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The 6 Forces Shaping the Future of Meetings

Associations Now

Indianapolis is a great example of this phenomenon: Salesforce bought marketing-tech success ExactTarget, enabling a cadre of newly-anointed entrepreneurs to launch their own ventures and startups, further spurring activity in the city. San Francisco, Las Vegas, and New York will entice attendees to take a day or two for themselves.

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Culture Choices for Associations: People vs Process; Game Plan vs Blueprint

SCD Group

While there is still an enormous gap between process-and-product-driven bureaucracies and knowledge-and-consumer-driven markets, there an increasing emphasis on the human elements of organizations and a need for strategic thinking capabilities rather than strategic planning processes. Great Leaders Learn Out Loud. posted by Chip R.

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