Associations Unorthodox

NEW PODCAST: ASAE & The Center Annual Meeting Preview

Show Notes for August 11, 2005 Associations Unorthodox podcast (22:54)

1. Associations Unorthodox intro
2. Jeff is brimming with enthusiasm about the ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership Annual Meeting and is looking forward to heading off to Nashville tomorrow.
3. Jeff has been interviewed by Shel Holtz and Neville Hobson on the For Immediate Release podcast.  The 55-minute interview can be found on this page.
4. Jeff teases listeners to keep listening for a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT from Associations Unorthodox in September.  (No clues, no hints...just be patient!)
5. Jeff shares what he is looking for at the Annual Meeting:  1) the extent to which ASAE & The Center are more seamlessly integrated after a year, 2) what an administrivia-free general session looks like and what messages have been deemed sufficiently important to be delivered from the stage, 3) the new ASAE & The Center brand promise, logo etc., a possible (?) Associations Now cover mock-up and other new stuff, 4) the results of ASAE Board vote on the Membership Task Force recommendations.  (Jeff also mentions that the XtremeASAE Blog volunteer bloggers will be covering the Malcolm Gladwell general session extensively based on a poll run on the blog.)
6. Jeff offers advice to learner/leaders on how to maximize the learning experience:  1) start by giving yourself permission to ask the BIG QUESTION (check out posts by XtremeASAE Bloggers Shawn Lea and Kevin Holland), 2) look for the ORIGINAL IDEA and forget about "best practices" [click here, here and here for Jeff's recent rants against best practices] and 3) do not dismiss the IMPRACTICAL SUGGESTION too quickly.
7. "Outro" by Ron includes Feedback Loop:  comments to the blog, e-mail address or audio comment line:  1-888/250-3329  (Jeff adds that there may be a Skype option soon for comments.)
8. Key quote:  "If, at first, the idea is not absurd, there is no hope for it." (Albert Einstein)

NEW PODCAST: More on Google

Show Notes for August 3, 2005 Associations Unorthodox podcast (29:40)

1. Associations Unorthodox intro
2. Jeff shares his excitement about the growing interest in podcasting in the association community.  The American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Santa Clara County Bar Association are both doing podcasts, and other associations have expressed interest.  If your association is doing a podcast or is interested in podcasting, please contact Jeff.  Jeff has written an article on podcasting that you can download.  (The podcasting article is a 636 KB PDF.)
3. Jeff discusses two blogging-related items:  The XtremeASAE Blog, the event blog for the ASAE & The Center Annual Meeting in Nashville beginning on August 13 and the FC NOW Blogjam, in which he and fellow association blogger Shawn Lea of The Big Picture Blog will be participating.
4. Jeff discusses three recent business magazine articles on Google:  1) John Battelle's August 2005 Wired article, "The Birth of Google," which is an excerpt from his forthcoming book, The Search:  How Google and its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture.  [Jeff also highly recommends Kevin Kelly's article, "We Are the Web" in the August 2005 issue of Wired; he will blog it on The Association Innovation Blog in the near future.  Jeff references another forthcoming Google book, The Google Story by David Vise and Mark Malseed, which will be out in October.], 2) Alan Deutschman's August 2005 Fast Company article, "Can Google Stay Google," and 3) the package of article on "Google, Yahoo and The Future of Advertising" in the August 8, 2005 issue of Fortune.
5. Jeff plays his first audio comment, from Luca Sergio, regarding the May 15 podcast on Google and specifically on Google 20% time.  (Luca is Jeff's friend and classmate from Johns Hopkins, so it doesn't fully count as a first comment, but it is still truly appreciated.  Thanks Luca!)  Jeff reflects on Luca's comment and references his own recent article, "Going Ga Ga Over Google," in the July 2005 issue of PCMA's Convene magazine.  (The Google article is a 171 KB PDF.) 
6. "Outro" by Ron includes Feedback Loop:  comments to the blog, e-mail address or audio comment line:  1-888/250-3329
7. Next show (posted no later than August 10):  Jeff's ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership Annual Meeting preview!

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NEW PODCAST: Jeff on Association Leadership Development

Show Notes for July 12, 2005 Associations Unorthodox podcast (29:08)

1. Associations Unorthodox intro
2. Jeff explains his missed podcast from late June, discusses AU's "irregular" schedule going forward and talks about how excited he was to meet AU fan, Shel Holtz.  (Shel does the For Immediate Release podcast with Neville Hobson, and Jeff will be their guest next week.)
3. Jeff shares his views on leadership development in associations, with a particular focus on identifying and developing young leaders.  Ben Martin of the Certified Association Executive blog has some excellent views on this topic.  Jeff argues that today's boards must embrace their responsibility for recruiting their successors.  Jeff discusses the need for a "generational renewal strategy" in every association, as well as a leadership development strategy linked to the organization's overarching strategic direction.  Jeff also presents the ICE (Involvement-Contribution-Engagement) Framework for association participation and leadership development.  (NOTE:  I intended to discuss Drucker's "theory of the business" framework and how it connects to recent discussions on association-related blogs, but I ran long.  I will blog/podcast on it soon.)
   
4. "Outro" by Ron includes Feedback Loop:  comments to the blog, e-mail address or audio comment line:  1-888/250-3329
5. Key quote:  "Leadership is not an activity of position, but of purpose."

LATE UPDATE:  I forgot to provide action learning resources.  You can learn more about action learning here and here.  Sorry for the oversight.

NEW PODCAST: Jeff Live and Unedited from Chicago

Show Notes for June 20, 2005 Associations Unorthodox podcast (25:55)

1. Associations Unorthodox intro
2. Jeff jumps right into a wide-ranging discussion of the Association Forum Annual Meeting, his social architecture of community session at the meeting and the state of community in associations.  It's a long diatribe, but a good one.
3. "Outro" by Ron includes Feedback Loop:  comments to the blog, e-mail address or audio comment line:  1-888/250-3329
4. Next podcast:  Jeff Live and Unedited from Albuquerque, New Mexico later this week.

NEW PODCAST: Google shareholders meeting

Show Notes for May 15, 2005 Associations Unorthodox podcast (23:54)

1. Associations Unorthodox intro
2. Jeff jumps right into his visit to Google for the first-ever shareholders meeting.
3. Jeff's few photos from his visit to Google, including Charleston Park, the Googleplex (best shot I could get) and a sign announcing the closure of the on-site cafe for the shareholders meeting.  (I will post these photos on May 16.) 
4. A link to the webcast of Google's shareholders meeting
5. "Outro" by Ron includes Feedback Loop:  comments to the blog, e-mail address or audio comment line:  1-888/250-3329
6. Next week's podcast:  Part I of Jeff's interview with Christopher Carfi of The Social Customer Manifesto

NEW PODCAST: The Long Tail (Part I)

Show Notes for May 8, 2005 Associations Unorthodox podcast (19:34)

1. Associations Unorthodox intro
2. Jeff discusses his enjoyable Saturday and wishes all moms (including his own) a Happy's Mother Day.
3. Jeff thanks CUNA and James Carrick for the invitation to speak on a "Love Boat " cruise.
4. Jeff discusses his plans to attend the Google shareholders meeting.
5. Jeff discusses the decision by ASAE/The Center to cease publication of Association Management and Executive Update in favor of a new magazine that will debut in October.
6. Jeff introduces the concept of The Long Tail.  (Click on this link to see an image of the Long Tail taken from Chris Anderson's blog.)  Resources include Wired editor Chris Anderson's original article on The Long Tail from last fall, The Economist article from this week's issue (which I thought was for subscribers only, but I was wrong), Chris's blog and The Social Customer Manifesto, a blog/podcast by Christopher Carfi, who I recently interviewed.  (I'll post a part of that interview on or about May 21.)  There will be MUCH more discussion of The Long Tail in future podcasts.
7. Jeff expresses his disappointment/frustration at the end of the unsuccessful tagline contest, but will not give up hope!
8. "Outro" by Ron includes Feedback Loop:  comments to the blog, e-mail address or audio comment line:  1-888/250-3329
9. Next week's podcast:  Jeff's visit to the Google shareholders meeting.

NEW PODCAST: An interview with John Seely Brown

Show Notes for April 30, 2005 Associations Unorthodox podcast (17:03)

1. Associations Unorthodox intro
2. Jeff introduces a special edition of Associations Unorthodox, with its first thought leader interview, featuring John Seely Brown, the co-author of The Only Sustainable Edge:  Why Business Strategy Depends on Productive Friction and Dynamic Specialization.
3. Jeff interviews John Seely Brown on April 11 from the studios of WMET 1160 AM in Washington, DC.
4. Jeff discusses the points that JSB made during the interview and reiterates his "indictment" of strategic planning.
5. "Outro" by Ron includes Feedback Loop:  comments to the blog, e-mail address or audio comment line:  1-888/250-3329
6. Next week's podcast:  The Long Tail (part I)

AU Promo Contest:  Call the comment line (1-888-250-3329) and leave your favorite promo suggestion for AU.  (Think of ideas similar in style to those promos used during previous shows.)  Suggestions will be solicited through May 8 and will be chosen by Jeff.  The winning promo idea(s) will be recorded by Ron Harper and the winner(s) will receive an Amazon gift certificate.

NEW PODCAST: The social architecture of community (part I)

Show Notes for April 23, 2005 Associations Unorthodox podcast (19:10)

1. Associations Unorthodox intro
2. Jeff talks about his visit to Arizona to speak for the American Spice Trade Association and the Arizona Society of Association Executives.
3. Jeff discusses an article, "Making Change" in the May 2005 issue of Fast Company.  (The article is not yet online.)
4. Jeff talks about going to the Google shareholders meeting on May 12 at the Googleplex in Mountain View, California. 
5. Jeff talks about the social architecture of community.
6. "Outro" by Ron includes Feedback Loop:  comments to the blog, e-mail address or audio comment line:  1-888/250-3329
7. Next week's podcast:  An interview with John Seely Brown, co-author (with John Hagel lll) of The Only Sustainable Edge:  Why Business Strategy Depends on Productive Friction and Dynamic Specialization.

AU Promo Contest:  Call the comment line (1-888-250-3329) and leave your favorite promo suggestion for AU.  (Think of ideas similar in style to those promos used during previous shows.)  Suggestions will be solicited through May 8 and will be chosen by Jeff.  The winning promo idea(s) will be recorded by Ron Harper and the winner(s) will receive an Amazon gift certificate.

NEW PODCAST: The challenge of innovation in associations

Show Notes for April 16, 2005 Associations Unorthodox podcast (17:27)

1. Associations Unorthodox intro
2. Jeff explains why there wasn't an April 9 show--technology issues
3. Jeff talks about the challenge of innovation in associations, discussing two items from the April 2005 issue of Association Management magazine:  a June 2004 Wirthlin Report survey that is reported on page 23 and an article titled, "The CEO's Survival Kit" Walter Pidgeon on page 26.  Jeff discusses how each item confirms the need for innovation in associations.
4. "Outro" by Ron includes Feedback Loop:  comments to the blog, e-mail address or audio comment line:  1-888/250-3329
5. Next week's podcast:  The social architecture of community (part I)

AU Promo Contest:  Call the comment line (1-888-250-3329) and leave your favorite promo suggestion for AU.  (Think of ideas similar in style to those promos used during previous shows.)  Suggestions will be solicited through May 8 and will be chosen by Jeff.  The winning promo idea(s) will be recorded by Ron Harper and the winner(s) will receive an Amazon gift certificate.

NEW PODCAST: The Death of Strategic Planning (Part I)

Show Notes for April 2, 2005 Associations Unorthodox podcast (17:42)

1. Associations Unorthodox intro
2. Jeff explains why there wasn't a March 26 show.
3. Jeff talks about the death of Pope John Paul II today.
4. Jeff talks about his new recording equipment, including the Edirol R-1 portable recorder.
5. Jeff thanks Blair St. Amand of Association Trends for covering the March 15 Google and innovation session.
6. AU Promo Contest:  Call the comment line (see below) and leave your favorite promo suggestion for AU.  (Think of ideas similar in style to those promos used during the show.)  Suggestions will be solicited through April 16 and will be chosen by Jeff; both of these are changes from two weeks ago.  The winning promo idea(s) will be recorded by Ron Harper and the winner(s) will receive an Amazon gift certificate.
7. Jeff's begins discussing the death of strategic planning.
8. Break
9. Jeff lays out four core arguments against strategic planning:  1) lack of stable/predictable operating environment, 2) inappropriate combination of two different ways of thinking into a single process, 3) strategic planning as a mechanism of CEO/board control and 4) elites-driven processes do not yield strategic breakthroughs.
10. "Outro" by Ron includes Feedback Loop:  comments to the blog, e-mail address or audio comment line:  1-888/250-3329
11. Next week's podcast:  Topic to be announced