Posts by debby
In the Spotlight, the IDSA Foundation Finds Success
Most of us didn’t have viruses on our minds before 2020. Fortunately, some people make researching, preventing, and helping patients survive diseases like COVID-19 their life’s work. When the pandemic put the Infectious Diseases Society of America in the public eye, Stephen Peeler, CFRE, was determined to use that opportunity to gain support for the…
Read MoreThe Best Solution Begins With a Beautiful Question
What do you think these three questions have in common? How might we survive and flourish amid tensions and contradictions?” Elsa Fridman “What is it about your business today that you can’t answer?” Brian Panosian “What if competitors worked together?” Michelle Rigan-Ranson In the eyes of author/journalist, Warren Berger, each of these questions is beautiful.…
Read MoreLet the Light in—Creating an Organizational Culture Around Passion and Partnership
Closed office doors, break room gossip and a CEO who gives Tony Soprano a run for the money—culture gone wrong is easy to spot. Where work moves forward and employees treat each other civilly, culture may be the caboose on a long train of priorities. Hiding somewhere in the cloud’s dark recesses is a values…
Read MoreBuild a Journey to Yes Using Marketing Automation
Technology creates paradoxes that are as upside down as Alice’s adventures in Wonderland. Aimee Pagano’s recent 30 on Thursday webinar, Survival Kit for Building Your Buyer’s Journey, brought this message home. Machines are giving us the ability to understand and communicate with members more personally than ever before. If you seek to deeply engage constituents…
Read More“The Beach Was too Sandy”—Happy Members Are a Nonnegotiable
I’ve been thinking, writing and talking a lot about Association 4.0. That’s how I describe best practices in a game-changing time for the association community and across the business world. Technology is driving the most visible disruption. So, it’s easy to forget that the new online community or e-learning platform you just launched is not…
Read MoreGive Your Data the Muscle to be Convincing
What would you expect a conference called Solutions Day to deliver? Answers to tough questions, strategies to tackle challenges and new perspectives. Our speakers made good on that promise. In the next few posts, I’m highlighting some of my personal aha moments from the November 15 event. If you’ve been considering how to make the…
Read MoreSolutions Day Speakers Chart Paths to Success in Uncertain Times
.orgCommunity’s year is book-ended by two signature events. The wrap party for Solutions Day is over. But before we roll up our sleeves for the Innovation Summit (February 28, 2019), we’re taking a moment to recap the exhilaration of a great learning experience. When I needed help with the Solutions Day launch video, I turned…
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