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Lessons Learned Living the Virtual Experiment

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When Kevin Ordonez, my business partner, and I wrote our Association 4.0 books , a home office was still a glimmer in every busy parent’s eyes. In 2005, when Highroad was one of the few virtual businesses, the concept raised some eyebrows. Businesses and even a few associations are moving away from bricks and mortar.

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Beyond Bronze, Silver, and Gold—Grow Success With Purpose

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Sharon Rice is Managing Director of Business Strategy at.orgSource and Garth Jordan is CEO of the American Animal Hospital Association. Both are steeped in the world of associations and are avid students of strategy, business, and culture beyond this industry. It’s a more challenging operating environment for associations.

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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. Their advice about strategy, leadership, and digital business is still ahead of its time. Business is Darwinian. Business is Darwinian. But, our community doesn’t get the credit it deserves for invention.

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Weave a Safety Net—Find the Right Strategic Partners

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I can’t remember a time when the cultural, political, and economic environment was fraught with so much uncertainty. Inspire and support the improvement or innovation of products or business practices. We are a very serious accrediting business. With this kind of structure, there are limited sources of revenue.

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Move DEI Beyond Words

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The deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Trye Nichols prompted vocal support for social justice throughout the business community. The evidence points to equity as good for business. Equity is good for business. We commit to using these practices for our business and our communities. People are fearful of change.

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Build a Board for the Digital Future

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Most of the answers to today’s business questions involve technology. A board needs to be continuously sensing and receiving the signals about what’s going on in the environment. We’ve incorporated the structure that many groups say they want. Innovation is the protein of digital business. To me, that’s basic.

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Solutions Day 2023—It’s Happening!

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Kevin Ordonez,orgSource Managing Director of Business Strategy and I are going to explain why that’s a question everyone should be asking. Hear how she structured an initiative that hits all the right targets. Our members’ professional environment is evolving so rapidly. We wrote two books on Association 4.0

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