The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

The Big Picture. A big-picture view of issues and trends affecting associations - in Mississippi and nationally. Shawn on Facebook. Shawn on Twitter. Shawn on Google+. Shawn on Pinterest. Shawn on LinkedIn. « Bears Stearns Required Reading List for Interns | Main. | How Associations Can Use Twitter » September 13, 2007. Its magic. Photo via TheMagicianSite.com.

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Guidelines 150

Guidelines Organization Tips 150

Idea Architects

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

I wish more people would focus on making a difference rather than making a name for themselves. Contributing to a greater good almost always brings the rewards that meet any self-interest needs you have.

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Executive Connections

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

Executive Connections. « SIIA Content Forum | Main. | Lessons Learned: 2.0 » 13 September 2007. Adding Value. Things are moving along at a very fast pace here at SLA HQ. While the staff works to implement a new Association Management System (AMS), our leaders and committees are making great progress on the activities occurring in 2008 and beyond, and I have been traveling to some very interesting conferences and meetings.

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Member Engagement

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

The Big Picture. A big-picture view of issues and trends affecting associations - in Mississippi and nationally. Shawn on Facebook. Shawn on Twitter. Shawn on Google+. Shawn on Pinterest. Shawn on LinkedIn. « A New ROI Calculator For Social Network Campaigns | Main. | Its magic » September 12, 2007. Bears Stearns Required Reading List for Interns.

Mississippi 100

Mississippi Social Media Maine Marketing 100

Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Process 150

Process Software 150

Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

Tools 167

Tools Survey 167

Idea Architects

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

Babies taking their first steps have a lot to teach us about getting in action and achieving results. They get back up when they fall down. They are generally surrounded by lots of supportive hands in case they need help balancing. And once they get a rhythm going they are off like lightning. The same is true for anything we want to accomplish individually or organizationally.

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Idea Architects

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

This past weekend I had the good fortune to facilitate a multiple-day leadership conference for 50 future leaders of a professional association. Designing and leading such events is my favorite work, and I am grateful to do so for a few organization annually. Despite the efforts of many people for many years, several of the discussions from the conference suggest that leadership is still too frequently associated with positional power as opposed to the contributions individuals make.

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Strategy

Idea Architects

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

As I prepared to enjoy my mid-afternoon snack today (a small carton of yogurt) I was reminded that only two years ago this container with a foil top would have also had an additional plastic lid. While that lid may have once been seen as valuable or necessary, over time it became just wasteful. When eliminating its lids in 2005, Dannon estimated that 3.6 million pounds of plastic per year would be saved.

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Idea Architects

SEPTEMBER 8, 2007

"I don't have time to read blogs" said several people in their posts to a recent listserver conversation. "I don't have time to read newspapers" say workshop participants when I ask them if they follow the news. We are poised to become a nation of people able to read, but unaware of the world around us because we fail to do so. I get it. I, too, am busy, and browsing the mounds of information coming at me from so many sources requires a strategy and a skillset I am still developing.

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