If your Chamber is like mine you may be experiencing the same problem I am. If you are not and have found solutions, then maybe you should be writing this blog. The problem is two-fold: 1) a hole in the bucket as we bring new members in while losing others and 2) through merger and […]
When my nieces were aged 2 and 4, I created a club with them. Each meeting started by dancing to Sister Sledge, “We are Family.” Snacks were served and we usually held the meeting in some sort of makeshift fort. As they got older, my nieces began to share more deeply during our club meetings. […]
This blog is the first installment of an IOM summer series on applying research principles to your everyday work. Sometimes “research” seems like some this huge, daunting task that is only for academics and highly educated professionals. This is just not true! There are many ways in which you can embed and apply research principles […]
Divide and conquer. Don’t think for a moment that reporters will hesitate to play this game with your chamber or association. The issue experts at one association loved talking to reporters. Journalists would call on their direct line or cozy up to them at a meeting, trying to shake loose intelligence they couldn’t gain from […]
Good nonprofits have a mission and a plan. However, most strategic plans are “workhorse” plans, not “show horse” plans. It’s is often harder for stakeholders to get excited about the “plodding draft horse’ than it is the “sleek thoroughbred.” On occasion, an organization may have an attention-getting, game-changing initiative but even those often extend over a length of […]
