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Stay the Course Through Changing Weather—Strategic Advice From Association CEOs 

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During 2018 and 2019, my business partner, Kevin Ordonez and I, interviewed approximately 50 association executives. Our books “Positioning for Success in an Era of Disruption” and “An Entrepreneurial Approach to Risk, Courage, and Transformation,” summarize those conversations. Both books were written before the pandemic’s curveball.

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Build a Mission-Worthy Team

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In our models, we assume that astronauts are intelligent, that they’re experts in their technical areas, and that they have at least some teamwork skills. Our interview process is rigorous. We do phone screening followed by three waves of interviews with teammates from different cross sections of the company.

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Association 4.0—A Playbook for Success

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To put our ideas into real-world context, we interviewed leaders who are using this approach to grow their organizations. Those talks with association CEOs and executives who head businesses that service the association industry formed the basis for two books. But the typical association model challenges agility. Association 4.0:

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Leadership’s Biggest Perk—Giving Others a Boost

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Encouraging a colleague to shoot for that sought-after certification, offering advice on an important project, or simply inspiring the confidence to see future potential, are the less visible activities that make leadership meaningful. When we interviewed her for our book Association 4.0: That’s one of the perks of leadership.

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Is Your Remote Team Getting the TLC They Deserve? An Audit Delivers Answers

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shared this valuable advice. Several years ago, I interviewed Stuart Meyer*. If you don’t have the budget to provide these resources, you probably need to rethink staffing and business models. Follow the survey with targeted in-person interviews based on the results. Your team should have up-to-date hardware and software.

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New Book: How To Implement Multichannel Online Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” The book offers some recipes for culture change.

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Success Stories From 10 Successful Entrepreneurs From Around The World

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This is a must-read book whether you are an aspiring entrepreneur or a current entrepreneur. The Leader : Rejects traditional structures, seeks inspirational role models, tests leadership ideas. He wrote popular books on computer hackers and then collaborated on two bestsellers with the legendary IDEO.

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