Not long ago I shared a video about the 10 Key Elements to a Social Movement. Remember, a social movement is a way to catalyze the different players in your stakeholder ecosystem to bring about incredible change. Today, I would like to discuss Framing the Crisis, the first, most important, element. In today’s world of […]
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Whenever there is an emergency a close friend of mine always reminds me to notice the helpers. The news focuses on the disaster, but in every video there are workers who are hustling around protecting children, saving animals, caring for the wounded, giving shelter to the homeless, feeding the victims. He points out to me
If I had to define challenge in one word it would be growth. Recently, I’ve been working to identify the winning moves being made by leaders of successful associations. There are three elements key to growth: mission impact, membership, and profitability. In this video I discuss those elements and the three winning moves I see
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This is the time of year to prepare for 2019. Every December I pull out my project list for the previous two years and look at the momentum I have generated and ask myself what my big vision goals are for the year ahead. I love doing this because it creates momentum and excitement for
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RSVP NOW December 18, 2018 — 4 – 6 pm — Dupont Circle, Washington, DC Stefano Bertuzzi, CEO of the American Society for Microbiology, and I would love to have you as our guest at Carpe Annum 2019! This holiday salon is a short program on Associations Tomorrow – my new initiative to showcase innovations worth learning from.  This year we welcome
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During my time at the World Bank, we dove deep into what it takes to make things happen in the world, how experts translate their inner knowing into real-life impact. We discovered that when two or more people worked together on a common issue, all of the amazing and invisible interior know-how turned was turned
Associations work best when everyone from the CEO to members and volunteers is aligned around a common objective. The clearer the objective, the stronger the pieces that come together to support an initiative for greater impact. What does it take to create a social impact? There are 10 Key Elements to Social Movement. I have long
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Organizations excel when the Board of Directors, leaders, partners, staff, and customers work together on a common objective. In other words, a social movement is created. But, can you deliberately foster one? Absolutely. And the work of Dr. Christina Economos shows us how. In 2001 she pulled together a team of researchers and took a deep look at what it took to turn the United States around 180°in four separate
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Gratitude has profound value and considerably impacts the quality of your experience of life. Science has proven that people who center on gratitude are happier, perform better, and have a sweeter day-to-day existence. I have discovered that when I take the time to think about what I am grateful for, I can feel a physiological
Saturday morning I woke up in a grumpy state. I knew better (after decades of experience) than to hang out at home, so I drove out to a coffee shop alone and then went to the gym to shift my mood. Boy, am I glad I did! No interaction until my brain space shifted. I
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