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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 →She Tells Two Friends…And They Tell Two Friends…
Remember that old Faberge shampoo commercial, where the hook was that the shampoo was SO amazing that a woman told two friends about it, and then they each told two friends, etc., until the screen…
Read More →Do Your Incentives Make Sense?
I had the chance to have breakfast yesterday some membership professionals who are new to ASAE. Their organization has both individual and group membership, and they were looking for ideas on ways to increase both…
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….
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