Association Subculture

JUNE 11, 2013

This program is being designed to be an intentional collaboration between highly qualified instructors and the attendees themselves - co-creating and fully engaging in discussion as a way to develop and demonstrate mastery over content relevant to association professionals.

Education 100

Education Sacramento Case Study California 100

Association Subculture

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Can you supply what they need with four quarterly regional professional development opportunities and a conference per year? Your professional development has to be faster, cheaper and more robust than it has ever been. No, you can't.

Video 100

Video Member Experience Marketing Conference 100

Association Subculture

JULY 29, 2011

What if we flip our thinking and stop waiting for the “one great leader who can do it all” and instead develop processes to identify and combine the best talents in our groups? Develop appropriate training. What does that mean for leadership in our associations and not-for-profit corporations?

Leadership 100

Leadership United States Innovation Education 100

Association Subculture

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

If you feel compelled to develop a "theme" to go with a family outing.you might be an association professional. If you can get ticked off five times in the first fifteen minutes of any hotel stay.you might be an association professional. If you can''t explain what you do for a living.you might be an association professional. association'

Analysis 100

Analysis 100

Association Subculture

JANUARY 2, 2012

As a community we should search for more opportunities for associations to develop a clear social identity in the larger global context. If its pop culture to technology to gamification to economics to workforce development to globalization to new corporate structures we have to actively get in the game.

United States 100

United States Education Leadership Project 100

Association Subculture

JANUARY 19, 2010

Developing a task force to work through governance issues with an independent specialist. Developing a strong and compelling core purpose and envisioned future for your members. Developing and implementing strong affiliate agreements and enforcing them. Developing and publishing policy overall and following it.

Leadership 100

Leadership Course Committee United States 100

Association Subculture

AUGUST 26, 2013

In the coming weeks I have a lot to say about membership engagement and professional development but for right now, I just wanted to shoot out some resources for those of you who are interested in learning about how gaming and gaming techniques can be used in our associations to make us more fun, more engaging and "stickier.".

Association Management 100

Association Management Atlanta Video Resources 100

Association Subculture

DECEMBER 19, 2011

I used them to guide project work, to select which professional development opportunities I would sign up for and to guide my content curation efforts. I was able to develop a much better balance between being a content consumer/broadcaster and a producer. Im feeling the need for some updating.

United States 100

United States Content Leadership Project 100

Association Subculture

MARCH 10, 2014

Workforce development in the United States is foundering on stormy economic seas and our skills gaps are getting larger and larger. If nothing is done about the current system, income inequality will continue to drive the middle class to the brink of destruction and all the dues we complain about not getting now will disappear for good.

United States 100

United States Class System Education 100

Association Subculture

APRIL 6, 2012

Not only was Larry inspiring and charming, each table got to participate in an exercise where we developed our own six word memoirs. One a group exercise to develop a six word memoir for association management where we got to chat, get to know each other and create together (our table came up with "Strategic plan done.

Dallas 100

Dallas Michigan Conference United States 100

Association Subculture

MAY 28, 2013

We need to also stop thinking about educational opportunities just in context of the professional development programs we offer. Ideas that we can capitalize on and share, and maybe even monetize. At the very least, ideas to make the world a better place. as (at the heart of it) learning opportunities.

Education 100

Education Innovation Video System 100

Association Subculture

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

That is a really great concept and a few months ago I had the good fortune of helping one of my clients actually develop one. Conference Strategic Position - With the association vision as the starting point, I facilitated a meeting where they developed a Statement of Conference Strategic Position. (By

Association Management 100

Association Management Conference Education Social Media 100

Association Subculture

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Workforce Development - I have been occasionally harping on this, but I think I am going to pound on that drum a little harder this year. And democracy because I am a governance nerd and refuse to give up on the idea that associations are the training grounds for citizenry in this country.

United States 100

United States Social Media Video Association Management 100

Association Subculture

MARCH 19, 2012

I agree that in many cases, staff experts can make areas like professional development and conference planning, publications, etc., For example, my profession is software development, and the association delivers services/products which are embodied in software. Who can argue against helpfulness or efficiency?

Leadership 100

Leadership United States Innovation Software 100

Association Subculture

MAY 9, 2012

Wouldnt you like to direct your members to standards you have helped develop, have faith in and have endorsed? She worked her way up from receptionist to executive director, switched directions to passionately pursue developing her skills as an educational content specialist and is now a consultant. The answer is - YOU.

United States 100

United States Review Leadership Education 100

Association Subculture

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Regardless, it is a membership based community formed around the concept of helping Gen Y reach their career goals and accelerate the development of their business acumen. It does have a GuideStar record but no 990 yet, so I can't actually tell if it's a 501(c)(6) or a 501(c)(3).

Video 100

Video Industry Resources Organization 100

Association Subculture

MAY 15, 2013

If we don''t remain seriously focused on professional development and career assistance, there are others waiting in the wings who want to put us out of business.

Education 100

Education Michigan Certificate System 100

Association Subculture

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

The world of medicine is that complex and the educational and professional development needs are that distinct. She worked her way up from receptionist to executive director, switched directions to passionately pursue developing her skills as an educational content specialist and is now a consultant. October 3, 2011 7:37 AM.

Innovation 100

Innovation United States Education Association Management 100

Association Subculture

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

It’s simply my personal belief that there seems to be a correlation between how convoluted the final product is, how self-congratulatory the board is regarding its development, and how expensive the consultant was. A board that looks upon its success with smug satisfaction can develop a sense of entitlement.

Kansas 100

Kansas United States Leadership Maine 100

Association Subculture

APRIL 19, 2012

Video is also a critical competency we all need to develop. She worked her way up from receptionist to executive director, switched directions to passionately pursue developing her skills as an educational content specialist and is now a consultant. Remember, as addicted as we are to communication via text, etc.,

United States 100

United States Communications Leadership Education 100

Association Subculture

MAY 13, 2013

We need to develop a culture within our organizations that decides that NO MEMBER WILL BE LEFT BEHIND. Every member needs outreach, to be taught how to access the system, to be shown a pathway to a better life. And not with a membership packet and a website address.

Education 100

Education Class System Certificate 100

Association Subculture

AUGUST 2, 2011

We continue to tell ourselves it is possible to develop such an intimate relationship with our members that we can routinely second-guess and satisfy their every whim and need. Should we make every attempt to get to know members and develop deeper, more authentic relationships? WIFM is a mirage. We are kidding ourselves. Absolutely.

Leadership 100

Leadership Social Media United States Conference 100

Association Subculture

JULY 9, 2010

What can we do to ensure our members have enough "high points" to actively catalog and develop a positive narrative around? However, we may need to develop ways to tap into these two different aspects of the member - how they feel during experiences and how they remember them. The Story of Attendance.

Leadership 100

Leadership Conference United States Survey 100

Association Subculture

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Believing at different points in our technological development that brains worked like "clocks," and then "switchboards," and the like. Tiffany points out that it is startling how over the years we have cast our understanding of how the brain functions in terms of technology.

Discount 100

Discount System Video Technology 100

Association Subculture

JANUARY 20, 2011

I have seen the power of appreciative inquiry work within individual associations as they have developed visions and grappled with governance issues. I have developed a set of ten questions. Now, Im testing the theory in a wider venue to see if it can work within our profession as a whole.

Proposal 100

Proposal Project Innovation United States 100

Association Subculture

AUGUST 26, 2011

But the hardest part of all is finding the time to develop a sophisticated understanding of the historical, economic, political and cultural roots of the issues. We tend to gravitate to "safe" discussions. Its easy to admit we should be more diverse. Its more difficult to actively seek solutions to the problem.

Association Management 100

Association Management United States Education Leadership 100

Association Subculture

DECEMBER 19, 2012

We have to develop trust faster, genuinely honor authenticity and give members the power to interact in far less formal settings than we are used to. (If Most importantly, we have to appeal to our members to get hyper-local in a globalized way. We have to balance that bridge between intimacy and vision in ways we have never had to before.

Video 100

Video Innovation Resources Products 100

Association Subculture

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Like many association professionals who specialize in conferences and professional development, I come to any educational experience with some pretty high expectations. ” So, not only is it hard to get my attention in the first place, you can lose me at any number of points along the way.

Conference 100

Conference Price Course Education 100

Association Subculture

AUGUST 31, 2009

I believe understanding and embracing sub-cultural elements in society is crucial to developing a more sophisticated understanding of the beast we have come to know and love as the non-profit trade and professional association. Why aren’t we succeeding with defining and developing community? Community this and community that.

Social Media 100

Social Media United States Association Management Leadership 100

Association Subculture

OCTOBER 18, 2011

In a truly creative space you set aside funds for investment, research and development and you learn to take calculated risks. ".look She worked her way up from receptionist to executive director, switched directions to passionately pursue developing her skills as an educational content specialist and is now a consultant.

Association Management 100

Association Management Innovation United States Leadership 100

Association Subculture

MARCH 14, 2012

And if you dont have one naturally, then you have to either develop one or get good at "faking it." She worked her way up from receptionist to executive director, switched directions to passionately pursue developing her skills as an educational content specialist and is now a consultant.

Leadership 100

Leadership United States Education Innovation 100

Association Subculture

JUNE 12, 2014

As we note in the whitepaper, this is definitely a skill that develops, and the best way to improve it is to get more inputs (in other words, use more data!), This is the source of, "I get my best ideas in the shower," or "while running," or "maybe I better sleep on this."

System 100

System Case Study Process Tools 100

Association Subculture

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

We try to "sell" membership in the context of "personal and professional development.". We bury the story of membership benefits in a stream of nonsense about networking opportunities, legislative advocacy and discounts, etc. What we never simply say outright is, "Membership IS the value of membership.". Maybe it's time we did.

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles Sacramento Discount Social Media 100

Association Subculture

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Why are we developing policy to combat employees downloading and utilizing new communication tools on the job - [yes on the job, of COURSE on the job - how else can they learn how to translate personal skill into direct business application] ? Why are we still enforcing dress codes? Change is necessary.

Education 100

Education United States Leadership Association Management 100

Association Subculture

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Chapter/section/region/component development is a process that should be thoughtfully engaged in and carefully negotiated. She worked her way up from receptionist to executive director, switched directions to passionately pursue developing her skills as an educational content specialist and is now a consultant.

Recruiting 100

Recruiting Recruitment Leadership Revenue 100

Association Subculture

JUNE 19, 2010

He also assists organizations as they develop compelling missions and strategic visions. She worked her way up from receptionist to executive director, switched directions to passionately pursue developing her skills as an educational content specialist and is now a consultant. He is the author of the Association Law Blog.

United States 100

United States Project Innovation Leadership 100

Association Subculture

APRIL 2, 2012

She worked her way up from receptionist to executive director, switched directions to passionately pursue developing her skills as an educational content specialist and is now a consultant. Shelly kept up the fast pace by diving head-long into her career in the world of association management.

United States 100

United States Leadership Education Innovation 100