Communications - Directors - Finance - Governance - Leadership - Meeting - Membership - Officers - Partnerships Resources - Tools
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Communications |
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8-24-00 |
Communications |
How do your members find out about the plans and activities of the association? Do they only find out after the fact or are they included in idea formation and planning? |
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10-4-00 |
Communications |
Do you take time for introspection about your association and the perception of its behavior by the society in which it lives? |
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6-13-02 |
Communications |
Ideas for encouraging newsletter input |
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4-5-01 |
Communications |
Using e-mail for political purposes and campaign finance reform |
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2-5-03 |
Communications |
Communication failures can lead to disaster |
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11-22-00 |
Communications |
How members can keep the assn informed |
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8-8-00 |
Communications |
Creating a membership directory that is a valuable resource for members |
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10-5-01 |
Communications |
Budget planning for publications |
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9-19-01 |
Communications |
summary of some of the most common mistakes made in marketing |
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7-19-01 |
Communications |
Washington Hospitals mascot and the role it plays in the Service League. |
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12-13-00 |
Communications |
What it takes to make communications work for associations |
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1-26-00 |
Communications |
Ideas for creating an effective newsletter |
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9-11-02 |
Communications |
Lessons for association leaders in communicating the desired image of their organization so that it is properly positioned in the minds of both members and the public. |
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3-27-03 |
Communications |
Phone answering tips to enhance your association image |
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1-29-03 |
Communications |
Interferance with email communications |
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8-2-01 |
Communications |
Coordinating association identity - logos, fonts etc |
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6-19-02 |
Communications |
The gap between what truisms mean to people and how they are interpreted |
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6-7-00 |
Communications |
Unauthorized use of the assn name to solicit funds |
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10-4-01 |
Web Site Basics |
Communications |
Domian names, service providers, search engines, links |
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10-11-01 |
Communications |
Planning for a web site, potential asset to assn communications |
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Directors |
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2-26-03 |
A proper representative |
Directors |
Choosing a spokesperson for your association |
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3-8-00 |
Board member qualifications |
Directors |
Statement of understanding for board members |
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12-11-02 |
Covering the basics |
Directors |
The association basics, the foundation, also provide the leader with support, direction, and resources. These are the tools the leader needs to get the job done. |
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1-2-03 |
Dear Association Leader Bulletins for You |
Directors |
Overiew of Dear Association Leader bulletins |
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2-20-03 |
Do you shoot the messenger |
Directors |
One of those key indicators an association leader can use in detecting problems is derived from observing how information is received and handled |
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1-31-02 |
Internal controls |
Directors |
Well run organizations use effective internal controls to minimize the risks of money or assets being lost. |
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1-24-01 |
Is yours a Threshold Association? |
Directors |
Four themes s of a dynamic and growing association |
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11-27-02 |
It is always time to say "Thank You!" |
Directors |
A recognition and appreciation is often a gift more highly valued than any other and also one often forgotten |
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8-16-01 |
Its so easy to let it be |
Directors |
If you are on the board and are faced with a leader who acts like you and your colleagues on the board do not exist, what do you do? |
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10-30-02 |
It won't happen to us! |
Directors |
Situations come up all the time even in smaller associations where planning seems to be such a bother for so little return |
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11-15-00 |
Know where you start |
Directors |
Often the most difficult part in setting personal goals is making a good assessment of the current situation. |
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1-24-02 |
Lessons from a bankruptcy |
Directors |
What associations can learn from Enron |
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7-26-01 |
On the brink |
Directors |
When your association seems to be on the brink of falling apart what should you do? |
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5-18-00 |
Professionalism is respect |
Directors |
Respect is key to presenting a professional image |
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3-14-02 |
Ready, aim, ... |
Directors |
strategies for association leaders that can be used to help make Board efforts more effective, more profitable, and more satisfying |
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1-17-02 |
Re-inventing the wheel |
Directors |
A different perspective on why we continue to learn the same things over and over. |
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1-8-03 |
Resolutions |
Directors |
Setting association goals |
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2-12-03 |
Shock therapy |
Directors |
Is following the rules a shock? |
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1-19-00 |
Short timers syndrome |
Directors |
Does the tenure of elected board positions impact work on long term goals and projects? |
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5-31-00 |
TANSTAAFL |
Directors |
Zero sum gain - a basic assumption that association directors can use as a guide |
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9-27-01 |
The dangers of loneliness |
Directors |
It is a tragedy to watch an association self destruct because of a well meaning leader who is left lonely |
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11-2-00 |
The Duty of Care |
Directors |
"The Duties of Care and Loyalty are the common terms for the standards which guide all actions a director takes. |
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10-11-00 |
The Duty of Loyalty |
Directors |
"The Duties of Care and Loyalty are the common terms for the standards which guide all actions a director takes. |
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12-26-02 |
Thinking of each other |
Directors |
The benefits of learning appropriate tolerance |
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1-31-01 |
Welcome to the board |
Directors |
Starting off the new year on the right foot |
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3-12-03 |
What does it mean to be on the board? |
Directors |
Duties of association directors |
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4-12-00 |
What is it worth? |
Directors |
How did you determine what to charge for dues? How you set the fee for seminars and events? |
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9-4-02 |
What is our interest? |
Directors |
Conflicts of interest and how they might impact the association. |
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4-10-02 |
Work the room |
Directors |
Hints about how network pros can work a room to gain valuable business contacts |
Finance |
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11-15-01 |
A Chart of accounts |
Finance |
A classification system for financial transactions is called a chart of accounts. |
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11-13-02 |
Associations 3D accounting |
Finance |
Financial planning depends on good reports |
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7-31-02 |
Certitude |
Finance |
Financial matters are not as clear cut as many think they are. |
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12-27-00 |
Financial and operations hazards |
Finance |
Errors in judgment can have hazardous results |
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5-8-02 |
Getting to yes |
Finance |
How do you go about finding sponsors for association events? |
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11-6-02 |
Keep the books |
Finance |
Your financial records are a critical part of your association's history. Well kept financial records help you use past experience to plan new adventures. |
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10-18-01 |
Reporting the books |
Finance |
Reports document an organization's economic activities and provide an interpretation of those reports |
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7-10-02 |
Standards for philanthropy |
Finance |
Three organizations joined in efforts to propose new standards for charitable accountability. |
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9-6-01 |
The accounting equation |
Finance |
For standard accounting there are always two entries for any monetary transaction to keep this equation true for the organization's books. |
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10-2-02 |
Ways to look at what you get |
Finance |
Budgets and financial planning tends to devolve into cash and cost considerations. There are other ways to look at finances and budgets but they are more difficult to assess and comprehend |
Governance |
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4-17-02 |
Alphabet soup |
Governance |
Ideas to consider when trying to come up with the perfect name, whether it is for a conference, a project, or your association. |
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11-22-01 |
Are you ready? |
Governance |
Crisis management and disaster preparedness as it relates to the association community |
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2-28-01 |
Association memories |
Governance |
What are association memories? Why have them? |
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1-15-03 |
Avoiding sand pits |
Governance |
Knowing where you have been helps plan for the future |
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3-20-02 |
Change |
Governance |
What is it? Why change? How and when does change impact associations and it's members? |
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6-21-01 |
Does your legacy have holes? |
Governance |
Keeping track of association history and documents. |
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10-16-02 |
Don't forget the business |
Governance |
Public interest non-profit organizations governed by a Board of Directors are businesses. There are tasks that should be performed on a consistent and ongoing basis |
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2-15-01 |
Do you worry about bread crumbs |
Governance |
Leaving a trail of bread crumbs - evidence of the path taken that can be followed back to the start. |
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3-29-00 |
Early Planning |
Governance |
Why associations need a business plan |
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4-5-00 |
Executing the plan |
Governance |
A plan is what allows evaluation of execution because it defines standards and expectations. |
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11-20-02 |
Gerstner's Elephant Dance |
Governance |
Review of the Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. book, Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?, about his ten year run as Chief Executive Officer at IBM. |
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5-29-02 |
How long do you need to keep records? |
Governance |
Overview of standard practices for keeping association records |
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4-26-00 |
Information is your identity |
Governance |
The glue that holds an association together is communication and the machinery that makes it function processes information. |
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12-20-01 |
Is it right? |
Governance |
" Ethics is not optional ... In the 21st century, ethics is about survival." Ethics is a cornerstone of many of our relationships. |
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10-23-02 |
Is your association clean? |
Governance |
A clean association is one that is above suspicion. Its board demonstrates that it is making wise use of the resources available to the organization and any questions about the business operation have answers that are easily found. |
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3-20-03 |
Milestones |
Governance |
Sharing association history |
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1-4-01 |
Off to 2001 |
Governance |
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12-4-02 |
Point of contact |
Governance |
Consideratons for addresses and point of contact |
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7-3-02 |
Quack like a duck |
Governance |
An incorporated non-profit entity needs to act like an incorporated entity and make noises like an incorporated entity to be considered an incorporated entity |
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4-2-03 |
Rich quick |
Governance |
Cautions and careats for rasing funds |
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8-17-00 |
Robert's Rules with a Kinetic twist |
Governance |
Rules don't have to be oppresive to be effective |
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1-17-01 |
Special Interest |
Governance |
Assessing the public perception of your association |
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8-28-02 |
Time is your biggest enemy |
Governance |
Even when we look carefully, we tend to be optimistic about both time requirements and outcomes. |
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6-7-01 |
What are your success measures? |
Governance |
Success measures are the landmarks on the way that you can use to make sure you are getting to where you want to go. |
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11-30-01 |
What to you expect for nutt'in |
Governance |
A perspective on the value of services |
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4-12-01 |
Where is your association? |
Governance |
Prior planning and preparation in deciding how to answer the question "where is your association?" will enhance your association's communications. |
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8-30-01 |
Whoops |
Governance |
How do you minimize the risk of something going wrong? |
Leadership |
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8-2-00 |
Caution words alone may be insufficient |
Leadership |
Communications require care |
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3-22-01 |
Decision making |
Leadership |
The book "Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun" provides ideas on decision making. |
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5-24-01 |
Defining Delegation |
Leadership |
What is delegation and how do you go about delegating? |
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8-14-02 |
Delegation is what leadership is all about |
Leadership |
Delegation is critical to accomplishing work in an association and it is a very effective tool in membership development. |
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7-5-01 |
Do you need some Fish? |
Leadership |
A lesson from Seattle fish mongers on enthusiasm |
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5-4-00 |
Enable |
Leadership |
Enabling others - a primary duty of association leadership |
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8-9-01 |
Finding your way out of the box |
Leadership |
Various sources provide insight on thinking outside the box. |
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7-24-02 |
Get the message through |
Leadership |
A state of nonacceptance hinders learning |
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3-7-01 |
Is difficult a danger or an opportunity? |
Leadership |
Working with 'difficult people' can be a problem or it can be an opportunity. |
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9-13-01 |
Leadership - Bad & Good |
Leadership |
Actions tell us a leader is present. 9-11 provides examples of good and bad leadership. |
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4-19-01 |
Learning leadership |
Leadership |
A Horatio Hornblower movie provided good leadership lessons for association leaders. |
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7-17-02 |
Pressure Principles |
Leadership |
When push comes to shove, these pressure principles will help you maintain your sanity and get the job done. |
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8-23-01 |
Putting out the flames |
Leadership |
Keeping flame wars from getting out of control. |
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9-18-02 |
Rookie Blunders |
Leadership |
Helping members make the transition to leadership roles |
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6-28-00 |
Stagnation and decay |
Leadership |
The life in an organization just fades away from a multitude of little actions and small decisions |
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9-27-00 |
Teamwork starts with leadership |
Leadership |
The role of leadership in developing a team |
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11-29-00 |
The art of the leader |
Leadership |
Reviewing books by Stephen Ambrose and William Cohen provide insight on leadership |
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11-8-00 |
The ities |
Leadership |
Considering the ities - that is capability, dependability, reliability, and accountability is part of project planning |
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3-7-02 |
Watch out for "You don't understand" |
Leadership |
What the message might really mean and ideas on dealing with it. |
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4-26-01 |
What do you inspire? |
Leadership |
A part of leadership is providing guidance during times of change. |
Meetings |
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9-25-02 |
Conference Expectations |
Meetings |
Providing for professional development at conferences |
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2-2-00 |
FUN! |
Meetings |
Meetings that encourage enthusiasm |
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2-8-01 |
Make the Most of Opportunity |
Meetings |
Take advantage of conference opportunities |
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10-9-02 |
Meeting agendas |
Meetings |
Why meeting agendas are important |
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10-25-01 |
Retreat |
Meetings |
Board retreats - their function and purpose |
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6-28-01 |
Subject creep |
Meetings |
Keeping meetings from straying from the stated agenda |
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1-22-03 |
Taking care of the individual at meetings |
Meetings |
Considerations for the safety and welfare of meeting attendees |
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2-21-02 |
What if? |
Meetings |
Issues to consider when planning a meeting. |
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7-5-00 |
When do you schedule meetings? |
Meetings |
What are the factors that guide the scheduling of meetings? |
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7-18-01 |
Why have meetings |
Meetings |
If meetings are so much bother why have them? |
Membership |
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7-26-00 |
A Kinetic Experience |
Members |
Overview of a successful event |
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5-31-01 |
An application is just an application? |
Members |
There is more to membership forms than meet the eye. |
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6-26-02 |
Are people all the same? |
Members |
We know everyone is different but how do we use that knowledge? |
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6-15-00 |
Are your dues an investment? |
Members |
Considering annual fees from an investment point of view |
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12-27-01 |
Association personnel development |
Members |
Who do you send to conferences and why? |
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7-19-00 |
Half full or half empty? |
Members |
Looking at problems from the negative or positive side |
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8-29-01 |
How do you age the dues? |
Members |
When to collect dues for what tenure? |
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1-12-00 |
Learn by listening |
Members |
Increase participation and committtement |
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8-7-02 |
Melting Pot |
Members |
Expanding membership to a broader audience |
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3-15-00 |
Member bill of rights |
Members |
What members should expect from their investment in the association |
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5-10-00 |
Membership application |
Members |
Developing useful membership forms |
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10-25-00 |
Motivate the members |
Members |
Motivate the members you already have. |
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5-22-02 |
Newbie tips |
Members |
Advise for new leaders |
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4-4-02 |
One big volunteer project |
Members |
Software created by volunteers illustrates leadership and teamwork |
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2-7-02 |
Sell soul food for new members |
Members |
Member obligations, duties, and responsibilities |
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5-16-01 |
Tanblible and intangible incentives for membership |
Members |
How to ensure membership fulfills expectations |
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9-7-00 |
Teamwork from a Kinetic point of view |
Members |
Developing successful teamwork |
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11-8-01 |
Thank you |
Members |
A thank you can be one of the most effective and least expensive ways an association can make a positive impact on many problem areas it faces. |
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12-29-99 |
What motivated you to join? |
Members |
Associations use success to motivate members |
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3-5-03 |
Which would you join? |
Members |
What to consider before choosing an association |
Officers |
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1-3-02 |
A new year |
Officers |
Overview of Dear Association Leader |
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12-6-01 |
A tale of two leaders |
Officers |
Two leaders at the opposite ends of almost every spectrum you can imagine have a lot in common that make them great leaders |
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5-15-02 |
Great plays |
Officers |
A Network World 'Best Issue' gathered ideas from leading users and network industry advisors to create a list of the best executive practices. |
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9-21-00 |
Not all as it seems |
Officers |
It is what is not seen but accepted as true that is most likely to lead people astray and cause damage |
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11-1-01 |
Pay attention to learn |
Officers |
Being aware is the first step in improvement |
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1-5-00 |
Respect the value of contributions |
Officers |
Thinking of board members time in dollars and cents |
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6-5-02 |
"S" words |
Officers |
Watch out for suspision, secrecy, sulleness |
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12-6-00 |
The association meeting |
Officers |
Keeping good records of association meetings |
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3-1-00 |
Who is that? |
Officers |
Use elections to gain knowledge |
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5-1-02 |
Wicked problems |
Officers |
When standard analytic problem solving won't do. |
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6-22-00 |
Worthwhile board meetings |
Officers |
Ensure board meetings are worthwhile |
Partnerships |
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2-16-00 |
Collaboration |
Partnerships |
Working with other groups provides results |
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12-13-01 |
Partnerships |
Partnerships |
Working with outside resources |
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4-24-02 |
Searching for partners |
Partnerships |
Making a plan to develop funding partners |
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3-29-01 |
Survive finding professional help |
Partnerships |
Cautions and caveats in finding a professional support team |
Resources |
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8-30-00 |
Form 990 |
Resources |
Speake out about your government |
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2-14-02 |
Good graces leads to getting things done |
Resources |
The role of protocal, etiquitte, and good manners in association relationships |
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5-10-01 |
Issues update |
Resources |
Legislation and other issues of importance to associations |
Tools |
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2-22-01 |
Consider e-mail like an iceberg |
Tools |
Email lists and forwarding |
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5-3-01 |
Digital cameras |
Tools |
Capturing images of your association |
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9-13-00 |
E-mail newsletters? |
Tools |
Considerationf for print or electronic newsletters |
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5-25-00 |
Infected? Worried? Don't! |
Tools |
The scoop on computer bugs |
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12-18-02 |
Internet services |
Tools |
Are you making full use of internet services in your organization? |
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2-9-00 |
IS issues for association leaders |
Tools |
New products and services |
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1-10-02 |
Is it really the technology |
Tools |
Management must focus on the people first |
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4-19-00 |
Lions and Tigers and Bears |
Tools |
Safety issues for portable laptops |
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8-21-02 |
Make sure your projects reach profitability |
Tools |
Rules for investing in new equipment and technology |
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3-28-02 |
Oh my, what a road its been. |
Tools |
A perspective on technology over the past 25 years |
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3-15-01 |
Online isn't set and forget |
Tools |
A web site is not a panacea for member services |
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2-23-00 |
Safe Computing |
Tools |
Understanding virus' and virus hoaxs' |
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6-14-01 |
Safeguard your data |
Tools |
Avoid data loss through planning and preparation |
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2-28-02 |
Web site budget thinking |
Tools |
Looking at what it takes to budget effectively for a web site |
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10-18-00 |
Wireless communications |
Tools |
The role wireless technologies play in association functions |
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Date |
Title on doc |
Category |
Key ideas |
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12-29-99 |
Members |
Associations use success to motivate members |
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01-05-00 |
Officers |
Thinking of board members time in dollars and cents |
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01-12-00 |
Members |
Increase participation and committtement |
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01-19-00 |
Directors |
Does the tenure of elected board positions impact work on long term goals and projects? |
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01-26-00 |
Communications |
Ideas for creating an effective newsletter |
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02-02-00 |
Meetings |
Meetings that encourage enthusiasm |
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02-09-00 |
Tools |
New products and services |
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02-16-00 |
Partnerships |
Working with other groups provides results |
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02-23-00 |
Tools |
Understanding virus' and virus hoaxs' |
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03-01-00 |
Officers |
Use elections to gain knowledge |
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03-08-00 |
Directors |
Statement of understanding for board members |
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03-15-00 |
Members |
What members should expect from their investment in the association |
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03-29-00 |
Governance |
Why associations need a business plan |
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04-05-00 |
Governance |
A plan is what allows evaluation of execution because it defines standards and expectations. |
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04-12-00 |
Directors |
How did you determine what to charge for dues? How you set the fee for seminars and events? |
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04-19-00 |
Tools |
Safety issues for portable laptops |
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04-26-00 |
Governance |
The glue that holds an association together is communication and the machinery that makes it function processes information. |
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05-04-00 |
Leadership |
Enabling others - a primary duty of association leadership |
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05-10-00 |
Members |
Developing useful membership forms |
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05-18-00 |
Directors |
Respect plays a key role in presenting a professional image |
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05-25-00 |
Tools |
The scoop on computer bugs |
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05-31-00 |
Directors |
Zero sum gain - a basic assumption that association directors can use as a guide |
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06-07-00 |
Communications |
Unauthorized use of the assn name to solicit funds |
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06-15-00 |
Members |
Considering annual fees from an investment point of view |
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06-22-00 |
Officers |
Ensure board meetings are worthwhile |
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06-28-00 |
Leadership |
The life in an organization just fades away from a multitude of little actions and small decisions |
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07-05-00 |
Meetings |
What are the factors that guide the scheduling of meetings? |
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07-19-00 |
Members |
Looking at problems from the negative or positive side |
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07-26-00 |
Members |
Overview of a successful event |
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08-02-00 |
Leadership |
Communications require care |
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08-08-00 |
Communications |
Creating a membership directory that is a valuable resource for members |
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08-17-00 |
Governance |
Rules don't have to be oppresive to be effective |
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08-24-00 |
Communications |
How do your members find out about the plans and activities of the association? Do they only find out after the fact or are they included in idea formation and planning? |
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08-30-00 |
Resources |
Speake out about your government |
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09-07-00 |
Members |
Developing successful teamwork |
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09-13-00 |
Tools |
Considerationf for print or electronic newsletters |
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09-21-00 |
Officers |
It is what is not seen but accepted as true that is most likely to lead people astray and cause damage |
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09-27-00 |
Leadership |
The role of leadership in developing a team |
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10-04-00 |
Communications |
Do you take time for introspection about your association and the perception of its behavior by the society in which it lives? |
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10-11-00 |
Directors |
"The Duties of Care and Loyalty are the common terms for the standards which guide all actions a director takes. |
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10-18-00 |
Tools |
The role wireless technologies play in association functions |
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10-25-00 |
Members |
Motivate the members you already have. |
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11-02-00 |
Directors |
"The Duties of Care and Loyalty are the common terms for the standards which guide all actions a director takes. |
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11-08-00 |
Leadership |
Considering the ities - that is capability, dependability, reliability, and accountability is part of project planning |
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11-15-00 |
Know where you start |
Directors |
Often the most difficult part in setting personal goals is making a good assessment of the current situation. |
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11-22-00 |
Communications with members |
Communications |
How members can keep the assn informed |
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11-29-00 |
The art of the leader |
Leadership |
Reviewing books by Stephen Ambrose and William Cohen provide insight on leadership |
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12-06-00 |
The association meeting |
Officers |
Keeping good records of association meetings |
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12-13-00 |
More communication with members |
Communications |
What it takes to make communications work for associations |
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12-27-00 |
Financial and operations hazards |
Finance |
Errors in judgment can have hazardous results |
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01-04-01 |
Off to 2001 |
Governance |
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01-17-01 |
Special Interest |
Governance |
Assessing the public perception of your association |
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01-24-01 |
Is yours a Threshold Association? |
Directors |
Four themes s of a dynamic and growing association |
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01-31-01 |
Welcome to the board |
Directors |
Starting off the new year on the right foot |
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02-08-01 |
Make the Most of Opportunity |
Meetings |
Take advantage of conference opportunities |
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02-15-01 |
Do you worry about bread crumbs |
Governance |
Leaving a trail of bread crumbs - evidence of the path taken that can be followed back to the start. |
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02-22-01 |
Consider e-mail like an iceberg |
Tools |
Email lists and forwarding |
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02-28-01 |
Association memories |
Governance |
What are association memories? Why have them? |
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03-07-01 |
Is difficult a danger or an opportunity? |
Leadership |
Working with 'difficult people' can be a problem or it can be an opportunity. |
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03-15-01 |
Online isn't set and forget |
Tools |
A web site is not a panacea for member services |
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03-22-01 |
Decision making |
Leadership |
The book "Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun" provides ideas on decision making. |
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03-29-01 |
Survive finding professional help |
Partnerships |
Cautions and caveats in finding a professional support team |
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04-05-01 |
Communicating the special interest |
Communications |
Using e-mail for political purposes and campaign finance reform |
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04-12-01 |
Where is your association? |
Governance |
Prior planning and preparation in deciding how to answer the question "where is your association?" will enhance your association's communications. |
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04-19-01 |
Learning leadership |
Leadership |
A Horatio Hornblower movie provided good leadership lessons for association leaders. |
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04-26-01 |
What do you inspire? |
Leadership |
A part of leadership is providing guidance during times of change. |
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05-03-01 |
Digital cameras |
Tools |
Capturing images of your association |
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05-10-01 |
Issues update |
Resources |
Legislation and other issues of importance to associations |
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05-16-01 |
Tanblible and intangible incentives for membership |
Members |
How to ensure membership fulfills expectations |
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05-24-01 |
Defining Delegation |
Leadership |
What is delegation and how do you go about delegating? |
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05-31-01 |
An application is just an application? |
Members |
There is more to membership forms than meet the eye. |
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06-07-01 |
What are your success measures? |
Governance |
Success measures are the landmarks on the way that you can use to make sure you are getting to where you want to go. |
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06-14-01 |
Safeguard your data |
Tools |
Avoid data loss through planning and preparation |
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06-21-01 |
Does your legacy have holes? |
Governance |
Keeping track of association history and documents. |
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06-28-01 |
Subject creep |
Meetings |
Keeping meetings from straying from the stated agenda |
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07-05-01 |
Leadership |
A lesson from Seattle fish mongers on enthusiasm |
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07-18-01 |
Why have meetings |
Meetings |
If meetings are so much bother why have them? |
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07-19-01 |
Communications |
Washington Hospitals mascot and the role it plays in the Service League. |
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07-26-01 |
Directors |
When your association seems to be on the brink of falling apart what should you do? |
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08-09-01 |
Finding your way out of the box |
Leadership |
Various sources provide insight on thinking outside the box. |
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08-16-01 |
Its so easy to let it be |
Directors |
If you are on the board and are faced with a leader who acts like you and your colleagues on the board do not exist, what do you do? |
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08-23-01 |
Leadership |
Keeping flame wars from getting out of control. |
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08-29-01 |
How do you age the dues? |
Members |
When to collect dues for what tenure? |
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08-30-01 |
Governance |
How do you minimize the risk of something going wrong? |
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09-06-01 |
The accounting equation |
Finance |
For standard accounting there are always two entries for any monetary transaction to keep this equation true for the organization's books. |
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09-13-01 |
Leadership - Bad & Good |
Leadership |
Actions tell us a leader is present. 9-11 provides examples of good and bad leadership. |
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09-19-01 |
Marketing blunders |
Communications |
summary of some of the most common mistakes made in marketing |
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09-27-01 |
The dangers of loneliness |
Directors |
It is a tragedy to watch an association self destruct because of a well meaning leader who is left lonely |
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10-04-01 |
Web Site Basics |
Communications |
Domian names, service providers, search engines, links |
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10-05-01 |
Make an impact - on a budget |
Communications |
Budget planning for publications |
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10-11-01 |
Why a web site |
Communications |
Planning for a web site, potential asset to assn communications |
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10-18-01 |
Reporting the books |
Finance |
Reports document an organization's economic activities and provide an interpretation of those reports |
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10-25-01 |
Retreat |
Meetings |
Board retreats - their function and purpose |
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11-01-01 |
Pay attention to learn |
Officers |
Being aware is the first step in improvement |
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11-08-01 |
Thank you |
Members |
A thank you can be one of the most effective and least expensive ways an association can make a positive impact on many problem areas it faces. |
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11-15-01 |
A Chart of accounts |
Finance |
A classification system for financial transactions is called a chart of accounts. |
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11-22-01 |
Are you ready? |
Governance |
Crisis management and disaster preparedness as it relates to the association community |
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11-30-01 |
What to you expect for nutt'in |
Governance |
A perspective on the value of services |
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12-06-01 |
A tale of two leaders |
Officers |
Two leaders at the opposite ends of almost every spectrum you can imagine have a lot in common that make them great leaders |
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12-13-01 |
Partners |
Partnerships |
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12-20-01 |
Is it right? |
Governance |
" Ethics is not optional ... In the 21st century, ethics is about survival." Ethics is a cornerstone of many of our relationships. |
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12-27-01 |
Association personnel development |
Members |
Who do you send to conferences and why? |
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01-03-02 |
A new year |
Officers |
Overview of Dear Association Leader |
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01-10-02 |
Is it really the technology |
Tools |
Management must focus on the people first |
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01-17-02 |
Re-inventing the wheel |
Directors |
A different perspective on why we continue to learn the same things over and over. |
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01-24-02 |
Lessons from a bankruptcy |
Directors |
What associations can learn from Enron |
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01-31-02 |
Internal controls |
Directors |
Well run organizations use effective internal controls to minimize the risks of money or assets being lost. |
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02-07-02 |
Sell soul food for new members |
Members |
Member obligations, duties, and responsibilities |
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02-14-02 |
Good graces leads to getting things done |
Resources |
The role of protocal, etiquitte, and good manners in association relationships |
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02-21-02 |
What if? |
Meetings |
Issues to consider when planning a meeting. |
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02-28-02 |
Web site budget thinking |
Tools |
Looking at what it takes to budget effectively for a web site |
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03-07-02 |
Watch out for "You don't understand" |
Leadership |
What the message might really mean and ideas on dealing with it. |
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03-14-02 |
Ready, aim, ... |
Directors |
strategies for association leaders that can be used to help make Board efforts more effective, more profitable, and more satisfying |
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03-20-02 |
Governance |
What is it? Why change? How and when does change impact associations and it's members? |
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03-28-02 |
Tools |
A perspective on technology over the past 25 years |
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04-04-02 |
One big volunteer project |
Members |
Software created by volunteers illustrates leadership and teamwork |
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04-10-02 |
Work the room |
Directors |
Hints about how network pros can work a room to gain valuable business contacts |
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04-17-02 |
Governance |
Ideas to consider when trying to come up with the perfect name, whether it is for a conference, a project, or your association. |
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04-24-02 |
Searching for partners |
Partnerships |
Making a plan to develop funding partners |
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05-01-02 |
Wicked problems |
Officers |
When standard analytic problem solving won't do. |
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05-08-02 |
Getting to yes |
Finance |
How do you go about finding sponsors for association events? |
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05-15-02 |
Great plays |
Officers |
A Network World 'Best Issue' gathered ideas from leading users and network industry advisors to create a list of the best executive practices. |
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05-22-02 |
Newbie tips |
Members |
Advise for new leaders |
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05-29-02 |
How long do you need to keep records? |
Governance |
Overview of standard practices for keeping association records |
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06-05-02 |
"S" words |
Officers |
Watch out for suspision, secrecy, sulleness |
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06-13-02 |
Communications |
Ideas for encouraging newsletter input |
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06-19-02 |
Communications |
The gap between what truisms mean to people and how they are interpreted |
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06-26-02 |
Are people all the same? |
Members |
We know everyone is different but how do we use that knowledge? |
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07-03-02 |
Governance |
An incorporated non-profit entity needs to act like an incorporated entity and make noises like an incorporated entity to be considered an incorporated entity |
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07-10-02 |
Standards for philanthropy |
Finance |
Three organizations joined in efforts to propose new standards for charitable accountability. |
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07-17-02 |
Pressure Principles |
Leadership |
When push comes to shove, these pressure principles will help you maintain your sanity and get the job done. |
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07-24-02 |
Get the message through |
Leadership |
A state of nonacceptance hinders learning |
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07-31-02 |
Certitude |
Finance |
Financial matters are not as clear cut as many think they are. |
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08-07-02 |
Melting Pot |
Members |
Expanding membership to a broader audience |
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08-14-02 |
Delegation is what leadership is all about |
Leadership |
Delegation is critical to accomplishing work in an association and it is a very effective tool in membership development. |
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08-21-02 |
Make sure your projects reach profitability |
Tools |
Rules for investing in new equipment and technology |
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08-28-02 |
Time is your biggest enemy |
Governance |
Even when we look carefully, we tend to be optimistic about both time requirements and outcomes. |
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09-04-02 |
What is our interest? |
Directors |
Conflicts of interest and how they might impact the association. |
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09-11-02 |
Positioning your association |
Communications |
Lessons for association leaders in communicating the desired image of their organization so that it is properly positioned in the minds of both members and the public. |
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09-18-02 |
Rookie Blunders |
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09-25-02 |
Conference Expectations |
Meetings |
Providing for professional development at conferences |
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10-02-02 |
Ways to look at what you get |
Finance |
Budgets and financial planning tends to devolve into cash and cost considerations. There are other ways to look at finances and budgets but they are more difficult to assess and comprehend |
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10-09-02 |
Meeting agendas |
Meetings |
Why meeting agendas are important |
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10-16-02 |
Don't forget the business |
Governance |
Public interest non-profit organizations governed by a Board of Directors are businesses. There are tasks that should be performed on a consistent and ongoing basis |
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10-23-02 |
Is your association clean? |
Governance |
A clean association is one that is above suspicion. Its board demonstrates that it is making wise use of the resources available to the organization and any questions about the business operation have answers that are easily found. |
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10-30-02 |
It won't happen to us! |
Directors |
Situations come up all the time even in smaller associations where planning seems to be such a bother for so little return |
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11-06-02 |
Keep the books |
Finance |
Your financial records are a critical part of your association's history. Well kept financial records help you use past experience to plan new adventures. |
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11-13-02 |
Associations 3D accounting |
Finance |
Financial planning depends on good reports |
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11-20-02 |
Gerstner's Elephant Dance |
Governance |
Review of the Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. book, Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?, about his ten year run as Chief Executive Officer at IBM. |
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11-27-02 |
It is always time to say "Thank You!" |
Directors |
A recognition and appreciation is often a gift more highly valued than any other and also one often forgotten |
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12-04-02 |
Point of contact |
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12-11-02 |
Covering the basics |
Directors |
The association basics, the foundation, also provide the leader with support, direction, and resources. These are the tools the leader needs to get the job done. |
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12-18-02 |
Internet services |
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12-26-02 |
Thinking of each other |
Directors |
The benefits of learning appropriate tolerance |
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01-02-03 |
Dear Association Leader Bulletins for You |
Directors |
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01-08-03 |
Resolutions, goals and getting there |
Directors |
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01-15-03 |
Sand pits |
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01-22-03 |
Taking care of the individual at meetings |
Meetings |
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1-29-03 |
The spam deluge |
Communications |
Interferance with email communications |
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2-5-03 |
Communications failures spell trouble |
Communications |
Communication failures can lead to disaster |
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2-12-03 |
Shock therapy |
Directors |
Is following the rules a shock? |
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2-20-03 |
Do you shoot the messenger |
Directors |
One of those key indicators an association leader can use in detecting problems is derived from observing how information is received and handled |
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2-26-03 |
A proper representative |
Directors |
Choosing a spokesperson for your association |
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3-5-03 |
Which would you join? |
Members |
What to consider before choosing an association |
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3-12-03 |
What does it mean to be on the board? |
Directors |
Duties of association directors |
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More communications |
Communications |
Considerations for effective use of various communication tools |
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Thinking the Association Identity |
Communications |
Coordinating association identity - logos, fonts etc |
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3-27-03 |
Telephone Etiquette |
Communications |
Phone answering tips to enhance your association image |
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3-20-03 |
Milestones |
Governance |
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4-2-03 |
Rich quick |
Governance |
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4-9-03 |
For a Good Reed |
Governance |
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4-16-03 |
Lessons |
Leadership |
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4-24-03 |
Accounting Front |
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