Sheltering at Home Successes – A Day in the Life
I thought it would be good to share some thoughts about how to have a successful work from home day while under “shelter”.
Virtual Meeting Etiquette (Best Practices for Conference and Video Calls)
Associations, companies and other organizations have been using conference and video calling to meet and conduct business for many years. Most of us are very experienced with the process and have developed methods to be productive and polite when holding [...]
Seven Keys to Running a Successful Meeting
Meetings are necessary to achieve consensus – especially in associations. We’ve all been in those meetings that were a complete waste of time. Make sure meetings you run are not a waste of time but are productive and help your [...]
Creating an Effective Nominating Process for your Association
It’s the time of year again when many associations are implementing their nomination and election process. Because associations are groups of people or companies in the same profession or industry there are many opportunities for conflict and other challenges as [...]
Making Meetings Productive
I participate in many meetings - in fact, every day I am involved in one or more meetings of one kind or another. There are staff meetings, conference calls, webinars, committee and task force meetings, board meetings, conferences, trade shows, [...]
Teamwork Tips
I spent last week at the Annual Meeting and tradeshow of one of our association partners. The meeting and show were a success - despite the economy. Honestly I was a little worried going into the meeting. The leadership has [...]
Virtual Meetings Haven’t Taken Over Yet
Several years ago, shortly after the internet was invented, the association and hospitality industries were very worried they would become dinosaurs because people no longer needed to meet in person. I must admit as we all have more demands in [...]
