Guest post by Sohini Baliga, Director of Communications, Taxpayers for Common Sense, and Elizabeth Weaver Engel, M.A., CAE, CEO & Chief Strategist, Spark Consulting LLC Associations don’t always have all the answers (we know, you’re shocked). We definitely have some major advantages, not the least of which is that we are highly a cooperative and collaborative […]
An Introvert’s Guide to ASAE Annual
This weekend, about a billion people (ok, not that many, but it feels like it if you’ve ever been in the midst of the throng that is ASAE’s Annual Meeting before) and I will descend on Salt Lake City for fun and booze and networking and, of course, learning. It’s amazing to be among thousands […]
Why Skipping LinkedIn is a Mistake for Association CEOs
So my husband subscribes to CEO Update, the most expensive old-school publication ever, which I find entertaining specifically for its old-schoolness. It arrives in all its black and white, mimeographed-looking glory each month, full of association news and association executive job postings. This month’s issue, though, was a bit of a head-scratcher for me, though, […]
An Introvert’s Defense of Sherry Turkle
Even though I didn’t attend ASAE Annual, I have actually spent a decent amount of my summer thinking about Sherry Turkle, the closing keynote speaker at Annual. Summer has generally been a time when interacting online looses some of its appeal to me–I blogged about it in 2009, and 2010, and apparently had sufficiently burned out on […]
Will I See You This Week?
I can’t believe it’s already December! I’ve barely recovered from the overlappingThanksgiving+Hannukah, have to start thinking about Christmas decorating and shopping I guess and am scrambling to get ready for two conferences this week. I’m tired already! Tuesday I’ll be presenting at the HUG Super Forum with Jay Daughtry on “How to Engage Like the Big Boys.” […]
ASAE12 Wrap-Up–My 5 Takeaways
So many thoughts about the ASAE Annual meeting I just recovered returned from, so little time to distill them into a coherent blog post while catching up on regular life. So rather than sit here and agonize over coming up with pithy commentary, I figured I’d just go with the tried-and-true list format: Mobile apps […]
Karl Rove at ASAE? I Wish I Cared More
A few weeks ago, a storm started brewing over the announced opening keynote speakers for ASAE’s annual conference: Karl Rove and James Carville. As I’m avidly anti-politics (I don’t even vote), I immediately got fired up upon hearing the name “Karl Rove” because I know enough about politics to know he bashed my hero Elizabeth […]
#ASAE11 Wrap Up
So I’m back from St. Louis and my first-ever ASAE Annual Meeting. It sure was fun. I think I was meant to be a meeting planner because I could pretty much live in an exhibit hall. While I loved my time in St. Louis and did learn some things, the main thing I think I […]
See You in St. Louis
For years, ASAE’s Annual Meeting was something that former bosses attended to to hobnob with other association big-wigs. Then, once I knew Patrick (aka Mr. Maggie McGary) it was something he attended and I heard about through him. Once I joined ASAE three years ago and started connecting with other members via Twitter, it was […]
Did You Know Online Community is a Priority for ASAE? Neither Did I
I’ve spent the past day and a half at ASAE’s Future Leaders conference. On one hand, it’s been great–I’ve learned some leadership stuff (I’m an “i”–who knew?), met some cool people, and gotten to hang out with my friend Lauren Wolfe. On the other, it’s made me wonder how, when almost 10% of kids today […]