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Examining One’s Habits
Although I celebrate Mardi Gras every year with gusto, I’ve never taken the next step: making a Lenten resolution. No doubt, the fact that I’m not Catholic has something to do with that. But I…
Read More →Who Cares?
The Google+ “+1” button. The Facebook “like” button. “Tweet this.” These are all increasingly common forms of automated sharing. The problem, of course, is that attention STILL doesn’t scale, and, as pointed out in a…
Read More →What Do You Mean You Don’t Want Me?
Last week, the ASAE annual meeting proposal notices came out. Some of us got in, some of us didn’t, and some got a little of both. Now there are half joking – but that also…
Read More →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…
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