Services Trump Membership

Whether games, apps, or memberships, current culture values the experience more than the delivery system.    Paid membership in an association is no longer required to experience interactions with like minds or explore common interests.  Think of the variety of LinkedIn groups or Twitter hashtags.    Several in the association community have been ringing the . . . Read More: Services Trump Membership

Learning Co-Creators

With the daily tsunami of blogs, the content curator plays an important role.  Thanks to SmartBrief, this superb post by Scott Anthony rose to the top for me:  Turning Customer Intelligence into Innovation.  Anthony cites several corporate examples where customer and company come together to create or improve a product.  In essence, they become . . . Read More: Learning Co-Creators

Association Professional Development in the Palm of Your Hand

Associations are embarking on hybrid learning journeys. Many tools are in the mix: webinars; 140 character communications, e.g., Twitter; social networking sites, e.g., Facebook; communities of practice; digital libraries; virtual experiences that wrap around f2f events and more.

One way that associations can grow interactive professional development is through the use of  hand-held devices and . . . Read More: Association Professional Development in the Palm of Your Hand