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Robert’s Rules of Order by Henry M. Robert

Eric Lanke

This short work is commonly known as “the classic manual of parliamentary procedure.” And if my experience is in any way typical, it is casually referenced far more frequently than its principles and procedures are rigorously applied. As the blurb on the front flap describes: Even groups which have their own constitutions or bylaws frequently state that procedures not covered therein shall be governed by Robert’s Rules.

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Meetings with Purpose

Eric Lanke

I think I've mentioned before that I got my start in association management as a meeting planner. When I started I had zero experience. It was entry-level, and someone simply gave me a chance to provide myself. I found that I had a knack for it, and pretty soon my career in association management was off and running. I say association management, but honestly, for a time I thought I might be looking at a career in meeting planning.

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The Lost Art of Reading Blogs

Eric Lanke

In last week's post I made a passing reference to one of the main reasons I keep blogging -- namely, that I enjoy having readers respond to the things I write. And I promised more on that subject this week. Well, it's true. I do like having readers respond to the things I write here. But here's something else that's true. Almost no one ever does. Here's a quick story.

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Creating an Educated Workforce in Three Phases

Eric Lanke

Two weeks ago, I posted about an upcoming panel discussion I was asked to participate in -- a panel on how associations are successfully working to develop a better educated workforce for the industries they represent. That post can be found here. Well, that panel happened at a conference I attended last Thursday, and I thought I would provide an update.

Education 124
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Podcasting Creates Interest and Excitement

Eric Lanke

Today we launched a podcast at my association. It's called Fluid Power Forward , and on it, we plan to interview interesting people who are helping to move fluid power technology forward. If you're interested, you can listen to our first episode here. The project was fairly long in coming. The idea was first hatched at the tail-end of 2018, when I realized that there was a lot of interesting things going on in our industry, that we consistently presented and talked about those things at our work

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Keeping Up with the Waterfall

Eric Lanke

My association's Board of Directors has eighteen people on it. Whenever I'm comparing notes with other association executives about how big our boards are, I usually joke that I like having eighteen people on my Board because it guarantees that I can get at least twelve to show up at my Board meetings. I'm only half joking. It's not unusual for three or four Board members to be unable to attend any particular Board meeting.

Industry 113
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The Right Way

Eric Lanke

It's budget time at the association I work for. And what I mean by that is that the budget for our new fiscal year has been approved by our Board of Directors, and now it's time to code all our projected expenses for upload into our accounting system, and to prepare the worksheet by which all our staff members can be sure to submit their expenses to the right codes as their invoices come in throughout the year ahead.

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