It was an experiment – this unsession as an add-on to ASAE & The Center’s Great Ideas conference. Simply put we wanted to start a revolution in how associations connect with their volunteers. So we focused on the three days of Great Ideas with conversations on the ground, on Twitter, Facebook, and more (read a volunteer unsession).

The first step was throwing out a bunch of questions to get people talking about what’s at the heart of volunteerism. Several bloggers accepted the meme challenge – read their postings:

I’m headed to Florida for ASAE & The Center’s Great Ideas Conference – three days of education, creativity and fun! At the center of the activity will be an “unsession” on volunteerism in associations. The objective is to generate creative ideas that can help associations create strategies and solutions to this critical and often perplexing issue. To get things started ...