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How to Produce Association Rock Stars for 100 Years and Beyond

Association Adviser

What started as an offshoot of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce called the Secretaries Club of Atlanta, has grown into an influential state organization with formal bylaws, a code of ethics and organizing principles. Planning for our 100 th anniversary actually began with our 90 th anniversary in 2007.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Facilitation Friday #21: How to.

Idea Architects

Facilitation Friday #21: How to Wind Down. As a result, long-term group capability and capacity is not increased, nor is the sense of community among the groups members or their satisfaction with how time was spent. How to decide the amount of time and what to include. Dec 2007 (2). Nov 2007 (5). Oct 2007 (7).

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Serve Versus Sell: How to Negotiate Associations’ Dual Roles

Associations Now

A study on how organizations with hybrid missions—both social and commercial—manage the inherent tensions between the two offers some guidance for associations and the membership business model. The organizations that are successful are the ones that keep the tension alive.

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Change is Not Hard

Jamie Notter

And it’s not change that people resist in organizations. But that is a small piece of what we face when we’re changing things in organizations. Most of what we face is in those bullets above, so let’s figure out how to deal with that rather than lamenting about how hard change is. December 2007 (8).

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The Strength of Weak Ties

Jamie Notter

Check out this great interview with Andrew McAfee of MIT’s Center for Digital Business on how to talk to CEOs about social media. And we do this because it enables us (and, by extension, our organizations) to be more effective. December 2007 (8). November 2007 (14). October 2007 (12). September 2007 (17).

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The Easiest Way to Start Humanizing

Jamie Notter

We want YOU to actually start humanizing your organization. Now we are adding another resource: The “How Human is Your Organization” quiz. It is for individuals who work in organizations (at any level). Creating More Human Organizations. Previous post: Ten Tips to Creating More Open Organizations.

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

We discuss issues and trends in modern web technologies that help your organization achieve more with less. is vital to any nonprofit organization. The messenger is the person, group, or organization that delivers the information to the audience. Toronto : Imagine Canada , 2007. both electronic and print.