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A Hot Site at a Cool Price
In the fall of 2007, I had the opportunity to interview Mukul Chopra, National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI), and Mark Rogers, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD)…
Read More →Increasing User Response Rates = Increasing User Fatigue?
A recent post on Donor Power Blog about segmenting your constituents by propensity to act rather than more traditional demographics (age, location, income, etc.), led to a rather interesting exchange on the NTEN Discuss listserv….
Read More →Turns out, Big Brother tactics are NOT such a good idea
Information about people’s attitudes about online privacy, thanks to the Consumers Union According to the [Consumer’s Union] poll, 82 percent of consumers are concerned about their credit card numbers being stolen online, while 72 percent…
Read More →Preparing for the Future: Succession Planning
In the spring of 2007, a team of consultants from RSM McGladrey that included me assisted the Copper Development Association with a succession planning and staff development engagement. I had the opportunity to interview CDA…
Read More →It’s Not You, It’s Me – Learning to Love Your AMS
Remember how excited you were by the unlimited possibilities of your shiny new Association Management System? What would your staff say now? “We hate our AMS!” “It doesn’t do anything we want!” “We need a…
Read More →Setting Technology Policies That Make Sense in a Web 2.0 World
On Tuesday, September 9, I had the opportunity to speak to the Potomac Employers Roundtable. A group of about 30 people, largely senior HR and Administration professionals from a wide range of organizations (PR consultancies,…
Read More →Tagged in the Changeblogging meme
Mads tagged me in this conversation that originated with Qui Diaz of Livingston Communications. To quote Qui: “Changebloggers, as defined by Britt Bravo, are ‘people who are using their blog, podcast or vlog to raise…
Read More →ASAE AM Conversation: The Lunchtable Twilight Zone
As you’ll note if you read Confessions of a Justified Meeting Attendee, I mostly avoided the ASAE Exhibit Hall. However, one day, I made the mistake of having lunch. No it wasn’t the food –…
Read More →BloggerCon and BloggerUnCon
This year was my first BloggerCon. It was also the first year that BloggerCon was part of the official program. So it was kind of a mixed group: long time bloggers about associations like Jeff,…
Read More →Law of Unintended Consequences
In common with most attendees, I began my San Diego odyssey on a plane: a US Air flight from DC. I’m a platinum elite muckity-muck member (or whatever it is), so I’ve mercifully been shielded…
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