The Big Picture

JUNE 21, 2006

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. « Stamps to Become a Marketing Vehicle? | Main. | Ask a Working Woman » June 21, 2006. The newest Acronym in Washington. The new ASAE & The Center blog, Acronym , is now online.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 1, 2006

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Idea Architects

JUNE 30, 2006

If you find youself at all challenged by making sense of how things are changing in the world of media, communications, and information sharing, read this great post from Jay Rosen that spells it out in a very forthright fashion.

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Idea Architects

JUNE 25, 2006

Breath of Chutzpah. Copyright Sam Sartorius. It’s not about being #1 or even “the one.” For no galaxy has room for only one star. It’s not about being famous. It’s not about being the "leading anything" or being celebrated, sought after, flashy, admired, rich, noticed, or adored. For whenever it becomes about any of these things, it ceases to be about what it really is (and always will be) about.

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Member Engagement

Idea Architects

JUNE 20, 2006

It’s always a bit awkward when you think you are on a first date and the other party has the two of you walking down the aisle. How such different perceptions of a relationship’s status comes about is beyond me, but it seems to happen all the time between myself and the arts groups whose shows I attend. As someone who values the arts, I always try and catch a performance wherever my business travels take me.

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Idea Architects

JUNE 15, 2006

The three of them were giggling like schoolgirls, probably because they were just that … three schoolgirls taking the subway home after the last day of class. And as I sat across from them I couldn't help but notice their deep engagement in a time-tested end of the year ritual: reading what people wrote in their yearbook. They laughed, spun the book around repeatedly like a ballerina doing a pirouette, and read each and every comment inscribed by photos, inside the cover, and in every square inc

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Idea Architects

JUNE 14, 2006

Seeing Oprah on The Tony’s reminded me that regardless of what you might think of her, the gal knows how to throw a gala. When ABC televised her Legends Ball in May viewers could be forgiven if they thought they had tuned into an episode of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. But beneath all of the glitz and glamour (and it was piled on) there was a true attitude of gratitude.

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