The Blogoclump

Read & discuss at Jeff Cobb's blog.

Cindy suggests we should all stop some things and see if anyone notices! Great idea, Cindy. In her case, it was a print newsletter that didn’t go out - and nobody did seem to notice or care. What little (or big) things are you doing just because you’ve always done it that way? […]

Read & discuss at Mickie's blog.

It’s driving me crazy!
I’m sitting in an airport hotel in Irvine, CA waiting for a flight.
I’ve got a few hours to go until I fly - and had hoped to catch up on computer work before flying.
Instead, something about this hotel is driving my computer crazy - and keeps causing it to shut down.

The problem […]

Read & discuss at Cynthia D'Amour's blog.

Note: This post is especially for Ben Martin.
Other posts on the Cartner CRM Summit 2007 can be found here.
Paul Greenberg, author of CRM at the Speed of Light, spoke on CRM 2.0 and how social networking must integrate with CRM strategy. The session had all the usual web 2.0 items, like blogs, podcasts, […]

Read & discuss at Wes Trochlil's blog.

Read & discuss at Lindy Dreyer's blog.

I need to share a few words in tribute to an outstanding association professional who has announced her retirement for the end of this year. Joyce Waite has given of herself tirelessly for the past 15+ years at the American…

Read & discuss at rjohnston@ironworks.com (Ironworks Consulting)'s blog.

Read & discuss at Jeff Cobb's blog.

Yes, and yes! “Kill your darlings,” someone said about writing. They meant to get rid of those clever turns of phrase that the author loves but are merely getting in the way of the point. This applies equally well to many association programs.

Read & discuss at Kevin Holland's blog.

I’ve been losing interest in Twitter. Seems it has turned into a place for people to re-notify me that they’ve updated their blogs. Hmm. What’s the point of subbing to their RSS feeds then?

Though, somehow this sounds promising…

We just got word from Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey that the company will be launching a real time search feature “very soon.” Type in a keyword or keywords and any time a Twitter [tweet] is created that includes those keywords, you’ll be notified via IM or SMS. They’ll add the the ability to access this via their API in the near future, Dorsey says.

Via Techcrunch.

Tagged: Association Management; Associations; CAE; Certified Association Executive

Read & discuss at bkmcae@gmail.com (Ben Martin)'s blog.

New association executive (and blogger) Maddie Grant is deciding to stop some association activities - to see if anyone notices. That system works. I may have had a print newsletter forever except 15 years ago the printer screwed up, it was never sent, and no one missed it. My membership e-newsletter has no particular frequency (often sent several times a week) - but if whole week goes by without sending one we get barraged with communications about whether or not our email system is having problems - they miss it.

These work:
1. Let’s stop and see if anyone - or how many - notice.
2. Let’s change, and poll them AFTER to see which way they prefer. Asking what they prefer BEFORE trying a change makes it somewhat impossible to evaluate options.

The latter is what turned our Annual Membership Meeting (governance section of conference) from a 2 hour meeting to a 15-minute meeting. When 95% of attendees said they liked 15 minutes more, 15 minutes stayed. Stop and watch; or change, then poll.

Read & discuss at CindyAE's blog.