Comments on: Headed to ASAE in Toronto http://smartblogs.com/insights/2009/08/14/headed-to-asae-in-toronto/ Just another Smartblogs.com Blogs weblog Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:33:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Acronym http://smartblogs.com/insights/2009/08/14/headed-to-asae-in-toronto/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Acronym Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:26:52 +0000 http://smartblogs.com/insights/?p=154#comment-204 <strong>Living through short-term pain...</strong> I could write 10 blog posts based on Fareed Zakaria's closing general session speech, but I think to start with I'll focus on one of his last exhortations to the audience: "We have got to learn to impose short-term pain...... Living through short-term pain…

I could write 10 blog posts based on Fareed Zakaria’s closing general session speech, but I think to start with I’ll focus on one of his last exhortations to the audience: “We have got to learn to impose short-term pain……

]]> By: Lisa Junker http://smartblogs.com/insights/2009/08/14/headed-to-asae-in-toronto/comment-page-1/#comment-223 Lisa Junker Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:03:00 +0000 http://smartblogs.com/insights/?p=154#comment-223 <p>I really like the idea of reframing "pain" as "investment." The latter is definitely a more powerful, and positive, term, at least to me.</p> <p>And I like what you’ve said here: "We need to help break the narrow mindset that their success is only measured by what happens during the time they sit at the board table." Could former board leaders become shepherds or stewards of long-term initiatives that began under their watch, without overshadowing new leaders?</p> <p><i>This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://blogs.asaecenter.org/Acronym/2009/08/living_through_shortterm_pain.html#comment-4879" rel="nofollow" title="“Living through short-term pain” (http://blogs.asaecenter.org/Acronym/)">Acronym</a></i></p> I really like the idea of reframing "pain" as "investment." The latter is definitely a more powerful, and positive, term, at least to me.

And I like what you’ve said here: "We need to help break the narrow mindset that their success is only measured by what happens during the time they sit at the board table." Could former board leaders become shepherds or stewards of long-term initiatives that began under their watch, without overshadowing new leaders?

This comment was originally posted on http://blogs.asaecenter.org/Acronym/)”>Acronym

]]> By: Jeffrey Cufaude http://smartblogs.com/insights/2009/08/14/headed-to-asae-in-toronto/comment-page-1/#comment-224 Jeffrey Cufaude Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:35:00 +0000 http://smartblogs.com/insights/?p=154#comment-224 <p>I don’t deny that very often pain is involved, but I think part of the solution might be in reframing what we’re talking about. The choice we need our elected association leaders to make is indeed making investments now in initiatives whose dividends may not be fully realized until they are out of office.</p> <p>We need to help break the narrow mindset that their success is only measured by what happens during the time they sit at the board table. The long view needs to become a critical part of how they view their decisions. One of the best volunteers I worked with took great pride in going against the grain and committing to an initiative that only years later was embraced by the membership. He would always smile when talking about that with the staff because he knew his efforts helped make it possible.</p> <p><i>This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://blogs.asaecenter.org/Acronym/2009/08/living_through_shortterm_pain.html#comment-4878" rel="nofollow" title="“Living through short-term pain” (http://blogs.asaecenter.org/Acronym/)">Acronym</a></i></p> I don’t deny that very often pain is involved, but I think part of the solution might be in reframing what we’re talking about. The choice we need our elected association leaders to make is indeed making investments now in initiatives whose dividends may not be fully realized until they are out of office.

We need to help break the narrow mindset that their success is only measured by what happens during the time they sit at the board table. The long view needs to become a critical part of how they view their decisions. One of the best volunteers I worked with took great pride in going against the grain and committing to an initiative that only years later was embraced by the membership. He would always smile when talking about that with the staff because he knew his efforts helped make it possible.

This comment was originally posted on http://blogs.asaecenter.org/Acronym/)”>Acronym

]]> By: Acronym http://smartblogs.com/insights/2009/08/14/headed-to-asae-in-toronto/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Acronym Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:39:22 +0000 http://smartblogs.com/insights/?p=154#comment-167 <strong>Annual Roundup: Getting there...</strong> For those of you who are already in Toronto, welcome! For those of you travelling today, I hope your luggage meets a kinder fate than mine ... And for those who aren't able to be here, you'll be missed. Before...... Annual Roundup: Getting there…

For those of you who are already in Toronto, welcome! For those of you travelling today, I hope your luggage meets a kinder fate than mine … And for those who aren’t able to be here, you’ll be missed. Before……

]]> By: MemberClicks http://smartblogs.com/insights/2009/08/14/headed-to-asae-in-toronto/comment-page-1/#comment-158 MemberClicks Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:58:54 +0000 http://smartblogs.com/insights/?p=154#comment-158 <p>Great post about @peggyhoffman’s prep for #asae09 on @smartbriefscoop: <a href="http://bit.ly/uH31C" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/uH31C</a></p> <p><i>This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://twitter.com/MemberClicks/statuses/3312175091" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></i></p> Great post about @peggyhoffman’s prep for #asae09 on @smartbriefscoop: http://bit.ly/uH31C

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]]> By: SmartBriefScoop http://smartblogs.com/insights/2009/08/14/headed-to-asae-in-toronto/comment-page-1/#comment-157 SmartBriefScoop Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:17:06 +0000 http://smartblogs.com/insights/?p=154#comment-157 <p>One of our bloggers gets ready for #ASAE09 in Toronto. Will you be there too?: <a href="http://ow.ly/k4ED" rel="nofollow">http://ow.ly/k4ED</a></p> <p><i>This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://twitter.com/SmartBriefScoop/statuses/3310244052" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></i></p> One of our bloggers gets ready for #ASAE09 in Toronto. Will you be there too?: http://ow.ly/k4ED

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