Keeping Your Edge
Maddie Grant tossed out a bit of a weekend blog-grenade on Saturday with a meme targeted at Generation X titled "Have We Sold Out?" Her challenge to me and others she tagged:So go on, tell me my fellow Xe ...
Monthly Archives: September 2009
The Discourse of Complaining
In my consulting work, I work with clients to solve problems. That, of course, means we have to clearly identify the problems, which, in turn, means I am guaranteed to spend time with people who are complaining. It see ...
Stranded or Leading?
A lot of people who are doing social media in organizations, particularly associations, may resonate with the article on the Harvard Business Publishing blog that refers to "stranded evangelists." These are the ...
Relevance Is Not Enough
I'm thinking about submitting a proposal to speak at a conference with "Relevance is not enough" as the title. I've heard a lot of people in the last six months or so talk about how relevance is so crucial for associatio ...
It's Less About Theory and More About Thinking
I've always told myself that I like theory. I did my Master's degree in conflict resolution at George Mason University, and I remember talking to colleagues of mine in the conflict resolution field who weren' ...
It’s Less About Theory and More About Thinking
I've always told myself that I like theory. I did my Master's degree in conflict resolution at George Mason University, and I remember talking to colleagues of mine in the conflict resolution field who weren' ...
Raising Money for Wounded Soldiers
Those of you who know me well know that I am gearing up for my annual "Ride Allegheny" bike ride. This ride started nine years ago when a group of my friends in the neighborhood were looking for a multi-day bik ...
Platforms and Secession
This month's case study in Associations Now is about a Board member who feels his Special Interest Group isn't getting enough attention/resources from the association, so he threatens to start his own association ...
Lessons from my First Year as CEO
I ran my own consulting business for seven years, so technically I was a CEO then, but I had never been in the CEO role within an association until June 2008, when I took a position at Management Solutions Plus, an assoc ...