Associations 3.0
As I said yesterday, I’m catching up on reading, so I'm only now getting to the March issue of Associations Now. The cover story of that issue is by Jeff about the "next traditions" for associations. I'm hoping ...
Monthly Archives: April 2008
Killing the Sacred Cow
I am catching up on reading--just getting to the March issue of Associations Now--and in the CEO to CEO section in the back, they ask the question "If you could slay any sacred cow at your organization, what would i ...
Don't Forget to Have Fun
People who work with and for associations work very hard. Most of my consulting is in the "association space," so I can vouch for this first hand. So to those of you working in the association community, I have ...
Don’t Forget to Have Fun
People who work with and for associations work very hard. Most of my consulting is in the "association space," so I can vouch for this first hand. So to those of you working in the association community, I have ...
Helping People Change
Maddie and Jeff have written some very thought-provoking posts in the last week or so that have been framed as revolution vs. incremental. The posts are really good, and I do recommend reading each one. Here they are in ...
What I am Reading
Before I forget, Joe Raasch, of the Happy Burro Blog, tagged me on a "What are You reading" blog chain letter, so here goes. Also, for some reason I'm supposed to quote sentences six through eight of page 123 o ...
Love Your Customers and Members but Ignore Your Employees?
I listened to a virtual seminar last week that ASAE & The Center put on about engaging members and staff of younger generations. Since I have a book on the topic, I was interested to hear how this author, Michael Mue ...
People versus Systems Association Style
Last week I blogged about people versus systems, and Jeff De Cagna added the following comment:Jamie, let's take this conversation into the volunteer realm, in which associations do not have all of the flexibility they w ...
The Danger of the Bubble
There has been some conversation on the ASAE listserve about social responsibility and the environment: in short, can we change the way we do things (flying all over the place to attend meetings, for instance) so that we ...
Good People Make Better Systems
Chris Bailey wrote a nice post a few days ago about systems versus people. He quotes two of my favorite authors, Pfeffer and Sutton, who argue that systems will trump individual effort, so before you fire that bad person ...