I'm home and tired and I'll work on writing up more notes this week, but meanwhile, here is
Frank Fortin's blog post about Digital Now.
Showing posts with label Digital Now. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Digital Now. Show all posts
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Notes from Digital Now: Strategic Thinking
I went to many presentations and scribbled notes. What follows are some of those notes and things that made me say "Ahah!" or "hmmmm..."
Operational effectiveness means performing activities better than rivals perform them. In contrast, strategic positioning means performing different activities from rivals or performing similar actives in different ways. Ideally, we need to do both.
Too many execs surveyed say they don't have the capabilities to support their strategy for success or have too many conflicting priorities.
Is strategy about the future, or is about how to provide services now?
This is what our strategic planning should be addressing:
* How will we create value for our members?
* What must we do well to deliver that value?
* What are we going to deliver to whom?
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Operational effectiveness means performing activities better than rivals perform them. In contrast, strategic positioning means performing different activities from rivals or performing similar actives in different ways. Ideally, we need to do both.
Too many execs surveyed say they don't have the capabilities to support their strategy for success or have too many conflicting priorities.
Is strategy about the future, or is about how to provide services now?
This is what our strategic planning should be addressing:
* How will we create value for our members?
* What must we do well to deliver that value?
* What are we going to deliver to whom?
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Mobility includes more people at lunch
Pam, Howard, and I are sitting at lunch, all three of us looking at our phones and checking out twitter feeds, Facebook, email. And as we do, we're talking with each other.
Oh look, Andrew likes your status.
Marc is telling me I need to start implementing before my term is over.
My mom is laughing and saying that she's home.
Claire says her lunch appointment is cancelled.
We may look like we're being rude and isolating each other, but really, we're not only interacting, but we're including more people in our conversation.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPadl (while the soup gets cold)
Oh look, Andrew likes your status.
Marc is telling me I need to start implementing before my term is over.
My mom is laughing and saying that she's home.
Claire says her lunch appointment is cancelled.
We may look like we're being rude and isolating each other, but really, we're not only interacting, but we're including more people in our conversation.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPadl (while the soup gets cold)
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Digital Now
Mensa collects members' cell numbers, but not permission to text them. Time to do that the same way we do with their email addresses.
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Digital Now
Oohhh... If we could send out renewal notices via SMS and take payment via SMS...
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Digital Now
keynote speaker: Tomi Ahonen www.tomiahonen.com
"In a connected age, sharing information is power."
How big is mobile? 5.2 billion mobile phone subscribers versus 4.9 billion television, Internet, personal computer users.
How addicted are we?Average user checks his phone150 times per day.
Text messaging is the primary use of cell phones, not voice calls.
SMS alone is 3 times as big as email. MMS is a little smaller, but that is the next wave.
42% of American teens can send text messages blindfolded. 61% would choose their phone over TV. Only .3% choose email for their preferred communication.
Where are Mensa's younger members? ON THEIR PHONES. Where are Mensa's social events? At homes, restaurants, and email lists. See the problem?
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"In a connected age, sharing information is power."
How big is mobile? 5.2 billion mobile phone subscribers versus 4.9 billion television, Internet, personal computer users.
How addicted are we?Average user checks his phone150 times per day.
Text messaging is the primary use of cell phones, not voice calls.
SMS alone is 3 times as big as email. MMS is a little smaller, but that is the next wave.
42% of American teens can send text messages blindfolded. 61% would choose their phone over TV. Only .3% choose email for their preferred communication.
Where are Mensa's younger members? ON THEIR PHONES. Where are Mensa's social events? At homes, restaurants, and email lists. See the problem?
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Digital Now Conference
I'll be blogging quite a bit over the next few days from Digital Now (see earlier post for details).
Already, I'm bursting with ideas. QR codes... We could use these at AGs or RGs. Real effort to bring in paying vendors to our events... Some associations make 75% of their income this way... Imagine if Mensa didn't have to rely on dues!
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Already, I'm bursting with ideas. QR codes... We could use these at AGs or RGs. Real effort to bring in paying vendors to our events... Some associations make 75% of their income this way... Imagine if Mensa didn't have to rely on dues!
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
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