The Daily Innovator

Will you ask the bold question?

Just wanted to make TDI readers aware of a post I made to the PCMA 2006 Philadelphia Weblog that should be of interest.  I'm serving as blogmaster for PCMA's Annual Meeting, and my hope is that the meeting's attendees will have the courage to ask the bold question.  I hope you do as well. 

Another blog...

No, don't worry.  I'm not launching YET ANOTHER blog!  I simply want to make TDI readers aware of another blog to which I contribute called The Association Renewal Blog.   It is the blog of my joint venture consulting practice, Association Renewal LLC, and it was just included in a list of Ten Cool blogs for the association community.

The focus of The Association Renewal Blog is on associations, of course, but I think that Jamie Notter (my Association Renewal business partner and blog co-author) and I write about issues that have relevance beyond associations.  I want to bring this blog to your attention and encourage you to check it out.  To help make it more accessible for you, I have added a feed for the blog to the TDI sidebar (scroll down) so you can see the five most recent posts.  Thanks in advance for giving it a chance.  Let me know what you think!

Going to the Fortune Innovation Forum next week

I'm very excited to be attending the Fortune Innovation Forum next week in New York City.  The program looks excellent and I will be blogging the meeting.  The blog has been up for about a month it it is very good.  I was hoping to contribute even before the meeting but...well you get the picture.

The innovators to be discussed during the meeting include HBO, Starbucks, Fedex and Target.  I'm particularly excited to hear from Blue Ocean Strategy co-author and INSEAD professor W. Chan Kim. Professor Kim will address the subject of blue ocean strategy, i.e., the idea of creating entirely new markets through value innovation rather than competing head-to-head.  I'm a big fan of the book, and I am incorporating its ideas into my work in the association community. 

Anyway, there are many other outstanding speakers who will be at the conference, as well as some other cool experiences.  I'll write more about it all next week when I'm there!

Launching a new category

Since it's inception in September, the focus of The Daily Innovator has been on innovation as a general concept that applies to all workers in all organizations.  This focus will continue, but I have decided to create a new category for posts directed at my specific audience, which is the non-profit association community.

My blogger friends are giving me a bit of a (wholly deserved) hard time about The Daily Innovator not exactly being "daily" for more than a month now.  I'm going to use this category to help simplify things with the goal of posting more frequently.  It's an experiment.  I'll keep you posted on any broader implications!