I am a big believer in the thinking that you aren’t able to hear a message or learn a lesson until you are ready to receive it. Apparently, it has taken me a long time to be ready to receive the message about the company one keeps. Over and over throughout my life, I heard […]
When Planning a Conference, Tell a Story
I came to the association world 10 years ago after years as a television producer. I took the conference programming position after reading the job description and realizing that it was – in fact – a producer job. As a television producer, it was my job is to tell a story, to capture and keep […]
The Value of Understanding What Motivates You
I promised to write this blog last October. And I have spent the last five months getting motivated. So, on the last possible day to turn in the blog, out of sheer terror of not delivering on a promise, I find myself motivated to write about – wait for it – motivation. Motivation seems like […]