One of our clients recently asked this question: “At our last AGM one of our members took the floor and refused to relinquish it. He dominated the meeting for 30 minutes asking a series of questions and adding gratuitous commentary after each answer was provided by the board. How can we avoid this next year?”…
The Canadian Society of Association Executives (CSAE) is holding their National Conference & Showcase in Saskatoon this year from September 15 – 17, 2011. The Conference offers everything from Educational Seminars to Keynote Speakers and an excellent opportunity to network with your peers. If you are an executive or a director of a Canadian association you…
This annual survey of membership organizations was conducted in January of 2011. Membership organizations are not-for-profit entities who have dues-paying members and whose primary activity is providing services to those members. There is very little data available for the membership organization niche. The purpose of this survey is to help to fill that void. The…
A friend of mine has a dog that needs to lose weight. The vet recommended a simple strategy that guarantees weight loss. Just feed your pet the same meal day in, day out, he said. It doesn’t matter how good the meal is, over time it will become so boring that the dog will get…
Frank Sinatra was one of the most important popular music figures of the 20th century, but he didn’t move his own piano. “The Chairman” knew the importance of delegating the more mundane aspects of his work to professionals who knew how to do it more efficiently. He spent his time doing what he did best,…
On those days when the “meniscus of whelm” is about to break and the more than filled glass of your life is about to breach the carefully structured tension that holds you together, stop, step back and look at what you do from the viewpoint of an outsider. “What am I doing to move forward?”…