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Do We REALLY Know What Our Members Need?
For ONCE I was able to participate in #assnchat this week! KiKi was taking the week off, so Nikki Jeske (aka “Affiniscape“) hosted. Nikki did a great job, but I thought her closing question was…
Read More →Meme Time: Changing the World in 2012
Maddie Grant has thrown down the gauntlet of the first meme challenge (that I’m aware of) of 2012: How am I going to change the world in 2012? The responses are already starting. I particularly…
Read More →Book Review: Humanize
If you’re one of my regular readers – or someone who knows me IRL – you probably know of my disdain for business books. Generally, they state the obvious or the *painfully* obvious at a…
Read More →Is This Really the Best We Can Do?
I just got the latest issue of CEO Update (v. XXI, #537, December 16 and 30, 2011) in the mail. Either as a result of the slowdown in hiring or the changing needs of the…
Read More →From the Humanize chat
Wow, the #ASAETech chat on Maddie Grant and Jamie Notter’s new book, Humanize, was almost two weeks ago, and I’m just getting around to sharing my thoughts. Hey, #Tech11 had us ALL booked solid last…
Read More →“Done is the engine of more.”
A few months ago, I was having a discussion with some smart association peeps, and we got talking about the fact that, in membership organizations, it’s not so much that we fear failure for its…
Read More →PR Issues for Associations
I had the opportunity to attend a workshop of that same title yesterday morning put on by the local chapter of PRSA downtown. Our speakers included: Peter Panepento of the Chronicle of Philanthropy on creating…
Read More →“PR by Ostrich”
Two major scandals have been ALL OVER the news media recently: the Herman Cain sexual harassment allegations and the Jerry Sandusky pedophilia accusations. What do the two have to do with each other? Cover up….
Read More →Idea Swappin’
This week’s Super Idea Swap at ASAE was great, as usual! We had lots of new faces – and plenty of familiar ones – and sessions with different topics than we often see. I chose…
Read More →Are Some More Equal Than Others?
Yep, it’s another post about Joe Gerstandt’s awesome How to Fly Your Freak Flag session as #ASAE11. One of the exercises consisted of Joe reading a variety of statements and asking us to stand up,…
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