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November 11, 2015 By Amanda Kaiser

Why We Need to Decide What Associations Are For

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Technology is changing our needs. Culture is changing our wants. The stories we tell ourselves are changing the marketplace. Environmental issues, political issues and societal issues will change our future.

Most associations were founded decades ago to solve a problem of the time. These problems have changed. Are we comfortable with what associations do or is this the time to start asking:

What are associations for?

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Filed Under: Association Strategy Tagged With: change, innovation, member experience, member needs

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