Wild Apricot

AUGUST 25, 2008

Organization 150

Organization 150

Idea Architects

AUGUST 31, 2008

Too often individuals in leadership positions see their job as solving problems for others instead of engaging others in problem solving. Our mayor recently made this error when announcing he was considering the possible sale of neighborhood pocket parks. Like many cities, Indianapolis faces some significant budget challenges. Our new mayor ran on a platform of reducing government expense and rightly is looking at every budget line for possible savings.

Indianapolis 60

Indianapolis Leadership Cost 60

GlowGlobally

AUGUST 26, 2008

GrowGlobally.org. global association strategy, regional planning and local infrastructure to grow your business. Home. About. Channels. MarCom. Market & Biz Plan. Meetings. Membership. Products. Public Affairs. Services. « Forming New Associations – Start up Capital and Value Proposition Design. 950 Attend World’s Tallest Building Summit in Dubai » Aug. 26. 2008.

San Diego 60

San Diego Video Products Strategy 60

Guilt by Association

AUGUST 25, 2008

(My first post!). OK, the ASAE annual meeting ended almost a week ago … but I was on the beach in SD, so cut me a little slack, OK? Social media continues to be the major theme at these association meetings. Everyone – not just the techies – is trying to figure out how to do it right. But who really knows for sure? But as a speaker at last year’s ASAE conference said wisely, “Relax.

Social Media 40

Social Media Survey Maine Tools 40

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Off Stage

AUGUST 23, 2008

Off Stage. Aug. 23, 2008 - I'm from the IRS and I am here to help. One of the consulting projects Ive recently (almost) finished is the construction of a policy manual for a non-profit Realtor organization. Its a pretty good-sized manual (about 150 pages, all told), because the CEO of the association has spent a lot of years standardizing the practices in the association office, and even created some processes which are included in the policy manual as a way to add consistency to office func

Oregon 40

Oregon Review Course Project 40

Wild Apricot

AUGUST 20, 2008

Software 150

Software Organization Resources 150

Idea Architects

AUGUST 21, 2008

Are you aware that you've had two claims in the past two years? When this is the start of a phone call from your insurance agent, you know the conversation is going to go downhill. Well, of course, I'm aware. I'm the one who filed them. I'm also aware that these were for two different addresses (my old house and my new home), that one of them was for hail damage from a storm that affected almost 10% of Indianapolis, and that my only other claim came in 1996 and involved a payout of less than $

Indianapolis 60

Indianapolis Course Tools 60

Association 20/20

AUGUST 19, 2008

As associations, I belive the time is fast approaching, if not already here, to begin turning our organizations upside down. To the CFOs and Board members out there, take a deep breath as this isn’t what it might sound like. Traditionally, the development of formal organizational structure often began as a Board mandate to create a particular layer or level of organizational bureaucracy.

Resources 40

Resources Process Organization 40

Observations on Association Management

AUGUST 6, 2008

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Wednesday, August 6, 2008. Seizing Opportunities vs. Embracing Burdens. The difference between success and failure sometimes can be the simple difference between seizing an opportunity and embracing a burden. My association management company is almost always actively seeking new clients, both associations seeking full-service management and organizations looking for help managing or executing programs.

Association Management 40

Association Management Dallas Texas Maine 40

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Off Stage

AUGUST 21, 2008

Off Stage. Aug. 21, 2008 - The Paradox. Not long ago, my good friend and Supreme Queen of Association Managers, Cindy Butts, blogged about a short training tape which she had watched called “The Abilene Paradox” She mentioned a few interesting points which piqued my interest—namely, that often leaders of groups agree with a variety of off-the-wall propositions just because they don’t want to offend anyone by expressing opposition.

Committee 40

Committee Leadership Texas Tools 40

BlogClump

AUGUST 26, 2008

skip to main | skip to sidebar. BlogClump - Blogging About Associations From a Gen Xer. A Gen Xer giving his thoughts and opinions on the Association world. Tuesday, August 26, 2008. Catching Back Up with Shirky. I took a small break from my Here Comes Everybody reading. Fatherhood, a trade show, and a growing stack of magazines will do that. But last weekend I had a chance to read a little bit more, and wanted to share my favorite nuggets.

San Diego 28

San Diego Baltimore DC Review 28

Wild Apricot

AUGUST 18, 2008

Organization 227

Organization 227

Guilt by Association

AUGUST 28, 2008

Brian Solis, one of the superstars in social media strategy, spoke at the ASAE Annual Meeting in San Diego last week. He talked about how public relations professionals can still influence opinion and behavior even though mainstream media is in its death throes. Sadly, the session wasn’t recorded. But its content was too good to let it disappear. From my notes: PR professionals have to be the new influencers.

Las Vegas 40

Las Vegas San Diego Social Media Sample 40

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Association 20/20

AUGUST 20, 2008

There’s a quote I recently came across in that “Wisdom” boils down to the mastery of your ego as well as the ego of others. Many association professionals think that simply having the right answer or the most on-point innovation waiting in the wings will help advance and propel the organization forward. Unfortunately, as many of you may have already learned, this is perhaps less than half the battle.

Innovation 40

Innovation Process Organization 40

Wild Apricot

AUGUST 15, 2008

Software 150

Software Cost Resources 150

Wild Apricot

AUGUST 13, 2008

Software 150

Software 150

Wild Apricot

AUGUST 5, 2008

Newsletter 216

Newsletter 216

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 1, 2008

Newsletter 150

Newsletter Email Marketing Organization Marketing 150

BlogClump

AUGUST 25, 2008

skip to main | skip to sidebar. BlogClump - Blogging About Associations From a Gen Xer. A Gen Xer giving his thoughts and opinions on the Association world. Monday, August 25, 2008. The Ideal Conference. Lots of folks have talked about San Diego and the ASAE Annual Meeting. NFI BMart (aka Captain Fogdirog ) JNott (aka McLovin) Kevin Holland New Association Blogger Caron Mason Lisa Junker compiled a list on Acronym , including some of these too.

San Diego 28

San Diego Conference Baltimore DC 28

Association 20/20

AUGUST 25, 2008

In many ways, associations for years have operated with a limited set of entry points were members come together en mass, almost as a seemingly invitation-only pseudo private club of connected people pariticipating in broad mass-justifying topics. In the future, I believe associations who will build a strong future will do so by tearing the gates down and creating a broad variety of entry points for members, to keep participation from becoming an exercise in bottleneck traffic.

Resources 40

Resources Project Process Technology 40