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It's All About Community: Resources
I'm presenting for the American Academy of Family Physicians at their Annual Leadership Forum today, so no Friday Top 5 this week. Instea...
e-News from Washington (May 6, 2011)
Trade deals are on the move again. More federal assistance has been given to manufacturers. House Democrats released their manufacturing ...
Power of A Awards
I just saw that they extended the deadline for the Power of A awards to this Friday, so I thought I'd give them a little plug. About thr...
The Sunday Table: April 24, 2011
What? You still don’t know what you’re bringing to your family’s Easter table? What are you doing reading this? Get on it! The Providence...
ROI for Event Communities
I was recently invited by Microsoft to keynote a company-wide symposium on social media. Now, I’ll admit it: at a visceral level, I wante...
Tweetup! Tweetup!
The Association Chat tweeps (#assnchat) & DelCor Social Media Sweet Spot fans (#sweetspot book club) will be having a Tweetup before the ...
Can you hear me now?
One of my favorite light bulb moments from EventCamp 2011 came from Liz Strauss. In her general session she described the difference b...
Do Associations Fear Failure?
Conor McNulty asked on Acronynm:
Are we conditioned to fear failure, rather than embrace it in the assocation landscape?
Even if w...
Print Brokering in the Digital Age
It’s not uncommon for one of our clients to ask exactly what we do in our capacity as “print brokers.” The immediate visual is of someon...
joy olson on Facebook
These two best friends accept no excuses when it comes to exercise! They just do it and love each other dearly! thank you, Elizabeth!Unus...
Real Magnet Basic Training
December 16, 2010 at 10:00 AM ESTLearn basic Real Magnet functions: Create messages, upload contacts, send to individuals and groups, and...
Needlestick Anniversary Briefing
ANA would like to thank everyone who took part in the November 4th "10 Years after Legislation was Enacted, How Safe are Health Care Prof...
Fattening Up Microbial Geological Biomarkers
by Paula Welander
First Evolved! Last Extinct! This prokaryotic pride motto was coined by my undergraduate advisor (and good friend) Pro...
Friday Fun Answer
Here is our weekly Friday Fun question from our Facebook page:
Question: Where did the term computer “bug” originate?
Answer: In 1947, ...
Why Don’t We Collaborate?
I recently read a post by Jamie Notter, on his blog “Get Me Jamie Notter” http://www.getmejamienotter.com on collaboration.
Jamie got me ...
Blog Update
It has been brought to my attention that since many schools have blocked Facebook and Twitter, getting Mock Trial information for your te...
Flickr photos from Lindy Dreyer
Lindy Dreyer posted a photo:
From the book Open Community, by Maddie Grant, CAE and Lindy Dreyer
In this visualization, the social ...
The CAE Program: What’s Wrong With My Money?
The Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation demonstrates a commitment to ongoing professional development by individuals who ha...
Shannon Otto on Facebook
The importance of passion to achieve your goalsI’ve been running on and off for about a year now. Some weeks I run 15 miles, other weeks ...
Be Smarter Than Your Boss: Use Google Reader
I started reading blogs many years ago when I worked in associations. Back then it was a time-consuming process to go through my bookmark...
What Browser Is King?
There is a significant shift in browser usage that you should be aware of.
The chart below from W3Schools.com illustrates the shift we...
John Dukovich on Facebook
Our recent review of OpenOffice.org Calc - spreadsheet macro programming - was cross-posted on the Washington Post. Book review - Learn O...
Linking Microbial Sex and Virulence
WASHINGTON, DC -- September 8, 2010 -- Two
opportunistic pathogens that were once thought to be very different
have evolved some sexual r...
ApacheCon NA 2010 - depth meets breadth
Apache HTTPD has been the Internet's most popular web server since 1996, and the worldwide Apache Software Foundation conferences are wel...
Are Websites Dead?
With a vast and growing landscape of powerful and free tools now available, from Facebookto YouTube, is it still worth the time, trouble ...
Los Angeles Part 2
TweetThe Hungry Traveler
The second part of my west coast adventure started at SEA-TAC where I was upgraded to 1st class on my flight to ...
19 take-aways from ASAE Annual Conference
On social media
1. Social media is no longer a separate medium; it is another communication channel that needs to be utilized with the sa...
Alliance Sends Veto Request to NY Governor
This week, the Alliance for Massage Therapy Education sent a letter to New York Governor David A. Paterson asking him to veto Senate Bill...
Small Changes, Big Results
via BrassTack Thinking
Having contemplated making a few changes in my life I thought that this approach to “change management” was ex...
Home Page Lead Article
For more than 15 years, CommPartners has helped more than 3,000 associations deliver thousands of webinars for member education, collabor...
Creativity and a Culture Lacking It
This is from Dustin Curtis’ response to American Airlines’ response to his accusations against their website design. There are two EXCE...
Holly Demo Video
Here’s how easy it is!
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Getting fo...
3 posts to help cure bloggage
I have been suffering from some serious ‘bloggage’ - a term commonly used to describe one’s inability to find the inspiration or time to...
On Mobilizing Your Association’s Evangelists
Another cool MMCon10 prezi by Conor McNulty and Molly Woodward of the California Dental Association, and Maggie McGary of ASHA (and regul...
Add comments when running EBOs
Part of the continuing series on "giving your future self a break..."
Entity Bulk Operations are powerful tools for updating and repairin...
A Volunteer's Story: Don Boucher
Our next conversation celebrating the association volunteer (read more here) is with Don Boucher, Sr., S R A of Boucher & Boucher, Inc. ...
Trigger vs. Process Server Module
Just a quick helpful hint on something I've been asked a few times of late. When executing a server module in our XSLT template system, ...
DigitalNow 2010: Conference Recap
DigitalNow is a show that our company has been attending for the last 4 years. It is really a conference that focuses great attention on ...
SES-USG Launches! (Pun Intended)
When satellite industry leader Americom Government Services came to us with the request to handle their digital presence for the re-launc...
In Honor of Association Volunteers
I just spent three hours with a group of chapter leaders of Capitol Assn Diabetes
Educators
in a small conference room in Fairfax, VA. I...
Packing Light
Our troop really enjoyed camping at Greenbelt National Park last fall. But, it was clear, our troop leader, Kathleen, needed some additio...
Welcome, how can we help you?
What problem do you have? Perhaps we can help you solve it? Our website is plain because we do not believe in flash and fluff. We ...
Make It Easy to Give - UPDATED!
In a consultancy firm, you can't throw a rock without hitting someone who is a massive reader. At DelCor we have the library of professio...
A Different Way to Think About Creativity
I had a rough day today so I sent out a tweet asking for some inspiration and motivation. One of my Tweeples (@fsimmons) sent me somethin...