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Kristin Clarke, CAE
Kristin Clarke, CAE, is president of Clarke Association Content and is the books columnist for Associations Now.
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Books: Get What You Want
Soft skills. Emotional intelligence. People skills. Call it what you want, but the importance of connecting better with…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Sparking the Meetings Experience
If the bubbly energy around your meeting has deflated, Don Neal of 360 Live Media knows what to…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Books: Get What You Want
Dave Kerpen, a former reality show star, offers up 11 people skills to master.
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Learning: Immersive Conferences
Moving beyond meetings to experiences.
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
How to Make Travel Purposeful
Too busy to map out some professional development? Take something many association professionals do—travel—and transform it into a…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Books: What’s Behind Winning Ideas
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World Musk. Branson. Tarantino. They're among the famous few we immediately peg as…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Books: Original Thinking
What’s behind winning ideas? Adam Grant's latest book breaks down the benefits of nonconformity.
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Learning: Travel Well
The benefits of going on a journey can be key to your professional development.
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Formal Debate: Dial Down the Fear Factor
A debate tournament judge (and association exec) offers tips on how to ensure that formal debates don't get…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Debate Done Right: Boost Your Formal Debate Game
Most people cringe at the word debate, envisioning the personal, divisive attacks of presidential candidates posturing on a…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
Jeffrey Pfeffer: Upside-Down Leadership
Leaders should do the opposite of what they've been told, argues Stanford Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer.
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Andy Boynton: Idea Hunters
A new role for boards in an age of innovation, according to Boston College's Dean Andy Boynton.
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
A New Role for Boards: Idea Hunters
If volunteer leaders and CEOs want to identify new association opportunities, they must become interested, diverse, exercised, and…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
How Board Debate Can Lead to Good Decisions
Nearly 1,000 attendees clutch their plastic clappers and file enthusiastically into the ballroom for one of the American…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
Books: The Benefits of Doing What You’re Not Supposed To Do
Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time By Jeffrey Pfeffer Renowned Stanford Professor Jeffrey…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Creating Content That Clicks With Members
The marketing team at BuildOn knew they had a compelling story to tell. A nonprofit that empowers at-risk…
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FundraisingArticleOver 5 years old
The Most Common Errors When Soliciting Major Donors
Support from major donors is critical to nonprofit organizations if they are to advance their missions. But fundraising…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Books: Breaking Down Organizational Barriers
The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers By Gillian Tett, Ph.D.…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Joe Pulizzi: Seven Questions to Ground Your Content Strategy
According to Content Marketing Institute Founder Joe Pulizzi, developing a solid content marketing plan starts with at least…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Build Your Strategic Content Marketing Plan
Members and prospects often complain that associations push marketing messages to them without thinking about whether they’re relevant.…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
The Silo Effect: Sayonara, Silos
The Silo Effect talks up the importance of breaking down organizational barriers.
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Rick Smolan: Data Dive
Why big data is a big deal, according to The Human Face of Data author Rick Smolan.
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Big Data Is A Big Deal
At a TED Conference years ago, Marissa Mayer—Google's first female engineer and now Yahoo's CEO—asked former journalist Rick…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Create Surveys That Generate High-Quality Results
If only associations could read members' minds. Lacking that skill, they're forced to ask questions—and a lot of…
