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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?
Read More →It’s not a meme, but…
What are your professional learning habits? Jeffrey Cufaude poses this question and answers it well. He also asked other people to weigh in, so… Mine? Read voraciously And not just business books which, for the…
Read More →User Innovation v. Producer Innovation
A recent piece in MIT’s Technology Review by Eric Von Hippel (excerpt freely available, subscription required to read the entire piece) on the topic of the sources of innovation got me thinking about innovation and…
Read More →If I Knew Then What I Know Now
It’s not exactly a meme, but recently, Conor McNulty posted a request for advice, thoughts, feedback, etc. to Acronym. Topic: what would you have done differently in your association career? KiKi L’Italien then picked it…
Read More →It’s Not Personal
Recently, I made the decision to disconnect from a bunch of “Facebook friends.” I culled my list by about 20%. My criteria? Not totally scientific, but if I’d never met you in person or had…
Read More →Stop Asking for Information You Already Have
There’s this marketing company out there that provides tons of great free and paid content.They send me notices about new, really interesting-sounding white papers and studies they’re releasing (or promoting for others) for FREE at…
Read More →Be Human
There’s a great story that’s been making the rounds of the Interwebs about a Southwest pilot who held a plane so that a grandfather could make it to the bedside of his dying grandchild.(Get the…
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