 r.

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Association Subculture

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

I navigated a world of suits and Dilbert-esque arguments over policies, procedures and white papers. The magical world of social media accelerated the hunt. Shelly’s favorite words are change, vision, strategy, tactics, learning, teaching and Lord of the Rings. innovation. (6). social media. (3).

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Even with all the technological innovations revolutionizing membership recruitment strategies in today’s world, the membership brochure remains a mainstay of membership marketing. Walk through how to use the Toolkit to assess your organization and to plan future strategy to create a more ethical workplace. Host: Results Direct.

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Association Adviser

OCTOBER 13, 2016

This disconnect may be related to a lack of measurement or the inability to record reader engagement, according to my colleague Jill Andreu, VP Content Strategy and Development for Naylor Association Solutions ,who will be hosting a webinar about our findings later this month. Jill Andreu, Naylor Association Solutions.

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Membership Marketing

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Innovation through Collaboration. Cost of Wrong Strategy. (8). growth strategies. (4). Growth Strategy. (43). Membership marketing strategy. (17). Social Media. (5). Social Networking. (6). White Paper. (4). . ► November. (2). ► October. (4). ► September. (3).

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Membership Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Innovation is a must:” 5. This book serves as a wakeup call to remind marketers of the need to continue to research, innovate, test, and improve and to give those who do not see the need for change a warning of what could happen without action. Cost of Wrong Strategy. (8). growth strategies. (4). Growth Strategy. (43).

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Membership Marketing

APRIL 10, 2012

The bottom line is that association business models are broken and in need of radical innovation right away. The 23% of members who attend the annual meeting is likely to include some (and perhaps a great many) of the people who attend a seminar or participate in social media. News on Social Media and Membership Marketing.

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Association Subculture

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Management book after study after thesis after white paper on leadership has never even come close to detailing what an organization could or should be like the fiction of Star Trek does. You cant have innovation without it. innovation. (6). social media. (3). strategy. (5). innovation. (6).

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