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Quick clicks: So hot right now edition

Just about everywhere you look lately, social media platform Pinterest and NBA basketball player Jeremy Lin keep popping up, and that includes this week's batch of association blogosphere links:

Pinterest. The buzz on Pinterest continues, with some more takes on it from the association angle:

Management. I'm a sucker for a sports metaphor, so I very much enjoyed Jay S. Daughtry's "4 Organizational Lessons from Jeremy Lin."

Trends. Shelly Alcorn, CAE, shares TrendHunter.com's Top 20 Trends in 2012 Forecast and explains how five of the trends will apply for associations.

Mission and vision. Maddie Grant, CAE, recaps the recent efforts of the Public Relations Society of America to redefine "public relations." It has involved the greater PR community in the process, but it's been a bumpy road. It's an interesting study in strategic planning if your association is in a similarly evolving industry.

Community management. Maggie McGary asks "So You Think You Want to be a Community Manager?" Then you better enjoy customer service, she writes.

Communication. Jeffrey Cufaude explains how, for some of your members, their involvement with your association reaches beyond the professional, to a personal level, and your communication with them should reflect that.

Volunteer management. Steve Drake answers the question "What do you do when association volunteers want to manage rather than lead?"

Meetings. Jeff Hurt shares a few different perspectives from which to view your annual meeting and how each can change how you plan and develop the event.

Growth. Andrea Pellegrino offers five characteristics of associations are growing and thriving.

E-Commerce. Chris Bonney points to a sharing feature on Amazon.com's purchase confirmation page and urges associations to emulate it.

Member recruitment. Erik Schonher shares a brief case study of one association whose best source for new members is now LinkedIn.

Board management. Eric Lanke, CAE, asks "Whose Job Is It to Be the Facilitator?" specifically in reference to an association board of directors. Is it the CEO or the board chair? He says it's the board chair; do you agree?

Stuff people say. Last, a bit of humor. Riding the wave of "Stuff [Insert Type or Group of People Here] Say" lists and videos that have proliferated on the web in recent weeks, a few nonprofit professionals have applied the meme to their work:

Posted by Joe Rominiecki on February 23, 2012 12:19 PM |

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