Associations and their enduring reason for being
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READ MORESTEM is an acronym that covers the various but related technical disciplines of “science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.” It is commonly used in connection with educational policy or curriculum choice in schools. Western Australia’s Department of Education said that through STEM, students develop key skills such as problem solving, creativity, critical analysis, teamwork, independent thinking,
READ MOREI read with great interest a recent study by Patrick Guggenberger, Dana Maor, Michael Park, and Patrick Simon titled The State of Organizations 2023: Ten Shifts Transforming Organizations published in the McKinsey Newsletter. Of the ten most significant shifts that organizations are facing today, described in the study, six can be associated: 1. Efficiency reset.
READ MOREI read an article by Abdo Riani, Senior Associate at Forbes.com titled “11 Quotes From Great Philosophers Useful for Startup Founders”, from which I adapted the following five quotes that can be associated with associations: 1. “He who has a why to live can endure almost any how” – Friedrich Nietzsche. Associations are built around
READ MOREI have always been fascinated by Japanese philosophy, culture and traditions since I first set foot in Japan in the early 1990s and have made many more trips over the years. It always amazed me that the people I met and became friends with kept in touch with me until now. Values like thinking of
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READ MOREA social enterprise is a business organization created to achieve a social goal in a financially sustainable manner. If the words “enterprise” and “business” were removed from the first sentence, wouldn’t that be similar to the definition of an association? Here’s another: it is believed that the organizational and legal principles in social enterprises came
READ MOREIn this 300th column (thank you, BusinessMirror, for this milestone!), I will touch on a topic close to my heart, as it has been part of my work and advocacy for association management. Term kaizen is a fusion of two Japanese words that translate as “good change” or “change for the better.” Over time, kaizen
READ MOREThere is no doubt that associations and business organizations are learning from each other in management methods and models. For example, some businesses have taken over activities similar to association memberships, while some associations have undertaken income-generating business ventures. Having a background in banking, I share some banking terms that can generate ideas for associations:
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