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Those words "NOT HELPFUL" have stuck in my mind for two years now after watching an interview with Jai Pausch, wife of deceased author of The Last Lecture Randy Pausch.  Diane Sawyer had asked how she remained optimistic despite the overwhelming reality of having three small children and a husband with advanced stage Pancreatic Cancer.  She said that with lots of help, coaching and counseling she had

I have always been interested in how people from other countries view life in America.  On the trip home from the MGMA State Leaders Conference I sat next to a young man from Columbia who worked as a visiting "hospitalist".  Both he and his wife were physicians and his candor about their profession was revealing.  They left South America because of the many real dangers of living there, but felt

This is the area where we have the most experience and at the same time the most visceral understanding of the challenges we are facing.  Associations in all industries are struggling for survival. The trends of disengagement that plague our businesses are only further exacerbated among our volunteer ranks. Requirements for time, travel and even attention (how many members are reading your newsletters?) are no longer viewed as invaluable investments but unnecessary interruptions.  The guardians of fellowship, mentoring and encouragement are giving way to generations unbounded by walls, uninhibited by rules and intolerant of exclusion.  Face time has been replaced by fast time, and rules of order to orders of chaos.  We must speak the language of meaningful over monetary where transparency is tantamount and skunkworks projects are the standard.