http://www.associationinc.com/296 The business of associations Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:16:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.associationinc.com/296/comment-page-1#comment-269 Association Inc. » Blog Archive » Nobody Is Representative Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:43:33 +0000 http://www.associationinc.com/296#comment-269 [...] data available to determine what our members really “think” (I’ve written about this before), and so we should be a lot more clued in and able to respond to criticism in an appropriate [...] [...] data available to determine what our members really “think” (I’ve written about this before), and so we should be a lot more clued in and able to respond to criticism in an appropriate [...]

]]> http://www.associationinc.com/296/comment-page-1#comment-268 Association Inc. » Blog Archive » View from the Ivory Tower, Part 1 Subpart A Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:56:12 +0000 http://www.associationinc.com/296#comment-268 [...] the next part of this (slowly evolving) series of posts, I wanted to respond to a good question Ben asked and clarify something in the earlier post. He asked: “Where do you stand on the whole debate [...] [...] the next part of this (slowly evolving) series of posts, I wanted to respond to a good question Ben asked and clarify something in the earlier post. He asked: “Where do you stand on the whole debate [...]

]]> http://www.associationinc.com/296/comment-page-1#comment-267 Ben Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:55:18 +0000 http://www.associationinc.com/296#comment-267 Totally agree that you can give your members what they need in a way that they want it. This point seems to get lost in the debate. Where do you stand on the whole debate that looking at web and email data skews your thinking towards the wired members, and not the average members? Couldn't you wind up believing what you think members need is actually what the geeks need? You obviously can't get open rates on letters and magazines, and there's no such thing as a click through in that arena. Totally agree that you can give your members what they need in a way that they want it. This point seems to get lost in the debate. Where do you stand on the whole debate that looking at web and email data skews your thinking towards the wired members, and not the average members? Couldn’t you wind up believing what you think members need is actually what the geeks need? You obviously can’t get open rates on letters and magazines, and there’s no such thing as a click through in that arena.

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