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18 Jun 2013 15:46:51 CDT

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Friday, June 21: Dine Around 2013
Downtown Dallas
6:00 p.m – 9:00 p.m.
Registration Closes Today!

Wednesday, July 17: July Luncheon Meeting
11:30 a.m. — 1:30 p.m. Networking and Luncheon
Location: Crown Plaza Hotel, Dallas Market Center

When technology issues are really membership issues

18 Jun 2013 15:46:51 CDT

Technology was a persistent theme during ASAE's 2013 Marketing, Membership & Communications Conference last week. Why? Well, when you peel away the outer layers surrounding tech issues, what you might find at the core are really membership issues.

Is your association courageous enough to ask for advice?

18 Jun 2013 15:46:51 CDT

In a recent post, Deirdre Reed wrote, "Last week, I saw the hashtag #SHRMAdvice in a tweet from Laurie Ruettimann, a HR thought leader, speaker and writer. I found out that she had asked people to share how the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) could better serve its members. She told me, 'All associations could use this feedback!' Yes, indeed they could."

Leading under pressure

18 Jun 2013 15:46:51 CDT

Yes, it has been said that when the going gets tough, the tough get going. The question is how do they get going? How do leaders respond when they are under pressure? We are not referring to physical pressure, like that which is exerted on a professional weightlifter. We are referring to pressure — the invisible mental state causing stress. A leader's true colors come out when he or she is under pressure, especially extreme pressure.

Are you cut out for the CEO role?

18 Jun 2013 15:46:51 CDT

Good CEOs are made, not born. But the same can't always be said for founders. A founder has a vision and a passion for her product or service, and she can inspire her customers, employees and investors to believe in her idea's potential. A founder believes so much in her vision that she'll ride out uncertainty and failure to see her idea succeed. But these skills don't always make for a great CEO. In small startups, founders often double as CEOs, at least at first. With the right skills, you may be able to fill both roles, but at some point, you'll have to figure out if being the founder and the CEO is helping or hurting your company's growth.

How to disengage and demotivate members

18 Jun 2013 15:46:51 CDT

Taking up members' or employees' time with meaningless, formulaic planning exercises that produce no meaningful outcome is an excellent way to begin your disengagement campaign.

Are you a leader or a manager? There's a difference

18 Jun 2013 15:46:51 CDT

Leaders aren't always managers and vice versa. It is a rare individual that is both of these things. They have very different skill sets, both critical to success at a high-growth business. Understanding who your leaders are and who your managers are will help you create an organizational structure that not only addresses core business functions and needs but also morale and culture, which are equally if not more important.

What's next for tradeshows?

18 Jun 2013 15:46:51 CDT

Is the tradeshow dying? A new ASAE report examines the future of tradeshows and identifies five scenarios for what they might look like in 2016. How will your association's event change?

How to convince your boss you need to take your educational content online

18 Jun 2013 15:46:51 CDT

There seems to be a good number of associations that are stuck in the past and are missing out on leveraging their valuable content by offering it online, because a "higher-up" is stuck in their ways and doesn't see value in offering the content online. So how do you convince dad to get that new smartphone? Here are four ways to convince your association leaders to take your content online.

How to get members to your meetings

18 Jun 2013 15:46:51 CDT

Your association is so beneficial to people, you just know that they'll be hooked after their first meeting. So how do you get potential members (and current members, for that matter) to your meetings?