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Posted in Acronym on May 14th, 2012
One of the interesting things about social curation is that I don’t find the major public social networks (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) are particularly well-suited for this type of activity. I don’t see any easy way with any of them to create a evolving collection of information that is structured in any way. I used to [...]
Posted in Acronym on May 11th, 2012
I think the biggest problem is the part that we take for granted: that CEOs SHOULD be in charge, somehow. Leadership is NOT an individual characteristic. Leadership is the system’s capacity to shape its future. Yes, in a centralized system, the person at the top of the org chart has some serious power–power to decide [...]
Posted in Acronym on Apr 30th, 2012
Interesting vantage point on the concept of curation. I can honestly say that I’ve never thought about this from a retail perspective. Nor have I given consideration to how product curation contributes to Costco’s success and the lack of it is hurting Best Buy. In this challenge there is opportunity.
- Jay S. Daughtry
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Posted in Acronym on Apr 20th, 2012
Brilliant, Joe. We have all talked about how association execs are inherently addicted to the status quo, but I’ve not seen anyone put forth such a clear reason for it. Having an “automatic” customer base leads to complacency.
I wouldn’t want to dismiss role that association execs’ dedication to mission (i.e., cause)plays in their frustration [...]
Posted in Acronym on Apr 19th, 2012
Kristin, I’m sure I’m not alone in appreciating these periodic posts you do demonstrating positive association efforts related to sustainability and other social issues. The examples are always inspiring. Thanks for sharing them.
- Jeffrey Cufaude
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Posted in Acronym on Apr 4th, 2012
Assessments for individuals’ contributions to the innovation process are available to help folks (and teams) uncover exactly what the article describes. Two commonly used ones are (1) Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory, and (2) the Team Dimensions Profile. Mark Anderson from the American Society of Surgery for the Hand spoke about how he uses the [...]
Posted in Acronym on Mar 28th, 2012
Joe – Other commitments kept me from making it to Great Ideas this year, otherwise, I would definitely have been at this session. One question: were any example given of associations (or other organizations, for that matter), having success with “bite-size education.”
Okay – a second question – any discussion of the business model for [...]
Posted in Acronym on Mar 28th, 2012
Thanks Jeff. The business model question definitely came up, particularly as it relates to continuing-education credits, which are often granted in units of hours. Shawn Boynes, CAE, at APIC-The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, is the panelist who spoke briefly about bite-size education, and he mentioned clustering as a strategy to address [...]
Posted in Acronym on Mar 27th, 2012
Edgar Schein defines culture as: “A pattern of shared basic assumptions that the group learned as it solved its problems that has worked well enough to be considered valid and is passed on to new members as the correct way to perceive, think, and feel in relation to those problems.”
Each of us can bring forth [...]
Posted in Acronym on Feb 29th, 2012
I think that one of the reasons that online education may not have taken off as quickly as associations have hoped is that completing online courses when you are working in isolation can be tough. My son is taking some of his high school courses through an online provider, and its pretty clear that when [...]
