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Traverse City, Michigan

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Public Relations Disaster Plans

Feb. 5, 2010
Use social media and stream line your organizational governance structure to create an effective public relations disaster plan.

Scarlet Letters of Association Management

Jan. 28, 2010
Incorporate access, attention, and authenticity into your association business plan.

Facebook Fail

Nov. 6, 2009
Plan ahead for your association's Facebook page.

Your Trust Account

Oct. 30, 2009
In financial dealings and in elections, the association executive must carefully build member trust.

Stamp out Micromanagement!

Oct. 27, 2009
Encourage strategic planning and policy-making in your association. Stamp out micromanagement!

Association Inc — The business of associations. Predictions for the Future

Oct. 16, 2009
Tagged with: ae, association, realtor, strategy
What needs to go? What should stay? Eliminate, committees, hoop-jumping, traditional governance models, geography-based decisions.

R.I.P., Associations?

Sep. 1, 2009
Reinvent your association to keep it alive.

The Board of Directors as Employer: Building a Better Board, Part 3

Aug. 14, 2009
How to establish a professional board of directors who can work with, support, and manage their association executive.

The Strategic Board, Part 2: Fiscal Oversight

Aug. 10, 2009
Tagged with: ae, association, financial, realtor
How to develop a board which is responsible to the association, particularly in the area of financial resources.

View from the Top of the Molehill: Building a Better Board of Directors, Part 1

Aug. 9, 2009
Tagged with: ae, association, policy, realtor, strategy
Too often, leaders react to troubled times for the profession and their association by spending way too much effort on trivial matters. Here's how association managers can help.

Is Your Newsletter a 98-lb Weakling?

Jun. 25, 2009
Select media to fit your message. Association communication tools you can use.

Do Not Go Gentle

Jun. 13, 2009
Prepare to be fired. Here's what to know and plan for.

Dorothy, We Aren't in Vermont Anymore...

Jun. 12, 2009
Need an association-wide discussion? Use these ideas for interactive, real time communicatiion.

How to Use Twitter: A Guide for AEs

Apr. 13, 2009
Twitter as a social networking tool which will build the Realtor organization. A 'how to' guide for the Association Executive.

Lessons from NAPA

Feb. 8, 2009
Lessons the real estate community needs to learn about technology.

Competitive Advantage: Strategic Planning part 2

Feb. 3, 2009
Understanding and evaluating your competition is the key to building a successful association through strategic planning.

Budgeting for Travel, Part 2

Dec. 5, 2008
Tagged with: ae, association, budget, economy, staff, travel
Association meetings, budgeting for travel, determining the best meetings for your organization budget

Budgeting for Travel, Part 1

Dec. 4, 2008
Tagged with: ae, association, budget, travel
Considerations for budgeting for staff travel

Thinking in the Micro Mode

Sep. 2, 2006
I had an email this week from a friend of mine, an association management peer, which contained a call of distress. “Help,” she said. “It’s budget time, and the Directors... [Read More]