One of my clients, BIO Ventures for Global Health, is seeking a director of Knowledge Management. The listing follows. If interested, contact Julie Klim at jklim@bvgh.org. The Director, Knowledge Management and Knowledge Sharing will support the mission of BVGH in two key areas. The first is working with the team to establish a knowledge management […]
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CDC Software has purchased gomembers, an AMS provider. You can read more about the acquisition here. There has been a fair amount of “turmoil” in the AMS industry over the past couple of years, most certainly driven in part by the tough economic times. It will be interesting to see what kind of impact this
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I’m a huge fan of Amazon.com. I’ve been buying from them for years and have been an Amazon Prime member pretty much since they started the program. But Amazon can still find ways of amazing me. Last week on a Monday, my wife placed an order on Amazon at 7.55pm. According to Amazon’s site, if
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Twice in the past couple of weeks (with different groups) I’ve heard words to the effect of: “We want to be careful about who we communicate with. We don’t want the whole world to know about this, because we would be inundated by inquiries from people who can’t benefit from what we’re offering.” I can’t
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When I help clients through the process of purchasing a new association management system, the metaphor that often arises is that of buying a car. The client will say something like: “It’s like we’re buying a new car, and we want to be sure we’re buying the right car. We don’t necessarily need a Maserati…”
It's more like buying a Soloflex, rather than a car… Read More »
My latest article, entitled “Eliminating Business Inefficiencies,” has just been published in the November issue of ASAE’s Associations Now magazine. The article is available on ASAE’s site (click here). In the article I discuss how analyzing and changing your business processes can make your organization more efficient and more effective. Also, be sure to scroll
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You’ve got THREE opportunities in December to hear me speak. On Tuesday, December 8, I’ll be speaking on NTEN’s Ask the Expert program, at 2pm Eastern. Click here to learn more about that program. On Wednesday, December 9, I’ll be presenting a webcast as part of Protech’s Expert Series. Click here to learn more about
I’ll be speaking for NTEN on Tuesday, December 8, from 2pm to 3pm eastern (11am Pacific), on NTEN’s Ask the Expert program. Details here. The program is free to NTEN members. I hope to “see you” online.
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Given the current economic climate, I thought I’d take this opportunity to list three positions that are open at past clients of mine. The American Association of Museums is seeking a director of Information Technology. For more information contact Katherine McNamee at kmcnamee@aam-us.org. The American Dental Education Association is seeking a TEMPORARY Membership/Database coordinator. For
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This post on the Fast Company blog got me to thinking about managing databases (surprise, surprise!). The blog post discusses the idea that “lollygagging” may be the best way to find breakthrough ideas. That is, NOT working may help the creative process. A similar things happens when it comes to managing our database versus actually
Hard Work is Overrated Read More »