Watch this video to learn about my new online training course, Getting Association Strategy Right. The Beta test for the course begins in January. Contact me if you would like to participate!
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My son, Gabe, is home from college. Yesterday while sitting in our dining room downing a quart or so of ice cream he said to me, “We have always been a family of life-hacking.” It caught my attention and I asked him what he meant. So began another interesting and philosophical conversation with the man
I have served the last 18 mo or so on the American Geophysical Union ‘s task force on Affiliation and Engagement. This is an important issue for associations serving rapidly changing member constituencies
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Evidence-based everything is all the rage. What does it mean? It means taking into consideration the results of the best research we have to inform decisions and behavior. Evidence-based Practice is applied to healthcare. It was defined by Dr. David Sackett as“the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about
Here I explain the kind of innovation that helps you systematically jump the curve to a new level of performance. It includes these topics: identifying and leveraging inflection points, building your organization’s innovation capacity, exploiting disruption, and driving iterative increases in value.
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Friday I held a special event for the CEOs and visionary leaders within my professional community in Washington, DC. It was an extraordinary affair, though it was not the pomp that made it so. We had plenty to snack on, but the real substance was the people who attended. In this picture with me from
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Check out RACHEL BRAZIL’s article, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: Adapting to remain relevant in a digital age.  In a world where technology and social media allow individuals to gather information and network online for free, professional associations are evolving and changing their offering to members in order to stay relevant.
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In this short talk on strategy I cover the three benefits of an effective strategy: Growth, Relevance and Leadership. I also lay out the 7 elements required to develop a great strategy.
Is there someone close to you that you would like to have a heart-to-heart with? This last weekend, over the American Thanksgiving holiday, I had several remarkable conversations with family members who were visiting. These are people I have known a long time, close family. But, we don’t see each other face-to-face more than twice
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Almost all successful change depends on support, buy-in and engagement. Here I explain what they are and why they are so important.
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