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Innovation
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Friday Buzz: Meet a 3D-Printed Car In the Flesh
An association's bleeding-edge tradeshow trick—a 3D-printed car on the tradeshow floor—comes to fruition. One blogger got a chance…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
Motorola: Why Innovation and Complacency Don’t Mix
You've heard about the woes of BlackBerry, a mobile giant turned also-ran. It isn't the only tech giant…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Wednesday Buzz: Where Tech’s Hype Bubble is Ready to Burst
What's endlessly overhyped, and what's ready to go mainstream? Gartner's latest hype cycle study breaks it down. Also:…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
BlackBerry Breakdown: How a Smartphone Giant Lost Its Way
The company that led the smartphone revolution and sparked our collective mobile addiction is now a shadow of…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Executive Summary: Tom Hood, CPA, CITP, CGMA
Tom Hood, CPA, CITP, CGMA, the CEO of the Maryland Association of CPAs, has authorship (and tweeting) on…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
Books: Biz Stone Gets All A-Twitter
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone offers an insider’s view of what’s behind the social media giant’s success.
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Monday Buzz: Google Glass, Giving Back
The team behind one of the premier wearable tech offerings announces five nonprofit partners. Plus: Why do association…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Three Keys to Inspire New Ideas From Staff
The best ideas for your association may come from your employees, but how do you get those ideas launched?…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
What Sliced Bread Can Teach Associations About Innovation
The process for making and distributing sliced bread hasn’t changed much since it was first sold 86 years…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
SEMA Garage: Association Opens Up New Testing Lab for Members
The Specialty Equipment Manufacturing Association’s new SEMA Garage, opening this month, hopes to make it easier for the…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Why “Disruptive Innovation” Needs Disrupting
Walk away from that burning platform. You can be an innovator without panicking, as one critic of "disruptive…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
What Nintendo Teaches About Creative Innovation
Hey, gamers, this one is for you: Your technology strategy doesn’t necessarily need the latest bells and whistles…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Monday Buzz: Why you Should Ignore the Haters
The goal should be to succeed for yourself, not to prove the doubters wrong. Also: Want to build…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Hackathons: Hack What You Lack
Could your next great idea come from a hackathon? Taking a note from the tech world, organizations are…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Idea Bank: Shark Tank, Association Style
Learn why the Epilepsy Foundation is borrowing from the hit TV series “Shark Tank” to cultivate new ideas.
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
The Future of Mobile Payments: Big Retail Tries to Emulate Starbucks
Starbucks may be a mobile-payments success story, but it's one of just a few. An industry coalition is…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
New Corporate Chef Group Piggybacks Off an Established Partner
The Global Culinary Innovators Association launched this week, with the goal of giving corporate chefs at smaller-scale chains a…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Need a New Idea? Here Are Three Ways to Boost Creativity
Stuck in a rut? Trying to come up with a new innovative solution? Try these three evidence-based methods…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Wednesday Buzz: Understand What Innovation Really Means
A management consultant shares why associations should learn about innovation before promoting themselves as experts. Also: an analysis…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Spotify: What Jukeboxes Teach About Disruptive Business Models
Sure, the jukebox may not be exactly the shining model of innovation these days, but it inspired a…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Association Startups: Build Your Own Road
One associations pro's efforts to build her own startup in the AMS space. Also: why efficiency is an…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Nest Protect: Lessons in Innovation Flaws From a Smoke Detector
Sometimes you can get burned by being too innovative. Knowing how to put out fires caused by mistakes…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
iBeacon’s Boost: Apple Launches New Location Technology Standards
The iPhone maker's Bluetooth-based technology is already making waves as a potential way to augment events, and the…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Associations Should Do More To Incubate Innovative Ideas
We talk often about stealing ideas from startup culture, but what if you could get more startups to…
