Posts by Sherry Budziak
Association Generosity Lifts Mark Nagasawa Up the Mountain
Mark was the education manager at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) where his wife, Kat, also serves as director of operations and governance. The association community was quick to circle the wagons around their colleagues in a time of need. Just 13 days after Sherry Budziak, CEO and co-founder of .orgSource and .orgCommunity,…
Read MoreAnd the Winners of the 2017 Innovation Award Are…
This year, the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the American College of Chest Physicians are the first-ever winners of the award, with the Association for Corporate Growth as the runner up. Here is more about their achievements: American Society of Anesthesiologists The ASA made big investments and bold moves in leveraging digital technology to attract…
Read MoreBeing ‘Problem Finders’ During Solutions Day 2017
Produced by .orgCommunity, Solutions Day 2017 on Sept. 14 focused on a new mindset. Presenters and industry providers inspired association leaders to expand their views on managing organizations by being more proactive—by being “problem finders.” Participants were encouraged to ask questions and challenge assumptions, leading to the formation of new ideas and revealing new opportunities…
Read MoreDigital Transformation Requires a Culture Reboot
Organizational culture reflects an entity’s deepest and most tightly held beliefs and values. Often, they have been shaped over years, even decades. And this deeply entrenched culture may have played a considerable role in the organization’s ability to succeed. But as times change, business models and cultures must evolve. Effecting Cultural Change At .orgSource, we…
Read MoreBoost Operations Through Digital Office Opportunities
The culprit can be a singular issue. Perhaps your organization over-relies on group emails or one-to-one in-person conversations. Maybe meetings are overused or non-productive. Or cross-functional collaboration tends to be limited to sharing information rather than working together in real time to sustain teamwork. Possibly it’s the simplest of digital office tools, like shared drives,…
Read MoreFuture of Association Work and Survival
Since NBBQA changed its business model in 2015, the association has seen lower operating costs, more focus on strategic business priorities, higher productivity and an increase in customers. While a remote workforce may not work well for every organization, operating trends and customer demands require associations to be more agile and take more risks to…
Read MorePositioning the Association of the Future
In some industries we already have seen complete transitions due to technological innovations. Blockbuster’s brick and mortar business for renting DVDs has completely disappeared as Netflix led the revolution to DVDs by mail and then streaming content. Other industries—such as transportation—are still very much in flux. It is safe to predict that self-driving vehicles eventually…
Read MoreTask Management Reviews: Todoist
The Good: Todoist is multifunctional on various platforms and offers a clean and simple interface in comparison to some of its competitors. This application houses an array of tools for project classifications, team collaboration availabilities, location-based reminders as well as offline functionality for maximum productivity and organizational use. Todoist comes in three levels: Free, Premium, and…
Read MoreThe App Search: Top 5 Video Conference & Meeting Apps
1. Zoom Zoom offers HD video conferencing, screen sharing from desktop or mobile, recording features, and the ability to choose full screen or gallery views during video streams (or choose different views for multiple monitors). It also has a collaborative whiteboard and the ability to send group texts, images, and audio files during meetings. This application…
Read MoreTask Management Reviews: Quip
The Good: Quip integrates chat, documents, spreadsheets and task lists in one product experience—making it easy to tie together all the pieces of your project in one shared folder, where everyone can see all the context and easily collaborate. And since projects are almost never entirely completed at your desk, Quip offers the exact same platform…
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