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Being ‘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…
Read MoreTop 5 Trending Data Analytics Software
Domo Domo is a flexible business management platform that can be used by just about anyone—whether you’re a marketer trying to understand channel ROI, or a manufacturer looking to optimize production capacity. This platform easily connects to hundreds of data sources, so your organization can pull together all the data it needs to make informed…
Read MoreMotivate Your Markets with Compelling Storytelling
But before any organization can harness the power of storytelling, it’s important to first understand what makes a good story. A story can be everything from a 140-character tweet, to a longform interactive narrative, to a six-second video on Vine. But regardless of the platform, channel or medium, it all starts with having a good…
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