You all know I travel a lot, and one of the things that comes in handy about that is I can catch up with my reading pile. I just got through the last issue(s) of Associations Now (1/08, along with the Leadership Issue), and the publication just seems to keep getting better and better. People who know me well know that sometimes I get the “grass is greener” thing and I sometimes think it might be nice to be involved in an industry where things move a little faster. But I’m glad to see that there are people leading the charge to bring associations into the 21st (if not late 20th) century. I felt a lot more enthusiasm for what I’m doing after reading cathing up with my AN.
Things to note:
The idea bank is a great department. I have enjoyed it for several issues now.
Bryan Ochalla’s short trend-spotting piece is cool. His piece on board members of controversial organizations (the leadership issue) is also great, but boy, those people must have some kind of masochistic streak.
Blogroll a good department and useful evangelism for blogs to C-level individuals.
Structure of Success, very illustrative and surprisingly tactical.
Kim Fernandez’s piece on Government Affairs was awesome: the kind of thing no one else publishes, so very much value-added. I especially liked the emphasis on communication.
Thoughtful piece by Virgil Carter on “Are card-carrying memberships dead.” Conclusion: why yes, they are. Sets up a very nice structure between top-down and bottom-up models of priority setting.
Scott Briscoe’s piece on contract management. Hands-on and very useful.
I’ll talk about the Leadership Issue later.
Wow, Nick, the entire Associations Now team thanks you for this kind feedback! And if you ever have any suggestions for things we're not doing or covering that you'd like to see, I'd love to hear from you about that as well. Our readers have given us some of our best article ideas ...
Thank you again!
Good morning. The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.
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Thanks for the help :p, Nirvelli.