Leaving on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again .... oh baby

Well I do know when I'll be back again. It'll be after 5 days of non-stop fun and learning at #ASAE10 in Los Angeles. Here are the first 5 reasons I'm going (there are way more!):

Cynthia D’Amour posted a challenge to put the essence of our chapters in just 6 words. The challenge started over in Facebook to put the essence of your speech in six words, but I like how Cynthia issued the challenge to us in the chapter world.

We know that we have a nano-second (okay maybe 60-sec minutes) to capture a person’s attention and draw them in to take a look at the chapter. Whether it’s a member who you are trying to engage as a volunteer or a nonmember to consider membership – you have the same 60 seconds to share your elevator speech.

Cynthia’s challenge is to take that to six words – think “Your Headline.” As you’re working on that, Cynthia suggests that you test the headline with members … do they agree and do they recognize your chapter in the headline?

So, here’s my six-word headline ...

Got tagged twice and invited to test the idea of meme in SNAP – can a game of tag help nurture community – let’s see!

So Jamie Notter (my recent tagger and by the way author of "postcards from a new CEO" column in Associations Now) I’ll respond with 5 folks I recently starting following on Twitter outside my “association buds” ...

My good bud Cynthia D’Amour tagged me for a round of the “Five things you don’t know about me” game. I’ve watched (or say I followed) the game and often thought what I would say if tagged. Well the thinking is over.

But first a thought about the game – imagine if we took the time in our associations to tag members. Could that start some rich conversations? Maybe bring some people into the active roles? Even if they aren’t bloggers, you could play tag on your listserv.

Okay enough stalling … Cynthia tagged me as The Decision to Volunteer champion, but did you know ...