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Some links for your Friday morning:

The Signal vs. Noise blog has a great short post on "doubling down" in business. Are any associations pursuing a "double down" strategy today?

On a related note, Jeff De Cagna asks, "What should we be doing to make innovation a more significant strategic priority in associations and in our community as a whole?"

The Nonprofit University Blog worries that associations are so focused on surviving today's tough times that they're hurting their chances of success long-term.

Speaking of which, Rosetta Thurman says, "Nonprofits will never be respected until we start respecting ourselves."

Jeffrey Cufaude pointed me to an interesting post by Seth Godin on an alternative MBA program Godin has established, and the lessons he's learned so far.

A few weeks ago, Jamie Notter started a discussion about leadership, asking, "What are your top 3 things people need to do, learn, focus on, etc. in order to become more effective leaders?" He's collected all of the answers in one post, and it's a great one.

The Wild Apricot blog has collected 30 links from their new Association Jam site, a community bookmarking and rating site for association-related stuff. There are a lot of interesting articles in there, as well as some bloggers I wasn't aware of.