I just finished reading the new white paper that Elizabeth Engel and Peggy Hoffman have put out about "mission-driven volunteers," and it's fabulous. The paper makes a compelling case why the current model for volunteeri ...
A few months ago I gathered a little bit of data from readers (and webinar attendees) about organizational cultures. My hypothesis was that most organizations didn't do culture very well. Anecdotally, I hear a lot of peo ...
In Monday's post, I reflected about the ASAE Annual Meeting and how some of the sub-communities seemed to be operating in separate circles. My underlying concern in that post is that we're eliminating a critical componen ...
Have you ever asked yourself that question? Or have you simply taken it all for granted? Why do we have them in our organizations? What's their purpose? What value do they bring to the organization? Those aren't purel ...
IBM is a leader in social business, and I like how their latest report frames the opportunities for companies who want to go in this direction. Based on their research, companies that are doing this are using social busi ...
It's been a few days since I left the ASAE meeting in Atlanta. I had a great time, as usual, but there has been one issue that has been bouncing around in my brain since I left. Towards the end of the meeting, I saw this ...
I had the great honor this week to present with Robert Barnes of Fitness Australia this week at the ASAE Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA. We talked about the work both he and I have done to strengthen the culture at his or ...
I'm mixing it up a little this week, and my Friday quote is NOT from Humanize. In fact, I'm going to go back in time a year or two (0r 50) to pull a quote from the great Bob Dylan: Come mothers and fathers Throughout ...
That's what Robert Barnes did. Rob's the General Manager at Fitness Australia (and my one and only Guest Poster here on this blog so far!), and he and I will be speaking this weekend at ASAE's Annual Meeting in Atlanta, ...
Thanks to everyone who read last week's Open Letter to HR post. And particularly thanks to those who said "I'm with you, so what's next?" In this post, we're going to get started. And I really should apologize for the ...
