Wild Apricot

JANUARY 8, 2010

Many women (and, apparently, some men) flooded Facebook with unusual status updates over the past two days in a meme calling on “girls” to post the colors of the bras they were wearing, ostensibly to raise awareness of breast cancer. Social media responded to the stunt with a certain amount of tee-heeing and innuendo; with calls for a comparable “game for the guys” about underwear choices; with cries of “TMI” (Too Much Information); balanced with expressions of support and noticeable efforts to

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Association Leaders

JANUARY 31, 2010

Several years ago, shortly after the internet was invented, the association and hospitality industries were very worried they would become dinosaurs because people no longer needed to meet in person. I must admit as we all have more demands in our lives, professional and personal – connecting with people through the internet as opposed to traveling to connect has some appeal.

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Association Subculture

JANUARY 19, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Tuesday, January 19, 2010. Authenticity in Association Governance - Building Empire. Too bad, people say whats wrong with the kids today. Tell you right now theyve got nothing to lose. Theyre building empire! Game point, nobody wins. Decline, right on time. What happened to the dream sublime? Tear it all down, well put it up again.

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Idea Architects

JANUARY 19, 2010

Dan Pink's new book, Drive , is getting all the buzz right now, and deservedly so given the solid case Pink build that we continue to engage in motivation malpractice in the workplace. His TED Global talk highlights some of the book's key assertions, and is an exemplary model of best practices in 18-minute presentations. Yet many individuals and organizations have yet to fully digest and operationalize his previous work, A Whole New Mind.

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Guilt by Association

JANUARY 27, 2010

Josh Bernoff of Forrester Research has written a must-read post on the splintering of the Web, saying that the golden days of the standardized, open-source Web are over. He says we should prepare ourselves for a world in which platforms function well enough within their ecosystems, but are deaf to the rest of the universe around them. Mobile devices and online networks are the most obvious examples. iPhone apps don’t work on a Blackberry, and vice versa.

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Wild Apricot

JANUARY 26, 2010

Google Reader has announced a new feature that lets users create an RSS feed to track changes to any web page, even if the site doesn’t publish a feed. It’s great new feature for your website visitors who use Google Reader, but what about people who use a different feedreader or like to get updates by email? You can help those people get automatic notifications of your website changes, too.( read more ).

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Association Leaders

JANUARY 24, 2010

In a response to a previous blog about Consensus, I was asked about how organizations can reach consensus on controversial issues. My answer was the parties involved in the decision making process need to TRUST each other. That is not to say that trust alone guarantees parties will reach consensus on all issues. However, without trust it is certain the parties will never reach consensus.

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Association Subculture

JANUARY 11, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Monday, January 11, 2010. Association Subculture Word for 2010 - Authenticity. Like the echoes of your childhood laughter, ever after. Like the first time love urged you to take its guidance, in silence. Like your heartbeat when you realize youre dying, but youre trying. Like the way you cry for a happy ending, ending.

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Idea Architects

JANUARY 8, 2010

You show me yours, But I won't show you mine. Huh? We all know the deal is this: You show me yours, and I'll show you mine. It's an even exchange in which one party goes first. But when it comes to how associations and companies poll/survey their stakeholders, it's a one-sided bait and switch. We're asked to show our thinking, to give our insights, but generally get nothing in return: no summary of the survey results so we can learn what others were thinking, and no explanation of what actions w

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Speaker: Jessica Bonney from VICA and Jeff Horne from Wicket

What does delivering an exceptional member experience mean in today's world? With the right insights, tools, and strategies, you can identify what truly matters to your members, drive meaningful engagement at scale, and continue to meet the ever-evolving needs of your members. Join association experts Jessica Bonney from VICA and Jeff Horne from Wicket who will share practical insights on how to build an exceptional member-driven experience by gaining a deeper understanding of your members and d

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Association Law

JANUARY 4, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. This blog focuses on legal issues of interest to association leaders, including executives, volunteers and members. It is NOT intended to provide legal advice, but rather to share my informal thoughts on legal issues commonly faced by trade and professional associations, as well as foundations and other charities. This blog does not focus on homeowners associations or religious organizations.

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Guilt by Association

JANUARY 20, 2010

Forrester Research (of which I am a fan) has just updated its Social Technographics Ladder , its model for measuring an audience’s engagement with social media tools. Josh Bernoff and his team have added a group called “conversationalists,” people who update their social networking site or their Twitter status at least once a week.

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Wild Apricot

JANUARY 7, 2010

Have you noticed there's one prediction that turns up consistently at the top of every list of "Top 10 Trends for 2010"? Welcome to the decade of the Mobile Internet. Is your nonprofit blog or website ready for readers who do their web surfing by phone? ( read more ). Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Google Non-profit Communications RSS Accessibility mobile.

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Association Leaders

JANUARY 17, 2010

Consensus is more than the result of a vote, it is a group decision making process. Making decisions by consensus is what makes associations work. To achieve consensus means a group of people listen to each other’s opinions respectfully, offer their own opinions persuasively and after considering all options arrive at a group conclusion. Following the decision, all parties (even those whose opinion was not the conclusion) should publicly support the decision.

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Association Subculture

JANUARY 3, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Sunday, January 3, 2010. The End of the World as We Know It (in Associations). Six oclock - TV hour. Dont get caught in foreign tower. Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn. Lock him in uniform and book burning, blood letting. Every motive escalate. Automotive incinerate. Light a candle, light a motive. Step down, step down.

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Idea Architects

JANUARY 6, 2010

I think I can't. I think I can't. What happened to the little engine that could? It stalled. It got hung up with self-censorship and doubt, questioning its insights, its ideas, and its ambition. Perhaps you, too, fall prey periodically to the insidious little voices inside your head during the creative process. If so, you're quickly on a high-speed train to stagnation, frustration, and disillusionment.

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Association Law

JANUARY 11, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. This blog focuses on legal issues of interest to association leaders, including executives, volunteers and members. It is NOT intended to provide legal advice, but rather to share my informal thoughts on legal issues commonly faced by trade and professional associations, as well as foundations and other charities. This blog does not focus on homeowners associations or religious organizations.

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Membership Marketing

JANUARY 29, 2010

Membership Marketing Blog. Membership marketing – acquiring, engaging, upgrading, and renewing members – is the cornerstone for associations and relationship driven organizations. Whether you are an association professional or a relationship marketer, join the discussion on the Membership Marketing Blog and share your ideas and counsel. Speaking Engagements.

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Wild Apricot

JANUARY 29, 2010

"How can our nonprofit move the active conversation from our Facebook fan Page to our organization’s own blog??" The nonprofit that asked this question might be a small one, but their challenge certainly isn’t! Here's one way to tackle it.( read more ). Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Marketing online community Blogging Social networking Facebook Non-profit Communications websites social media.

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Association Leaders

JANUARY 10, 2010

I have been thinking about the way people interact with each other. Not the ways in which they interact but HOW they interact – how people treat each other. I am disappointed with the way we treat each other, in our business and our personal lives. It seems to me every generation of people have become more and more selfish – while we should become more selfless.

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Associations Live

JANUARY 28, 2010

The State of the Union Address. Watched it. Gotta say, it's embarrassing, ridiculous, and rather juvenile to watch one half of the room jump up and down and the other half of the room sit like frozen manequins. I vote for just listening to the speech and formulating my own opinion. Get rid of the TV coverage of such silliness in action. I know that I am an adult and can behave in an adult fashion.

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Idea Architects

JANUARY 5, 2010

President Obama today said that intelligence agencies failed to connect the dots, disparate pieces of information that when woven together should have triggered more alarm. In reality, all of us live surrounded by an increasing number of disparate pieces of information: a blog post here, a few Tweets over there, that newspaper article from yesterday, that book on your Kindle, the headlines on your web browser, a conversation overheard at Starbucks.

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Speaker: Radhika Samant and Todd Wuestenberg

Employee recognition has often been deemed a "feel-good" initiative, tied closely to rewards. While we understand its importance, we tend to associate recognition with intangible outcomes like engagement and sentiment, rather than direct impacts on retention and high performance. In today’s workplace, the true ROI of recognition lies in its ability to regenerate tangible, business-driven results.

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Guilt by Association

JANUARY 18, 2010

The blogger Dan Blank last week used a scene from this season’s great final episode of Mad Men to illustrate the tensions in media today – and he could have been talking about associations, too. To recap Mad Men … for those not yet smitten … it’s 1963, just weeks after JFK’s assassination. As we know from our vantage point, the world is poised to change.

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Membership Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2010

Membership Marketing Blog. Membership marketing – acquiring, engaging, upgrading, and renewing members – is the cornerstone for associations and relationship driven organizations. Whether you are an association professional or a relationship marketer, join the discussion on the Membership Marketing Blog and share your ideas and counsel. Speaking Engagements.

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Wild Apricot

JANUARY 21, 2010

A challenging social media question came in from a very small health-related nonprofit support group, recently: How can we move the active conversation on our Facebook fan Page over to our organization’s blog? ( read more ). Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Marketing online community Blogging Social networking Facebook Non-profit Communications websites social media.

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Association Leaders

JANUARY 6, 2010

Social networking is the current big technology buzz. Social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and Twitter encourage their members to update their friends and colleagues with “what they’re doing” on a seemingly constant basis. I must admit I have an inherent problem with this. I can’t get over the question of “Who cares what I’m doing right now?

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Associations Live

JANUARY 21, 2010

My trip to the Bahmas – here’s some of what I learned. Jet lag is real. Plan a buffer day, before and after. One night of Island dancing can ruin 6 months of physical therapy for a bad knee. Always pack something warm – even if you are heading to the tropics. Wear only good shoes. Travel light. But the best part for me – no phone, no email, no twitter, no blog, no texting.

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Idea Architects

JANUARY 5, 2010

I'm 46. Into my 30s I still had the repulsively full head of hair I grew up with, the one in which rabbits could hide. And now? Not so much. When you have a lot of hair, it covers up many things going on underneath: sweating, bad skin, etc. When less plump in the follicle department, every strand becomes a critical part of Team Good Looks. No one can sit on the bench and maximum performance is required.

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High Context

JANUARY 14, 2010

David Meerman Scott posted a podcast rant against demands for assessing the specific ROI of social media efforts. Here is my podcast push-back on that rant. [display_podcast]. In short: Asking how social media can generate value for the company or organization is a perfectly valid question. Any social media advocate or expert has to embrace answering that question if they want to gain support from decision makers.

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