Live Blogging at the General Session I
Let me tell you, wireless Web access ROCKS! The wifi at the BCEC is awesome and it is FREE! It is wicked pissa.
Outgoing ASAE chair Paulette Maehara of the Assocation of Fundraising Professionals says she generally gets three reactions when telling people that she runs a professional association:
+A blank stare
+The very sincere question, "So you're a lobbyist?"
+The even more sincere question, "Do you get paid to do that?"
Paulette is right on. Whenever I call my mother to tell her about something I'm doing in the association community, she always asks me to hold the phone. When she comes back, I ask her, "Did you just get a piece of paper and a pen to write this down so you could explain it to other people?" Her reply is always yes. Why is association work such a mystery to people?
More when Jim Collins takes the stage.