There are three core areas of association growth: Mission impact, Members Profitable Revenue. Which is the organizing principle for the other two? Mission impact. Associations exist to deliver on their mission. Your mission is the core organizing principle of your association. A mission that drives growth must reach beyond membership and connect to everyone who […]
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Almost all of my clients and friends are always defending time for themselves. There is family, work (multiple projects), self-care and the need for downtime. Downtime is extremely important for processing everything else. That’s one reason we sleep, so the brain can reorganize and integrate. If people deprive themselves of too much sleep they first
I love working with CEOs who have great foresight, are fun to work with, innovative and show enthusiasm for creating the future. Paul Bellantone of the Promotional Products Association International (PPAI) is one of those CEOs. I met Paul when he asked me in to help the PPAI Board of Director’s craft a strategic plan.
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Yesterday was Saraswathi puja. Puja is a form of Hindu worship and Saraswathi is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, art, wisdom, and learning. Since we brought our daughter, Ruchi, home from India over seven years ago, we have stepped up our participation in Hindu activities, and I love them! I particularly like Saraswathi puja.
We’ve spent the last few four weeks exploring three things the most successful CEOs are doing to drive growth within their associations: Investing in Your Social Systems Creating synergy between mission impact and profitability Design and deliver a grand challenge We’ve covered social systems and synergy in previous videos. Today we will discuss how grand
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In my work, I have the golden opportunity to spend time with wonderful leaders. Some years ago, Paul Bellantone reached out to me to help with his organization’s strategic plan. Paul runs the Promotional Products Association International (PPAI). These are the men and women who make or sell the customized apparel, office supplies and everything
The most successful associations are focusing growth on mission impact, membership, and profitability. I’ve identified three things CEOs of these associations are doing to drive that growth: Investing in social systems Creating synergy between mission impact and profitability Design and deliver a grand challenge Last week, we talked about investing in social systems. This week,
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I knew I loved math, but didn’t realize I had a proclivity for it until I took my SAT in high school. Regardless, when I first arrived in college I had to take two remedial math classes that I did not receive credit for, because my high school failed to provide me with the education
For the last few weeks we have been discussing growth. Many of the most successful associations focus their energy growing three areas: Mission Impact Membership Profitability What is the one thing I see the most successful CEOs doing? Investing in the growth of their social systems. Social systems are groups of people with a common
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This is the time of the year in DC where I live when winter begins in earnest. We have some single digit days coming up on the mercury bar. That’s my faithful German Shepherd, Sita, with snow on her nose from rooting around in the fresh snow – and my fireplace blazing away. When life
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