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Jan
29

Micro-Learning Journey

In our careers, we are learning every day. The promise of new knowledge and challenges helps us get out of bed in the morning and make it to the office raring to go. No one wants a stagnant workplace, where their skills are taken for granted and each day feels the same as the last. Luckily, […]

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Jan
26

Technology: The Communication Enabler

We talk a lot about collaboration these days. We all want to reap the benefits of what company cross-pollination has to offer. But, how can we build authentic collaboration within our workplace and beyond? How do we go from identifying uncommunicative, silo culture as a general problem, to tackling it within our organizational spaces? As a […]

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Jan
25

What If: Imagining a New Association Business Model

Associations are no strangers to challenges. Recognizing, emphasizing, and working to overcome the common hurdles we face in our industry is a continuous and consistent feature of any associations’ efforts. The challenges we face, moreover, are further complicated when they are communal. Sometimes, systemic challenges are being tackled by a variety of professions (and, therefore, associations) […]

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Jan
19

Save the Date: SURGE is coming back!

Underpinning all our efforts at AssociationSuccess.org is a thesis: that the best, brightest, and boldest ideas come from minds meeting. Early November saw this thesis in action, with the unfolding of SURGE 2017, our free virtual summit, and our vanguard experiment in collaborative innovation. SURGE 2017 was a three-day virtual event, during which attendees had exclusive access […]

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Jan
18

Volunteers Vs. Staff: Overcoming Different Perspectives

One thing that associations all have in common is a sense of purpose.A vision of a common good is the axis upon which the internal workings of an association spins – or at least should spin. This distinctive aspect of the industry is disturbed by the fact that associations are also unique in their design: […]

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Jan
16

Three Metrics to Understand the Health of Your Brand

Brand is the personification of your association. Its purpose is to create an identity for your association that people can relate to. In the best of times, it is your biggest asset. In the worst of times, your biggest liability. The health of your brand functions just like personal health: it is vitally important and susceptible […]

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Jan
11

Lean Impact in Action

In my last article, I introduced lean principles, from the innovative philosophy for increasing efficiency championed by Eric Ries in The Lean Startup. The article touched on the ways it can be adapted for organizations in the social sector and the association industry. I want to dig deeper into the possibilities of putting lean approaches into action […]

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Jan
09

Why the CEO is the Key to Innovation

I am very American in that I believe in the underdog (or maybe this is less about being American and more about being a product of the 80’s?). I would like to think that what it takes to succeed is the will, the grit, and the tenacity to get to the end. As a staff […]

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Jan
08

Winning The Work at Home Game

During your commute, while you are sitting in traffic or wondering if public transportation will ever get you to the office, you start daydreaming about working at home. You think to yourself, “Oh, it would be so great. No commute and look at all that time I’d save. And it would be SO much less stressful. I […]

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Jan
04

It’s Competition Time!

We are searching for someone for whom learning is not just personal. Someone who is excited about learning for their own professional development, for the support and advancement of their own organization, and for the potential to inspire the greater association community. We are delighted to be able to give away one individual registration to Learning • […]

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