Eight Things

Posted by msrops
Maddie Grant, of the Diary of a Reluctant Blogger tagged me with the Eight Things meme (eight things most don't know about me) so here goes. 1) My undergraduate degree is in nutrition and I actually worked as a counselor at two live-in weight loss camps for kids during college ...

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Losing it for a cause …

Posted by CindyAE
A flyer in a PAC fundraising manual was considerably different from others - features a fundraising competition between a man and a woman (both elected presidents) - and the loser will shave his/her head. ...

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Five super-trends affecting associations

J-Nott scooped me! Interestingly, three members of the blogoclump are published in the Fall 2007 edition of the Journal of Association Leadership. And, here's an association ...

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PCMA day 3: Creating a WOW experience

Posted by Sue Pelletier
That’s WOW as in “what others want,” as well as the usual sense of the word. Lunch ran a little long, so presenters Max Suzenaar and Amanda Marijanovic of Minding Your Business, Inc., had to truncate their session a bit, which was a shame because it was really, really interesting. ...

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PCMA Day 3: Entertainment

Posted by Sue Pelletier
Jason Alexander as Donny Clay, motivational speaker, at lunch today: OMG! I could not even begin to describe his act, but suffice to say there were several minutes-long stretches where I was laughing so hard tears came to my eyes. My stomach is still sore. He was beyond hilarious, and ...

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Beating Wikipedia to Death

Posted by Lindy Dreyer
So should Associations have their own page on Wikipedia? (See To Wiki or Not To Wiki.)At the risk of joining in on the flip-flopping by changing position on a comment I made on Ben's blog, I've come to the conclusion that, if you have the ...

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Best Web 2.0 Seminar Yet

Posted by Lindy Dreyer
I attended a surprisingly refreshing Web 2.0 seminar this morning. It was put together by PRSA. You know it was good because this night owl was actually happy to have gotten up so early to be there. Pete Snyder ...

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Social Capitalism

Posted by Ann
A new wave in sustainable business models is beginning to crest. Social capitalists are combining the power of innovative product development and social sector investment to produce consumer-pleasing solutions with truly world-changing results. One great example is belu, a bottled...

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PCMA day 3: I have met the aliens, and I may just be one of them

Posted by Sue Pelletier
So, here’s a quick skip on the session I just went to about making meetings relevant to Generation Y, aka Gen Why, as speaker Eric Chester called them. But first, his best quote: “It used to be you’d say, ‘if you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always ...

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Eight Things

Posted by Jamie Notter

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