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Dare to Think BIG
During Jeffrey Cufaude‘s ASAE11 Ignite presentation on living a sustainable life, he quoted Mary Catherine Bateson: “we’re living longer but thinking shorter.” And I got thinking about the concept of thinking small. Associations are under…
Read More →Innovation: Small Staff v. Large Staff
In the past 14 years, I’ve held a variety of positions in association management: senior staff in a mid-sized professional academic society, senior staff/acting CEO for a small ed-tech association, consulting, and now mid-level management…
Read More →Blue Mood
You know how some times you get into a pattern where NOTHING seems to be going right? It can happen in any area of your life, of course, but when it happens at work, it…
Read More →Super Swap
I had the opportunity to attend the July Super Swap at ASAE yesterday. I attended two sessions: one on volunteerism, one on technology: fad v trend. The best things I learned/heard include: Volunteerism Different tools…
Read More →#ASAE11 – Tips for First Timers
#ASAE11kicks off in just over a month (damn! already? where is the summer going…?), and I saw a recent tweet asking for tips for first-timers, so I thought I’d share some of mine: Follow the…
Read More →Unplugging, part….3? 4?
It must be that time again. A friend and colleague is updating a resource for ASAE on timesavers to promote work/life balance, and it got me thinking about some of my principles for work/life balance…
Read More →Money, Money, Money, MO-NEY
I tend to believe that if the same topic or issue or idea or person or whatever keeps showing up in your life, you should probably snap to: something is trying to get your attention….
Read More →Resume Tips for New Professionals
And good reminders for not-so-new professionals. I’ve recently been reviewing resumes (a LOT of resumes) for a summer internship NACHRI is looking to fill, and I have some advice to offer as a result: The…
Read More →User Innovation in Practice
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the concept of user innovation versus producer innovation. As a follow up, I thought it might be fun to share a small example of user innovation in…
Read More →What are you selling?
Can you describe what you’re selling your members in a sentence, or does it take a 3 page fold-out brochure?
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