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Thanks Jamie!

May 9th, 2008

While I was involved in the The Global Summit last week, Jamie shared a really nice post on his blog about my article, “The Next Traditions of Associations 3.0,” which appears in the March 2008 issue of Associations Now. I am humbled and flattered by his words:

I don’t know of anyone who cares more about associations than Jeff, so he is constantly looking at associations from every angle trying to figure out what needs our attention. In this article he points to six huge gaps in associations. These are gaps that I think escape the attention of many association execs, frequently even the good ones. When you’re trying to get the trains to run on time, you can miss these. I know it takes a lot just to make sure things get done in associations these days, but Jeff has identified six areas of attention that are really important to thriving organizations. You rarely find really superior organizations without these qualities, in my experience. So I would challenge you, if you’re in an association, to honestly take stock of where you stand on the six areas that Jeff mentions.

Jamie, thanks for offering these wonderful thoughts, and I also want to thank all of the many readers of both Associations Now and the P.I. Blog who have reached out with nice things to say about the article. Please download a PDF of the article for yourself or to share with colleagues, and do let me know your thoughts!

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UPDATE: Jamie pointed out that I forgot to include a link to his blog post when I first published this item. Sorry for not showing the link love Jnott. It’s added!

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