After more than seven years of running my own consulting company, I have decided to merge my business with an Association Management Company. As of June 2nd, I will be an employee at Management Solutions Plus, an AMC loc ...

I am writing a book, and the deadline for the first draft of the manuscript is RAPIDLY approaching. I like writing for this blog, but, believe it or not, it takes significant attention and brain cells to do it. I don't h ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thanks to everyone who has sent me thoughts, prayers, and wonderfully kind words of sympathy and condolences after my father's death in December. My post about his death certainly sets a record for this blog in terms of ...

On August 7, 1933, my father was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He always made a big deal of his humble beginnings, and how special it was for him to get a chance to go to Harvard, but by the time I knew him, it didn't s ...

Many thanks to Ben Martin for giving me an early Christmas gift by naming me as "Best Association Blogger for 2007." This is the second year in a row that I have taken home this award (and I will remind everyon ...

I am in Orlando, Florida for ASAE & The Center's Great Ideas Conference (and not to brag, but I have attended EVERY Great Ideas conference ever held, back to when they were done by GWSAE). This Sunday, I speak on th ...

I am in Orlando, Florida for ASAE & The Center's Great Ideas Conference (and not to brag, but I have attended EVERY Great Ideas conference ever held, back to when they were done by GWSAE). This Sunday, I speak on th ...

Mark your calendars: I will be speaking at the next Great Ideas Conference, put on by ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership. The conference is December 7-9, 2007, and it will be at Disney’s Yacht and Beach Clu ...