by Jamie Notter | Dec 9, 2009 | Leadership, Learning
I read and think a lot about associations. I care about associations. It's my career. I want the best for associations and I like to push associations into being better, more effective, more strategic, more human. So when Acronym challenged everyone to come up...
by Jamie Notter | Dec 2, 2009 | Leadership
Cleaning my desk, I came across my notes from Jeff De Cagna's ASAE Annual Meeting Session that I think was titled "Associations Next." There was more to his program than my notes, obviously (you can actually view his session online), but even the notes...
by Jamie Notter | Dec 1, 2009 | Leadership, Truth
A lot of what we do in the work world (and at home for that matter) is attempt to get people to say "yes" to us. We need agreement or approval from other people before we can do what we want or need to do. That is simply a fact of life in any system, and it...
by Jamie Notter | Nov 23, 2009 | Consulting, Leadership
For the first seven years of my consulting career, I did tons of consulting projects with CEOs and senior managers, even though I had never actually been a CEO or senior manager. Eighteen months ago I joined forces with MSP, an Association Management Company, and this...
by Jamie Notter | Nov 12, 2009 | Leadership
Several people tweeted this week about a study that "surprisingly" showed that so-called "soft" skills like managing relationships and creating an environment of trust are important and valuable in the business world. First off, I'm getting a...
by Jamie Notter | Nov 11, 2009 | Leadership, Social Media, Strategy
Last Friday I had the extreme pleasure to present a session with Lindy Dreyer and Maddie Grant of SocialFish at ASAE’s first ever Social Media Workshop. The title of our session is "What Social Media Means for the Way We Work." Maddie has already completely...
