In this episode, Association Chat host KiKi L’Italien interviews Guillermo Ortiz de Zarate about the success of an intrapreneur, creation and innovation from the inside of an organization. As the Chief Innovation and Information Officer for NCARB, Ortiz de Zarate has relied upon agile and lean startup methodologies to project manage big changes to the processes NCARB uses to certify future architects. He has also helped build Lineup, a software platform that helps organizations efficiently manage talent and form teams with diverse strengths.

I have wanted to sit down and talk with Co-Founder and Principal at The Community Roundtable, Rachel Happe (@rhappe) for years. The Community Roundtable is a company dedicated to advancing the business of community.  Recently, I finally got my wish to talk with Rachel and it was everything I’d hoped it would be and more. In fact, I might have gushed a little more than usual about my conversation with her. We talked about the state of community, where community goes wrong, what companies don’t understand about community, and where our own histories with community originated (Rachel’s story is fascinating!). Please, take a seat and a sip of your beverage of choice, and listen in on this interview with Rachel Happe. *Special thanks to the The Podcast Guys at Podcasting for Associations for working their audio magic on Association Chat! Check them out at https://podcasting4associations.com/ Community Roundtable website: https://communityroundtable.com/ Rachel Happe Bio  Rachel Happe (@rhappe) is a Co-Founder and Principal at The Community Roundtable, a company dedicated to advancing the business of community. The Community Roundtable collaborates with clients to develop proven, practical strategies for better engagement. Clients rely on TheCR’s models, research, and networks to take their communities to the next level. Rachel co-founded The Community Roundtable to support business leaders developing their community, collaboration, and engagement strategies. Clients including SAP, AAAS, EA, Ciena, the Canadian Medical Association, and Hitachi Vantara benefit from Rachel’s ability to make sense of abstract trends and her ability to see the implications that technical and operational decisions can have on people and processes. Rachel has over twenty-five years of experience working with emerging technologies including enterprise social networking, eCommerce, and enterprise software applications. Rachel has served as a product executive at Mzinga, Bitpass, & IDe, and as IDC’s first analyst covering social technologies. She started her business career as an analyst at PRTM.

Keynote speaker and influence expert Garrison Wynn shares how influential leaders think differently about conferences – a special interview for #ASAE19 attendees! Be sure to keep watching this channel for more exclusive footage and commentary from the #ASAE19 meeting! Join the private community at https://www.facebook.com/groups/Assoc... #associations #ASAE19 #ASAE #eventprofs

Covering the upcoming Association Chat birthday party, the latest Association Chat podcast interview on the Neuroscience of Success with Dr. Shimi Kang, my interview on #EventIcons, and more! #associations #assnchat #eventprofs #eventicons

In this episode, Association Chat host KiKi L’Italien interviews Dr. Shimi Kang about the neuroscience of success. Dr. Kang is an award-winning, Harvard-trained doctor, researcher, media expert, writer, and keynote speaker. She is the author of The Dolphin Parent: A Guide to Raising Healthy, Happy, and Self-Motivated Kids (Penguin Randomhouse 2014), The Self Motivated Kid (Penguin Tarcher 2015), and a forthcoming book about establishing healthier boundaries with technology. The Dolphin Parent is a #1 National Bestseller, won the 2015 US News International Book Award in Parenting and Family Category, has been translated and released in Germany, Russia, and China.  

In this episode, Association Chat host KiKi L’Italien interviews Tyler Gates about Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality (or AR and VR) for marketers of nonprofits. Tyler is the Managing Principal at Brightline Interactive, President of the DC Chapter of the VR/AR Association and a visionary for the applications of VR/AR.

How can the philosophies, habits, and models in entrepreneurship catalyze associations? That’s what we’re talking about this week on Association Chat when I interview the founder of the Associations Catalyzing Entrepreneurship (ACE) group Meena Dayak.

How can the philosophies, habits, and models in entrepreneurship catalyze associations? That’s what we’re talking about this week on Association Chat. I’m KiKi L’Italien, your host at kikilitalien.com. If you are a fan, please do me a favor. Like and subscribe. When we look at associations, a lot of times we get bogged down by thinking of them as these unwieldy, rigid organizations. We can look at entrepreneurs, large innovative companies, and the startup culture and begin to wonder about the future for associations and maybe even wonder if and how to let some of those more entrepreneurial ideas trickle in. Maybe it’s incubators, or maybe it’s design thinking, or product development. Maybe it’s ideas. Whatever it is, we want to make our associations as strong and effective as possible. But it’s not just effectiveness or efficiency we want, right? We actually want to move from being the slow, less creative, more traditional institutions to being transformative in how our members and the world think about or use our information. We’re looking at entrepreneurship because we want to transform the way we think or do things institutionally. So what is it about entrepreneurship that really make that difference? For me, it’s a devotion to curiosity and not settling for the status quo, looking for creative ways to better connect and lead our industries, our members, and to move beyond relevance into excellence. To explore this more, this week I’m visiting with the Associations Catalyzing Entrepreneurship group in Washington, DC, and the founder of ACE  Meena Dayak.

This episode's special guest is Neen James. Neen is the author of Folding Time™ and Attention Pays™. She has been named one of the Top 30 Leadership Speakers by Global Guru several years in a row because of her work with companies like Viacom, Comcast, and Abbot Pharmaceuticals among others. Neen has boundless energy, is quick-witted and always offers powerful strategies for paying attention to what matters so you can get more done and create more significant moments at work, and home. Neen is the kind of speaker that engages, educates, entertains, and delivers the real-world solutions that apply in your organization, your home, and your community. She also provides one-on-one consulting in a variety of leadership topics and loves serving her audiences. I hope you enjoy the show! Support for this show comes from Boldr Strategic Consulting. You don’t have to stress out about your digital transformation projects anymore! Let Boldr Strategic Consulting come in and help you and your team reach success. Find out more at boldrstrategy.com. If you enjoy this show and want to support it, please visit the Association Chat Patreon page for a one-time or monthly donation! https://www.patreon.com/associationchat.   

Welcome to today’s inspiration! I am KiKi L’Italien and today I wanted to continue on the exploration of curiosity. I heard from yet one more human being yesterday who heard this short briefing and responded, so at least I know there are a few people who might be listening to these short diatribes of mine. Poem shared: Earthworm by Anne Sexton

Welcome to today’s inspiration! I’m KiKi L’Italien and today I’m thinking about the beauty of curiosity.

I’ve been writing more lately than in any of the years since college. And one thing I can say with certainty is that once you begin showing up for the writing, the words you choose, the words you notice, begin to change. Today I want to start you off with some words that inspired me this morning. A Song Of The Future Sail fast, sail fast, Ark of my hopes, Ark of my dreams; Sweep lordly o'er the drowned Past, Fly glittering through the sun's strange beams; Sail fast, sail fast. Breaths of new buds from off some drying lea With news about the Future scent the sea: My brain is beating like the heart of Haste: I'll loose me a bird upon this Present waste; Go, trembling song, And stay not long; oh, stay not long: Thou'rt only a gray and sober dove, But thine eye is faith and thy wing is love. Sidney Lanier

One of the best things I love about attending conferences is meeting new people and finding out about the amazing work that they do. It is fortifying.   When my friend, Lauren, tagged me and a person named Jason Williams on a post, suggesting we connect while attending the Collision technology conference in Toronto, I quickly did some Google sleuthing to find out more about the person I was about to meet.   Once I did that, I *knew* I had to get some time for a mini-interview with Jason.   Jason is the Executive Director for Centric, a 501c3 nonprofit that connects, educates and celebrates Indiana's problem solvers. Centric exists to increase the recognition of Indiana as a global center of innovation.   From their initial gatherings in 2007, Jason and his crew have built an incredible community of people and companies that spans industries and creates serendipity that may never occur otherwise.   I sat down with Jason to get to know him better and to make the most of Collision conference, where I wanted to ask entrepreneurs and tech leaders about community, trust, and technology. I hope you enjoy!      

"The Secret to Building Bigger Buzz" Svetlana Legetic is the co-founder of Brightest Young Things now BYT Media, Inc. — a collective of content makers, culture curators, event planners and creative marketing strategists. For over a decade now, they’ve produced a legitimately cool AND useful online and offline presence in DC, NYC, and Chicago, and work with amazing individuals, institutions and brands to build loyalty, start conversations and create memories, 365/24/7. GQ magazine named Legetic “one of 50 most powerful people in DC” Find out how BYT does it and the philosophy that leads BYT to build the biggest buzz in the biz!

What if you could harness all the best wisdom - knowledge, experience, intuition - from a group of people and use it to make extremely accurate decisions and predictions? Would that be valuable for you? If the answer is yes, you must watch this interview.  A few weeks ago I saw a tweet from my friend Adrian Segar, who literally wrote the book on unconferences, discussing the wisdom of crowds sharing why an unconference would always be better than a conference designed using a conference curator, or one expert, who helped craft a vision for what a conference should be. And it got me thinking about an interesting option... And that option came from a segment I watched in an episode of the new Amazon Prime Video docuseries - it was just released February 22 - called This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy. I remembered one segment, in particular, featuring a researcher talking with the host, Kal Penn, about collective intelligence, using Swarm AI technology, that could harness all the best wisdom from a group of people and make extremely accurate decisions. And I wondered could this technology be used to make better conferences? Or, for associations of every industry facing tremendous change and disruption, could Swarm AI or hive intelligence help make strategic decisions about an organization’s mission? Anyone who sees value in small data, big data, qualitative and quantitative research, any leader who makes big decisions for a group of people needs to hear about our topic. So I reached out to the researcher and his company! Dr. Louis Rosenberg received his Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD degrees from Stanford and his doctoral work focused on robotics, virtual reality, and human-computer interaction. As a researcher at the U.S. Air Force’s Armstrong Labs, he created the ‘Virtual Fixtures’ system, the first Augmented Reality platform ever built. He has been awarded more than 300 patents for his technological efforts. Dr. Louis Rosenberg is CEO and Chief Scientist of Unanimous AI, a company focused on amplifying the intelligence of networked human groups using AI algorithms modeled after natural swarms and today I am happy to welcome Louis to the show to talk with us more about these questions and so many others! Resources from the show: – Unanimous AI Website [https://unanimous.ai/] – Swarm AI Outperforms in Stanford Medical Study [https://unanimous.ai/stanford-radiology/] – Unanimous AI achieves 22% more accurate pneumonia diagnoses | VentureBeat [https://venturebeat.com/2018/09/10/un...] – This Startup Correctly Predicted the Oscars, World Series, and SuperBowl. Here's What It's Doing Next | Inc. [https://www.inc.com/kevin-j-ryan/unan...] If you like this show, please donate on our Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/associationchat Other handy links: Website: https://associationchat.com Facebook Group (closed): https://www.facebook.com/groups/Assoc... iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a... YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/KiKiTVAm... Google Play: http://bit.ly/googleassnchat iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/associ... Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/assoc... Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/kiki-litalien RSS Feed: http://getamplified.libsyn.com/rss #AI #associations #superintelligence #collectiveintelligence #assnchat #leadership

Simon Sinek says “Working hard for something you don’t care about is called stress. Working hard for something you love is called passion.” My guest for this episode is helping people connect their passion and professions and she’s GOOD at it, too! The Executive Producer of The Oprah Winfrey Show - who has probably met some pretty sharp  thinkers in her day - calls her “one of the brightest lights and most accessible wisdom-sharers in our culture today.” Please enjoy this conversation with the intrigue expert herself, Sam Horn!  

How Comfortable Are You With Challenging the Status Quo? Many of us might think we are pretty good at testing our assumptions, but my guest for this episode is masterful at it. In fact, she’s a successful social entrepreneur [precisely because she’s so good at disruption. And she even wrote a book to help us all get better at “radically challenging the status quo,” too, called Disrupt-Her (like disruptor...get it?) Here’s what Fast Company said about her: “Miki Agrawal brings the wit and provocation of a performance artist to marketing products that have historically been associated with shame — and she’s catalyzed a movement along the way.” Please enjoy this conversation with Miki!

CURIOSITY, COMMUNITY, and DEEPER CONNECTION | Andrew Horn Guests | Association Chat with KiKi L'Italien How do You Avoid Auto-Piloting Your Life?!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ As you begin your day in whatever your morning routine looks like, I want you to think about what life would look like if you weren’t operating out of fear and opted instead to move in a more purposeful direction. One with intent. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Would you hide from meeting people or get excited about the chance to learn about someone else’s experience? Would you be in a rush to make the numbers or opt instead for building a relationship? From the time we are born, so many of us seem to witness a loss in our curiosity about ourselves, others, and in the world around us.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Why is that? Can we change it? If so, how?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ For this interview, I talk with the man who has been called "the Dale Carnegie for the Digital Age," Andrew Horn. I ask him about meaningful conversations, Social Flow, and his thoughts about community. I hope you enjoy it.

She has almost half a million people across the globe up and dancing before sunrise. Radha Agrawal will share how she created “Daybreaker” the wildly popular morning dance party concept, plus details on her new book “Belong.”   #community #daybreaker #socialentrepreneur #associations   She is the community architect behind brands like THINX and LiveItUp, which is an international club dedicated to teaching students the Life Wellness skills you won't learn in the classroom!   Radha talks with KiKi about HOW to build real belonging for communities and the power of bringing people together!   KiKi serves as leader and community architect for Association Chat, an online community and weekly podcast with special events, products, and services for the association industry.   Association Chat's reason for existing is to bring the association community together – and it has been doing that since May 2009.   "KiKi is the preeminent voice for associations and the place the association community goes for honest, unfettered conversations.” – Robb Lee, Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Communications Officer, American Society of Association Executives (ASAE)   “KiKi is the Oprah of the association industry.” – Richard Yep, CEO, American Counseling Association   “I think the industry would have a big void to fill if we didn't have KiKi and Association Chat. She is our just-in-time resource every time we're looking for that new idea.” – Stacy Tetschner, CEO, United Motorcoach Association (past CEO of National Speakers Association 1991-2017)   Awards The SURGE Innovation Pioneer, November 2018 SURGE Innovation Pioneer is a person nominated and voted on by the association community whose initiative has sparked meaningful change and taking the association space towards a new and bright future.   Meetings Today Trendsetter of the Year, July 2017 The Meetings Today Trendsetter of the Year lights the way for others in the meetings industry.    

We talk about the events that happened since the last podcast episode, the Association Chat "Why Associations Matter" project and community.  

“You’re only two clicks away from uncovering a lie,” is the mantra Phil Riggins, founder of the Brand & Reputation Collective (the BRC) in the UK, now lives by. Is it the mantra for the age we live in? The 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer reveals that trust has changed profoundly in the past year—people have shifted their trust to the relationships within their control, most notably their employers. Globally, 75 percent of people trust “my employer” to do what is right, significantly more than NGOs (57 percent), business (56 percent) and media (47 percent). Can your organization optimize for trust? Let's find out how Gary LaBranche, Matthew D'Uva, and Nick Parker's organizations do it on this episode! How do association leaders and communications experts avoid creating a crisis in times of “radical uncertainty” and change? I talk with association executives and a podcast producer in the Midwest about navigating these treacherous waters. Episode #90 Communication Challenges in the Age of "Fake News" Fear runs rampant as many citizens carry eroding trust in the internet as well as the foundations of democracy, 2019 has already witnessed a historic government shutdown, ongoing claims from the President of the United States that "the media is the enemy of the people", and in the midst of it all, we must still communicate with our Board, members, the media, and the public. #fakenews #governmentshutdown #communications #associations #assnchat #FightFakeNews What is Association Chat? Online Community | Podcast | Alexa Skill | Resources | Events Check into the Association Chat podcast for an hour each week to hear from bestselling authors, influential business thinkers from all industries, and the most inspiring professionals in the association realm. Connect with others in the association industry in the live chat room and throughout the rest of the week in the private Association Chat community. Attend the live events, happy hours, and workshops created especially for you! Sign up for the mailing list and find out more at www.associationchat.com. What is the Association Chat News Flash Briefing? You can listen to the Association Chat News Flash Briefing on your Amazon Alexa! Find out what's happening with associations in 1-2 minute clips. Watch live at https://youtu.be/7Ya9g6thlcE. Enable the skill here: http://bit.ly/assnchatflash #fakenews #trust #radicaluncertainty #crisiscommunications Episode #90 Communication Challenges in the Age of "Fake News"

How do you feel about your LinkedIn profile? Find out how to up your game on Association Chat with communications connoisseur Dave Delaney! Dave talks with us about ways to improve your profile, networking, and strategies for using your profile to identify the best people to reach out to who can help your goals – whatever they may be! Live LinkedIn makeovers you won't want to miss! Subscribe to the YouTube channel + get a reminder on all the upcoming shows and videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/KiKiTVAm... About Dave Dave Delaney is known as a communication connoisseur. He helps companies reach their people through comprehensive marketing communication workshops and coaching. Dave teaches effective corporate communication with his Communication Mastery workshop. He works with brands like Google, LinkedIn, and UPS. Delaney is an American Marketing Association award winner. He has appeared in USA Today, Entrepreneur, Inc, Fortune, and Billboard Magazine. His acclaimed book, New Business Networking, explores online and offline tools, tips and techniques to grow and nurture your professional network for your business and career by communicating - the right way. Dave was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He took a trip to Ireland and ended up living with Irish Twins in Nashville, Tennessee. It’s a long story, he will happily share. Learn more about Dave at DaveDelaney DOT ME. What is Association Chat? Online Community | Podcast | Alexa Skill | Resources | Events Check into the Association Chat podcast for an hour each week to hear from bestselling authors, influential business thinkers from all industries, and the most inspiring professionals in the association realm. Call-in and ask your questions on the air! Connect with others in the association industry in the live chat room and throughout the rest of the week in the private Association Chat community. Attend the live events, happy hours, and workshops created especially for you! Sign up for the mailing list and find out more at associationchat.com. What is the Association Chat News Flash Briefing? You can listen to the Association Chat News Flash Briefing on your Amazon Alexa! Find out what's happening with associations in 1-2 minute clips. Watch live at https://youtu.be/7Ya9g6thlcE. Enable the skill here: http://bit.ly/assnchatflash   #associations #association #associationsarekey #nonprofits #nonprofs #eventprofs #eventtech #themightynetwork #eventprof #501c3 #nonprofit #marketingtips #digitalmarketingexpert #asae #associationchat #assnprofs #linkedin #networking #professionaldevelopment  Association Chat Interview with Dave Delaney – 02-19-19

How can the power of AI work as a tool to boost existing products and services and can it help us reimagine the membership experience? We explore this heady topic with special guest Ron Moen who is the CIO at CHEST. Ron and his team serve at the intersection of people, process, and technology - in the premier innovative organization for chest medicine professionals around the world. CHEST constituents and staff are champions for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases of the lungs (www.chestnet.org). CHEST's 35,000 sq ft Innovation and Simulation Center is world renowned, and unique among medical societies (www.chestmeetingcenter.com). Ron is constantly connecting – people to people, technology to technology, and people to technology – in support of mission. Ron's Strengthsfinder talents are Ideation, Includer, Maximizer, Positivity and WOO. Questions You just came back from a conference that you were telling me about that wasn’t targeting association CIOs, but was all about a topic that I’d think every CIO (or assn exec of any kind) would be interested in...could you talk to me a little bit more about that? Non-dues revenue is a popular topic in our world of associations. What kind of ideas inspired by tech capabilities are you having these days about how your org (or others) might leverage AI, ML, or data analytics in the non-dues revenue realm? [In other words and using a dated reference, “Show me the money!”] What about buying and selling data? I know you recently had a chance to attend the DataMoney Conference in New York, which is not a conference targeting association execs, but definitely an important conference for associations who have such a fountain of data they are working with...any big lessons from the conference in regards to buying and selling data in a smart “good guy” kinda way? :) What are some of the questions association executives should be asking about their organization’s use of AI and data analytics? What about technology advancing faster than our understanding of it and the ethical issues that arise? What are some of the danger zones for mixing tech like machine learning with data management that is less than safe? Are there other ethical areas involving tech association execs should think about? What websites, books, podcasts, magazines, people do you regularly check-in with to make sure you stay on top of those things you care about the most? What’s the best way for people to connect with you about speaking or anything else? Resources (Reading List) Artificial intelligence in non-profit organizations https://brook.gs/2LisOA0 via @BrookingsInst Can Associations Benefit from Business AI, Big Data, and Other Tech Innovations?  http://www.csae.com/Blog/ArticleID/476/associations-benefit-business-ai-big-data-other-tech-innovations#.XFiyVRFwk_E.twitter What is Association Chat? Online Community | Podcast | Alexa Skill | Resources | Events Check into the Association Chat podcast for an hour each week to hear from bestselling authors, influential business thinkers from all industries, and the most inspiring professionals in the association realm. Call-in and ask your questions on the air! Connect with others in the association industry in the live chat room and throughout the rest of the week in the private Association Chat community. Attend the live events, happy hours, and workshops created especially for you! Sign up for the mailing list and find out more at associationchat.com. What is the Association Chat News Flash Briefing? You can listen to the Association Chat News Flash Briefing on your Amazon Alexa! Find out what's happening with associations in 1-2 minute clips. Watch live at https://youtu.be/7Ya9g6thlcE. Enable the skill here:  http://bit.ly/assnchatflash #associations #association #associationsarekey #nonprofits #nonprofs #eventprofs #eventtech #themightynetwork #eventprof #501c3 #nonprofit #marketingtips #digitalmarketingexpert #asae #associationchat #assnprofs #ronmoen #tech #creative #storytelling #brandstory #brandstorytelling #contentmarketing   #88 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND INNOVATION FOR ASSOCIATIONS | Ron Moen Guests | Association Chat with KiKi L'Italien

About our guest: Eric Kuhn is a successful entrepreneur sitting at the intersection of media, entertainment and technology. Most recently he helped start and run Layer3 TV, a next-generation cable provider that sold to T-Mobile.  Previously Eric was Hollywood’s first “social media agent” at United Talent Agency where he represented some of the industry’s top writers, directors, actors and producers on investments, digital strategy and social media. In 2009 Eric became CNN’s Audience Interaction Producer, running social media and producing some of the first television programs that integrated digital platforms. He also is responsible for launching the National Basketball Association and CBS News on social media. Passionate about the arts, this season he produced his first Broadway show: Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song. He also sits on the boards of Lincoln Center Theater and SeriesFest (an award-winning festival dedicated to showcasing episodic storytelling from around the world). Questions: What are you the most excited about in tech these days (that you can talk about) + why? What kind of impact might this have on associations and nonprofits? You and some of your collaborators have worked on projects with an intention to include social impact elements.  How do you think association leaders might consider incorporating more social impact projects into their own meetings and events? Any words of advice? During your career, you’ve helped some of the entertainment industry’s biggest names better represent themselves and connect using technology. What can an association executive do today to raise their profile and stand out using social media in a noisy and saturated digital landscape? You’ve been called the “Father of Influencers” - what do you think most people get wrong about influencer marketing? What are some major mistakes you’ve seen people make with their social media use that that Association Chat viewers should avoid at all costs? Another great talent of yours is navigating the business of technology. Based on your own experience, what areas of technological growth should leaders be paying special attention to these days? You are always on the go, always traveling, always working, and yet you stay at the forefront of many different things: Technology, business, theater, ...what have you had to sacrifice time-wise in order to make it all work? What websites, books, podcasts, magazines, people do you regularly check-in with to make sure you stay on top of those things you care about the most? What’s the best way for people to connect with you about speaking or anything else? What is Association Chat? Online Community | Podcast | Alexa Skill | Resources | Events Check into the Association Chat podcast for an hour each week to hear from bestselling authors, influential business thinkers from all industries, and the most inspiring professionals in the association realm. Call-in and ask your questions on the air! Connect with others in the association industry in the live chat room and throughout the rest of the week in the private Association Chat community. Attend the live events, happy hours, and workshops created especially for you! Sign up for the mailing list and find out more at associationchat.com. What is the Association Chat News Flash Briefing? You can listen to the Association Chat News Flash Briefing on your Amazon Alexa! Find out what's happening with associations in 1-2 minute clips. Watch live at https://youtu.be/7Ya9g6thlcE. Enable the skill here:  http://bit.ly/assnchatflash #associations #association #associationsarekey #nonprofits #nonprofs #eventprofs #eventtech #themightynetwork #eventprof #501c3 #nonprofit #marketingtips #digitalmarketingexpert #asae #associationchat #assnprofs #erickuhn #tech #creative #storytelling #brandstory #brandstorytelling #contentmarketing

Guest David Beebe talks with Association Chat about the changing media landscape and transforming marketing organizations and brands to create creative and content that wins the hearts, minds, and wallets of members in an age of disruption. Check out David's website: https://davidbeebe.com/ What is Association Chat? Online Community | Podcast | Alexa Skill | Resources | Events Check into the Association Chat podcast for an hour each week to hear from bestselling authors, influential business thinkers from all industries, and the most inspiring professionals in the association realm. Call-in and ask your questions on the air! Connect with others in the association industry in the live chat room and throughout the rest of the week in the private Association Chat community. Attend the live events, happy hours, and workshops created especially for you! Sign up for the mailing list and find out more at www.associationchat.com. What is the Association Chat News Flash Briefing? You can listen to the Association Chat News Flash Briefing on your Amazon Alexa! Find out what's happening with associations in 1-2 minute clips. Watch live at https://youtu.be/7Ya9g6thlcE. Enable the skill here: http://bit.ly/assnchatflash #86 Content that Wins Hearts, Minds, and Wallets of Members in an Age of Disruption | David Beebe Guests | Association Chat with KiKi L'Italien #creative #storytelling #brandstory #brandstorytelling #contentmarketing #associations #association #associationsarekey #nonprofits #nonprofs #eventprofs #eventtech #themightynetwork #eventprof #501c3 #nonprofit #marketingtips #digitalmarketingexpert #asae #associationchat #davidbeebe #assnprofs

In Community We Trust People do business with people they know, like and trust. This begs the question: do your members really know, like and trust your association? Do you create, foster, and maintain such a community? Join KiKi L’Italien -- the “voice of the association industry” -- as she shares the story of launching and growing Association Chat: the industry’s most popular online community. Outlining the steps she took to build the Chat’s online forum, professional education outlet, and podcast, KiKi will tell the story of how she propelled Association Chat to the forefront of thought leadership for the association industry. She will also reveal how you can leverage such tools as virtual events and online chats to build and maintain trust within your community. Don’t miss this engaging and interactive session and walk away inspired to create a successful community for your association.   Date: CommPartners, April 11 - DC - KEYNOTE + LIVE Association Chat Introducing Association Chat Micro-Sponsorship. Yup, you read that right. In order to keep delivering you fantastic, curated content for the most creative association executives - I am putting a premium on promotional content. If you are interested in promoting your services, speaking, events or thought-leadership - let's talk. I'll fashion something that is both informative, fun and engaging for the audience that will help you get leads for your business. This is one of the only affordable way to get in front of 5,000+ association executives who visit and participate in the Association Chat Community online and tune in for my weekly podcast.

It's day 33 of the government shutdown on today's Association Chat News Flash briefing Sign up for the mailing list and find out more at associationchat.com. What is the Association Chat News Flash Briefing? You can listen to the Association Chat News Flash Briefing on your Amazon Alexa! Find out what's happening with associations in 1-2 minute clips.

Association Chat special guests Brian Carter and Adele Cehrs review the trends that have changed industries, why so many organizations have lost traction, and how top performers are growing and winning today. Carter is the #1 bestselling author of The Like Economy, LinkedIn for Business, Facebook Marketing, and The Cowbell Principle. Brian is respected as an international authority on how organizations of all sizes can create and retain business using the Internet. Cehrs, founder and CEO of Epic PR Group and her new firm WHEN + HOW is the author of Spike Your Brand ROI. She has more than 20 years' experience in the PR and marketing industry. Cehrs has served as a strategist, corporate counsel, and crisis-management adviser for clients such as Yum Brands, Johnson & Johnson, Lockheed Martin, Verizon, and Georgetown Cupcake. What is Association Chat?Online Community | Podcast | Alexa Skill | Resources | EventsCheck into the Association Chat podcast for an hour each week to hear from bestselling authors, influential business thinkers from all industries, and the most influential professionals in the association realm. Call-in and ask your questions on the air! Connect with others in the association industry in the live chat room and throughout the rest of the week in the private Association Chat community. Attend the live events, happy hours, and workshops created especially for you! Sign up for the mailing list and find out more at www.associationchat.com. What is the Association Chat News Flash Briefing?You can listen to the Association Chat News Flash Briefing on your Amazon Alexa! Find out what's happening with associations in 1-2 minute clips. Enable the skill here:  http://bit.ly/assnchatflash

"Whether you want to advance faster at your present company, change jobs, or make the jump to a new field entirely, the goal is clear: to build a career that thrives on your unique passions and talents. But to achieve this in today’s competitive job market, it’s almost certain that at some point you’ll need to reinvent yourself professionally." And our guest for this show to talk about creating the career you want is Dorie Clark. She is a keynote speaker and author of bestsellers Stand Out, Reinventing You, and Entrepreneurial You (among other titles). What is Association Chat?Online Community | Podcast | Alexa Skill | Resources | EventsCheck into the Association Chat podcast for an hour each week to hear from bestselling authors, influential business thinkers from all industries, and the most influential professionals in the association realm. Call-in and ask your questions on the air! Connect with others in the association industry in the live chat room and throughout the rest of the week in the private Association Chat community. Attend the live events, happy hours, and workshops created especially for you! Sign up for the mailing list and find out more at www.associationchat.com. What is the Association Chat News Flash Briefing? You can listen to the Association Chat News Flash Briefing on your Amazon Alexa! Find out what's happening with associations in 1-2 minute clips. Enable the skill here:  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07…  

Blake and KiKi laugh about not going to their high school reunions while David Burkus shares why it's those dormant ties that could amount to selling the UFC.  David is a best-selling author, sought after speaker and associate professor of leadership and innovation at Oral Roberts University. His newest book, Friend of a Friend, offers readers a new perspective on how to grow their networks and build key connections—one based on the science of human behavior, not rote networking advice. He’s delivered keynotes to the leaders of Fortune 500 companies and the future leaders of the United States Naval Academy. His TED talk has been viewed over 1.9 million times and he is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review. Check out his website: https://davidburkus.com  We talked about: - Which areas of your network provide the best source of new ideas and insights - Where the potential blind spots and weak points in your network are - How to foster authentic, collaborative relationships - How to effectively grow and strengthen your network - Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - Superheroes and Neil Gaiman - The history of the UFC ...it was an interesting conversation! Join David Burkus and Association Chat host KiKi L'Italien for a discussion about the science behind successful networking.

If one of your 2019 goals is to leverage the relationships you’ve got, have I got a show for you. How did you get your last job? A quick look at the plethora of meetup networking events out there tells us that we already know it might have more to do with who we know than what we know.

What's changing with the Association Chat Flash Briefing in 2019? A LOT! Find out what the plan is and if you haven't enabled the Association Chat Flash Briefing on your Amazon Alexa yet, you need to do it! Link here: https://www.amazon.com/Amplified-Growth-Association-Chat/dp/B07CLLXXWQ

When I reflected on 2018 and my biggest regrets over the year, thinking about the times I had my most negative experiences, it almost always had to do with not setting appropriate boundaries. These examples could usually be summed up with the saying, “no good deed goes unpunished.” How do you know when to say, “sorry, I can’t”?

Sometimes I do interviews that don’t have a live audience and I try to figure out when and where to add them to what I’m already doing with the Association Chat podcast. When I had a chance to catch up with my good friend, event designer Tahira Endean, it was as she was wrapping up a world tour of experiences, including attending The College of Extraordinary Experiences in Poland. We talked about all kinds of things, but the theme of our conversation, the through line, was designing experience. Here is a little piece of that discussion. I’ll be sharing more from that interview (and others from 2018 on the same topic) in the coming days. As we went into this part of our conversation, Tahira had just started talking about the importance of rapid prototyping. For more on this topic, watch the Amplified Growth blog in the coming days.  

The famous seer, sage, soothsayer, and former association marketing executive...KIKINI – SEER OF HIDDEN TRUTHS!!!

Successes don’t often become successful completely by accident. But the world is full of advice about how to become a success and we can’t always know which of these rules to follow. This episode is all about The Real Truth About Success: What The Most Influential Do Differently And Why They Won't Tell You And our guest for this show is Garrison Wynn. He is a keynote speaker and author of the Amazon bestseller The Real Truth about Success, the Amazon #1 bestseller The Cowbell Principle. What is Association Chat?Online Community | Podcast | Alexa Skill | Resources | EventsCheck into the Association Chat podcast for an hour each week to hear from bestselling authors, influential business thinkers from all industries, and the most influential professionals in the association realm. Call-in and ask your questions on the air! Connect with others in the association industry in the live chat room and throughout the rest of the week in the private Association Chat community. Attend the live events, happy hours, and workshops created especially for you! Sign up for the mailing list and find out more at www.associationchat.com. What is the Association Chat News Flash Briefing? You can listen to the Association Chat News Flash Briefing on your Amazon Alexa! Find out what's happening with associations in 1-2 minute clips. Enable the skill here:  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CLLXXWQ?ie=UTF8&ref-suffix=ss_rw&ref_=cm_sw_r_tw_a2s_a2s_aoPcCbYTC1N4H   #81 THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT SUCCESS | Garrison Wynn Guests | Association Chat with KiKi L'Italien

Creativity by itself doesn't owe you anything. But how can creativity help you be the best leader for your tribe? And what are you even marketing to your tribe in the first place? Seth Godin knows. Seth Godin is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, and speaker. In addition to launching one of the most popular blogs in the world, he has written 18 best-selling books, including The Dip, Linchpin, Purple Cow, Tribes, and What To Do When It's Your Turn (And It's Always Your Turn). TED speaker, founder of altMBA, and in May 2018, Seth was also inducted into the Marketing Hall of Fame! Seth joined KiKi L'Italien to discuss creativity for associations in this episode of Association Chat. Please enjoy! #80 SETH GODIN'S MARKETING ADVICE FOR ASSOCIATIONS IN 2019| Seth Godin Guests | Association Chat with KiKi L'Italien

Creativity by itself doesn't owe you anything. But how can creativity help you be the best leader for your tribe? Seth Godin is the author of 18 international bestsellers focusing on the post-industrial revolution, the way ideas spread, marketing, quitting, leadership, and making an impact.  Join Seth Godin and me as we discuss creativity in this episode of Association Chat.

Are associations really risk-averse? If so, should we continue to insist on innovation?   Please listen or watch this week's Association Chat Flash briefing and weigh-in with your opinion.   Association Chat Flash Briefing (Amazon Alexa) https://www.amazon.com/Amplified-Growth-Association-Chat/dp/B07CLLXXWQ New online community for Association Chat is just getting started on The Mighty Network. https://associationchat.mn.co/ Subscribe to the Association Chat YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/KiKiTVAmplified (http://bit.ly/assnchatYT) See the live weekly interviews on YouTube https://youtu.be/HXA2TI20wek Support Association Chat on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/associationchat

Why is Foresight the Future of Governing? For associations, the future of governing must be different than its past, and now is the moment to begin creating it. Association boards, chief staff executives and other governing contributors have a unique opportunity to work together and design a more generative integration of stewardship, governing and foresight that can strengthen board performance as well as prepare their associations, stakeholders and broader industry and professional systems to thrive in a world experiencing transformation. In this special Association Chat, KiKi interviews Jeff De Cagna, executive advisor for Foresight First LLC and author of the new eBook, Foresight is The Future of Governing: Building Thrivable Boards, Stakeholders and Systems for the 21st Century.  (The eBook is available as a free download at http://futureofgoverningbook.com.) Among the questions KiKi and Jeff will discuss: Why is board attention the most important and finite resource every association must manage with care? How can boards and chief staff executives think in a new way about what it means to govern? What can associations do today to begin creating a different future of governing?

  Association professionals often travel for business, attending conferences and meetings, visiting hotels, and likely passing by human trafficking taking place right under our noses.   Find out what sex trafficking looks like, what to do if you suspect it is happening, and what some industry insiders are doing to proactively fight it. Our guests will help us understand the issue a little better and how it impacts associations and association professionals. Guests on this episode include: Eliza M. Reock, who is a Program Specialist, in the Child Sex Trafficking Case Analysis Division of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children MaryAnne Bobrow, who is an associations and meetings professional who has spoken widely on this topic to planners with her keynote, “SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, DO SOMETHING” John Carter, the producer of the new documentary AMERICAN EXPLOITATION: THE SLAVES AMONG US Resources TraffickCam app - https://www.traffickcam.com/ The Tourism Child-Protection Code of Conduct - https://www.ecpatusa.org/ American Exploitation: The Slaves Among Us (documentary) http://american-exploitation.webflow.io/ Learn more about child sex trafficking - http://www.missingkids.org/theissues/trafficking Child Sex Trafficking Identification Resource - http://www.missingkids.org/content/dam/pdfs/CST-Resource-blue-1.pdf Child Sex Trafficking in America: A Guide for Parents and Guardians -http://www.missingkids.org/content/dam/pdfs/NCMEC%20CST%20fact%20sheet_ParentGuardian.pdf Celebrity Sex Cult - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nxivm-clare-bronfman-seagram-beverage-heiress-among-6-arrested-connection-to-alleged-sex-cult-allison-mack-keith-reniere/  

So Thanksgiving is happening Thursday, November 22nd and what does that mean? Pumpkin pie, family gatherings, and a reminder for all of us to be thankful. There are all kinds of magazines that I’ve seen pushing gratitude and telling us why we’ll be healthier, happier, and more successful if we practice gratitude. But will we really? And how do we do a better job of practicing gratitude, anyway? Our guest to help us understand this better is Lauren LeMunyan, The Spitfire Coach and author of the book, Spitting Fire.   Why is it important to practice gratitude? What are the benefits? How can we create a better practice of gratitude? What are you grateful for this year? Follow Association Chat here: Association Chat Flash Briefing (Amazon Alexa) https://www.amazon.com/Amplified-Growth-Association-Chat/dp/B07CLLXXWQ New online community for Association Chat is just getting started on The Mighty Network. https://associationchat.mn.co/ - I will be able to offer courses, weekly accountability chats with a sub-group, and post all events to this site. I want to create spaces. Be sure to add yourself to the mailing list on the Association Chat website at http://associationchat.com/ Make sure to rate or subscribe to Association Chat on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/association-chat-podcast/id1221431539?mt=2 Subscribe to the Association Chat YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/KiKiTVAmplified (http://bit.ly/assnchatYT) See the live weekly interviews on YouTube https://youtu.be/HXA2TI20wek Support Association Chat on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/associationchat

CEO succession planning is one of the most important duties of every association board of directors - and of every incumbent CEO. But few associations - even large, sophisticated ones - have developed comprehensive succession plans. In this episode of Association Chat we explore why that is, and how to develop a succession plan with the author of a recent book on the subject and a veteran search executive who is a leader in the association community. Join KiKi L'Italien (Host of Association Chat), Gary LaBranche (President & CEO, National Investor Relations Institute), and Lorraine Lavet (National Association Practice Leader and Senior Client Partner at Korn/Ferry International) for a fascinating and in-depth conversation about comprehensive succession plans.

What does design thinking entail and how are associations using it? For this episode of Association Chat, I interview Layla Masri, president of Bean Creative about design thinking and how she's used it with clients. 

This is KiKi L’Italien coming to you with your Association Chat News Flash Briefing for the week of November 12, 2018! This week I’m testing the new production flow for the weekly podcast interview series with Blake Althen from Human Factor. We’ll be discussing design thinking for associations on Tuesday the 12th at 2 pm ET and I would love for some of you to join us so we can test the processes and the tech before doing an official show. You can watch it streaming live on the Association Chat FB closed group and the Association Chat YouTube Channel. You can find both of those by clicking the icons on the top right of the associationchat.com website. Also, thanks to the over 50 of you who came out to the Chat happy hour last week sponsored by Brightline Interactive and thanks also to those of you who voted for me to win the Surge Innovation Pioneer Award. Last week was amazing and I am grateful more than you know. So that’s it for today’s Flash Briefing – tune in on Tuesday, if you can, and subscribe, like, comment, and share. As always, keep asking questions to learn every day. After all, you might just find out that the cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.

How to listen to Association Chat Flash Briefings on Amazon Echo devices There's now a new way get Association Chat News updates throughout the week! Association Chat is now delivering the latest association industry news updates weekly through Amazon Echo devices. You'll need to add Association Chat as a skill to your Amazon Alexa app: Go to the menu in your Alexa app and click on "skills" Search for "Association Chat" Click on the Association Chat Flash Briefing logo and then click "enable" -- you're all set! When you're ready to listen to the latest flash briefing, just say: “Alexa, what's my Flash Briefing?” or "Alexa, play the Association Chat Flash Briefing!" Check it out and let me know what you think!

Association Chat News Flash Happy Monday, you crazy Association Chat-land people. This is your Association Chat News Flash for October 22, 2018, your favorite flash briefing on associations and upcoming events in Association Chat-land & I’m the host of Association Chat, KiKi L’Italien. — This week you need to do two things for sure. The first is RSVP if you are going to attend The Association Chat Happy Hour & VR Adventure is taking place in Alexandria, Virginia, at Brightline Interactive on November 8 from 4-6 pm and if you’ve ever wanted to find out more about the ways associations can use augmented reality or virtual reality, this is your chance to play with some tech toys and ask questions from the Brightline folks who are also organizing members of the VR/AR Association DC chapter! Of course, this is also a happy hour with drinks and food so we can just meet up and see each other, too. But it’s always fun to have something interesting to check out while you’re catching up, am I right? You can register on associationchat.com for the tickets, which are free, but necessary since space is limited. We only have about 9 spaces left, so hurry and grab your spot if you’re interested. The second thing you need to do is listen to a couple of the most recent episodes of the Association Chat Podcast. I’ve edited and uploaded some that i think you’ll enjoy and get value out of, including last week’s interview with Gary LaBranche on succession planning and the awesome interview on SEO that I had the chance to do the week before. Go take a listen when you get the chance! — Well, that’s your Association Chat News Flash for October 18. Thanks again for listening to the Association Chat News Flash. Learn more at associationchat.com and check back regularly for another Association Chat News Flash Briefing.

Association Chat News Flash How do you stay innovative and keep your knowledge fresh? This is your Association Chat News Flash for October 9, 2018, your favorite flash briefing on associations and upcoming events in Association Chat-land & I’m the host of Association Chat, KiKi L’Italien. — Curiosity is a key trait and skill important to develop in order to understand new opportunities for reaching your audience and inspiring members. It’s something I work on every day and I actively look for opportunities to learn new things and ask lots of questions. And guess what? On November 8 from 4-6 pm, folks in the DC metro area will have a chance to do that, too! The Association Chat Happy Hour & VR Adventure is taking place in Alexandria, Virginia, at Brightline Interactive. And this won’t be your typical Happy Hour! Come meet with your Association Chat friends, play with some VR gear, and talk  with the VR/AR Association DC chapter! The event is free, but space is limited and tickets are required, so visit associationchat.com for registration details. — Well, that’s your Association Chat News Flash for October 9. Thanks again for listening to the Association Chat News Flash. Learn more at associationchat.com and check back regularly for another Association Chat News Flash Briefing.