In Eat Pray Love, author Elizabeth Gilbert recalls a conversation with a friend while sitting in an outdoor cafe in Rome. The friend declares that every city–and every person–has a word. Rome’s word is SEX. The Vatican’s word is POWER….
Ed. note: Here's a post I started and never finished…
The IT department shouldn't be in charge of your association's website. That is absolutely not IT's job. Let me explain.
IT (or Information Technology) is a fairly broad term but in general it covers software, data management systems, and network support. From server administration to network security to setting up email…that's IT.
Not long ago, member data was stored in a database or a client server application - systems which were implemented and hosted on-site; they lived on a computer in your server room. So it made sense for IT to "own" those systems and support them.
Those days are gone. Mature association management software (AMS) (or CRM, etc.) is hosted and supported by vendors and consultants. And that's a good thing. Between wifi, blackberries and supporting remote access, IT has enough to deal with.
I’ve put together an eBook based on a presentation on Learning 2.0 that I did back in the fall (original presentation available on SlideShare). This is a very nice looking document–for which the credit goes entirely to the editor, Celisa Steele. I hope it is also a helpful document for those who may be new […]
Picture this: you’re sitting in a meeting room enabled for participants in multiple cities to video conference. Problem is, one city location activates camera/video towards the end of the meeting, and it’s an accident. And it’s a couple. And they go too far. And the meeting attendees are watching because it’s on the split screen along with the real meeting, and not connected to what controls technology in that other city.
Today’s thoughts are for those who forget that technology may mean you’re not alone in that conference room:
1. If the meeting room is wired, you could be on audio, video or both.
2. If you can watch, chances are good they can watch you too.
3. If your room is enabled to connect to other cities, find out how to disconnect - just in case.
Are any meetings, or spaces, free from potential problems anymore?
This is the first I’ve heard of an airline trying biofuel: Virgin jet to use biofuel blend in test flight in February from London to Amsterdam.
Airline industry officials, environmentalists and energy companies all have a huge interest in the future of air travel as it pertains to fuel consumption, carbon emissions and global warming.
From the […]
Or so I’m learning about food.
As I shared back in January, one of my goals this year is to get in better shape.
I did’t want to do another quick-fix, starvation-type approach.
Instead, I decided to participate in an MFit program run by the University of Michigan which uses a three-prong approach to teaching healthy living.
I’m […]
MPI PEC North America in Houston was a location for this presentation on how key MegaTrends affect associations and their events. I presented along with my UK colleague Vanessa Cotton of ExCel in London.
Here is the session overview:
MegaTrends
Global Economy
Demographic Shifts
Science and Technology Advancements
Sustainability
Open vs Closed System
Association Trends
Global Strategy
Standard Product Development
Business Metrics & Measures
Customer Attention Deficit
ISO […]
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