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		<title>Four steps to developing a culture of innovation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This guest post is by Randal Moss, who has helped organizations big and small develop innovation programs to become truly creative workplaces. He is a co-author of “The Future of Nonprofits: Innovate and Thrive in the Digital Age.” Check out the book at its website and Facebook page. It originally ran on our sister blog, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://smartblogs.com/insights/2011/06/09/four-steps-to-developing-a-culture-of-innovation/</link>
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		<title>Should you share your goals?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Janet McNichol, SPHR, CAE, is the Human Resources Director at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. She is passionate about health and wellness and blogs about her experience managing ASHA’s program at Inside Workplace Wellness. Connect with her on LinkedIn or Twitter at @jmcnichol. You&#8217;ve probably read about how the people in your social circle influence your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://smartblogs.com/insights/2011/06/07/should-you-share-your-goals/</link>
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		<title>Conversational gymnastics: What makes chat tools work?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[David Hollender is the chief Internet Strategist for Mind Sky, an online communications consultant for associations, nonprofits and social enterprises. During a recent online chat, I was struck how awkwardly Twitter manages conversations. Though pervasive and easy to use, Twitter does not excel in keeping the thoughts, insights, suggestions and occasional tangents of participants in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://smartblogs.com/insights/2011/06/02/conversational-gymnastics-what-makes-chat-tools-work/</link>
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		<title>3 views of volunteering</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Peggy Hoffman is president of Mariner Management &#38; Marketing LLC, an association management company.  She twitters at @peggyhoffman and blogs at the Idea Center. Story 1: Can’t find no volunteers A few weeks ago, I was in need of a few helping hands. It was an immediate need. The job was short-term: a couple of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://smartblogs.com/insights/2011/05/31/3-views-of-volunteering/</link>
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		<title>Vacation week, seeking new voices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post was written by SmartBrief Partnership Sales Director Jessica Strelitz. SmartBlog Insights is taking a pre-summer break this week. We will scale back our new posts to twice-per-week as we head into vacation season. We&#8217;re also looking for new contributors. If you are interested, please e-mail me. Have a great week! &#160; Related Posts: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://smartblogs.com/insights/2011/05/25/vacation-week-seeking-new-voices/</link>
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		<title>Social media revenue: Which platform brings in more for you?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sterling Raphael is an entrepreneur, speaker and the founder &#38; CEO of @NFiStudios, focusing on delivering innovative technology to associations and events around the world.  This post first ran on the NFiStudios website. ADOTAS - eMarketer estimates &#8220;worldwide social media ad revenue will reach $6 billion in 2011 ($3.1 billion in the U.S. alone), and guess [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://smartblogs.com/insights/2011/05/18/social-media-revenue-which-platform-brings-in-more-for-you/</link>
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		<title>Give membership the flash mob treatment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Deirdre Reid, CAE, is a freelance writer who helps organizations create content and conversation. Connect with her at Reid All About It or @DeirdreReid. If Mitchell of ABC’s Modern Family dances in a flash mob, the trend must have already run its course, right? Not at all! I still get misty-eyed when I see a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://smartblogs.com/insights/2011/05/17/give-membership-the-flash-mob-treatment-2/</link>
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		<title>10 valuing behaviors to convey appreciation for staff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Peg Stomierowski Gould, MBA, is a writer and editor focusing on executive leadership, health and wellness, communications, financial services and other topics. Connect with her on LinkedIn. Read her other Insights contributions. I have discussed leadership’s need to demonstrate appreciation for employees who’ve weathered the worst of recessionary days, often doing the work of two or more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://smartblogs.com/insights/2011/05/12/use-valuing-behaviors-to-convey-appreciation/</link>
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		<title>Mapping strategic positives and negatives to achieve better outcomes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Baron Hanson is the principal and lead consultant of RedBaron Consulting, based in Charleston, S.C., and Washington D.C. Follow the firm on Twitter at @redbaronUSA. This piece is a SmartBrief exclusive. Leading a small business, nonprofit organization, industry association or large corporation is becoming increasingly complex for owners, executive directors and CEOs. Home runs, strikeouts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://smartblogs.com/insights/2011/05/11/mapping-strategic-positives-and-negatives-to-achieve-better-outcomes/</link>
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		<title>Leadership: Building trust across teams</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post, which originally ran in our sister blog SmartBrief on Leadership, is by Thomas Kayser, who worked for Xerox in the area of organizational effectiveness for 30 years. He is the author of two books: “Building Team Power: How to Unleash the Collaborative Genius of Teams for Increased Engagement, Productivity, and Results” and “Mining [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://smartblogs.com/insights/2011/05/10/leadership-building-trust-across-teams/</link>
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