Blog entries http://www.coultercos.com Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:54:47 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.coultercos.com/blogrss/the-best-story-in-15-yearsa-and-we-get-to-break-it-.html <p>By Penny Allen, Editor, ICA Update</p><br/><p>When our members get the Winter 2012 issue of the ICA Update, the ICA’s quarterly magazine that just mailed, they will have reason to rejoice!</p><br/><p>No new treatment has come along for the patients with interstitial cystitis (IC) in 15 years, but that looks like it’s about to change—and we get to break the story. Not bad for a quarterly magazine!</p><br/><p>We serve patients with IC, a debilitating bladder disease that can force its sufferers to urinaRead More... COULTER Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:46:14 +0100 http://www.coultercos.com/blogrss/aswa-hits-radio-waves-.html <p>By: Lee K. Lowery, MPA, CAE</p><br/><p>Last Friday, Coulter Client, the American Society of Women Accountants (ASWA), made an appearance on Sirius Satellite’s “Beyond the Bling, Financial Wisdom for Women” radio show. The purpose of the interview was to provide the public with tax tips and strategies for the 2012 tax season.</p><br/><p><img height="160" width="107" src="http://www.coultercos.com/images/stories/blog/LindaHarrisforCompass.jpg" alt="LindaHarrisforCompass" style="margin: 5px; float: leRead More... COULTER Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:42:07 +0100 http://www.coultercos.com/blogrss/pmba-rebrands-.html <p>By: Andy Schwarz</p><br/><p>Today was the rebranding day for Coulter client PMBA!&nbsp; Up until this morning, the organization was named the Public Broadcasting Management Association (PBMA), but today we relaunched it as the Public Management Business Association.&nbsp; The refocused mission of this transformed trade association is to enhance the efficiency, effectiveness and economics of public media.&nbsp; That means we are now “all business” about the business of public media, and that evenRead More... COULTER Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:18:56 +0100 http://www.coultercos.com/blogrss/resolutionary.html <p>By Erin M. Fuller, FASAE, MPA, CAE</p><br/><p>Here it is – my annual post of resolutions for work and home life.&nbsp;There is something about putting it out there that makes it a bit stickier – I can’t tell you how many people seem to have internalized my stance against “reply all.” (Of course, this seems to manifest itself largely when, after someone send out a huge reply-all email, I then get folks individually emailing me about how miserable I must be as a result. An unintended consequence.)Read More... COULTER Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:05:18 +0100 http://www.coultercos.com/blogrss/year-end-goals.html <p>By: Trish Smith, Senior Vice President, Fundraising &amp; Partnerships</p><br/><p>Most of us have a love-hate relationship with goals. Some of us like the structure of working towards completion of a task, project, or event. &nbsp;Others prefer serendipity to rule their lives. How many times have you heard – “Oh, there is plenty of time to get that done”. Or, “if it’s meant to be, it will happen.”&nbsp; Those of us who are a bit more driven may wonder if “serendipity” is really a code word for “Read More... Jessica Conyers Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:25:24 +0100 http://www.coultercos.com/blogrss/celebrating-the-diversity-of-the-season-happy-everything-.html <p>By: Ellen Galant</p><br/><p>In December 1970, I decorated six Christmas trees (every one of my “best friends” invited me over to help decorate theirs), and performed admirably as little Cindy Lou Who in our elementary schools adaptation of “The Grinch.”&nbsp; And I’m Jewish. One might ask how did a little Jewish kid get so caught up in the wonder of the Christmas season? Simply put: by loving it.</p><br/><p>Remember, this was long before the days of “political correctness.” Growing up in Northern VRead More... COULTER Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:23:48 +0100 http://www.coultercos.com/blogrss/giving-thanks.html <p>By: Amy B. Lotz, CAE</p><br/><p>It is that time of the year when we are all asked to say what we are thankful for.&nbsp; I recall many Thanksgiving dinners where all I wanted to do was dig into the turkey, only to have to wait a lifetime (actually only a few minutes, in real time...)&nbsp;so that we could go around the table and share what we were most thankful for.&nbsp; You’d get the obvious responses: “my family,” “my health” or “my friends.” And there was always that one crazy relative who wRead More... Jessica Conyers Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:04:40 +0100 http://www.coultercos.com/blogrss/giving-thanks-toa-volunteers-.html <p>By:&nbsp;Barbara Collura, Executive Director, RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association</p><br/><p>It is appropriate at this time of year to stop and reflect on all we have to be thankful for. Of course we will do this as a country on Thanksgiving&nbsp; Day, but for those of us who run non-profit organizations, we will give thanks to the people who deliver our mission and make our organizations run – our volunteers! Not only do they serve on our board of directors and various committees, volRead More... COULTER Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:55:34 +0100 http://www.coultercos.com/blogrss/should-continuing-education-and-training-ce-t-be-mandatory-.html <p>By: Sara Meier</p><br/><p>I recently participated on a panel for the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA), one of the 135 societies of the CFA Institute. In addition to speaking about the various aspects of high quality continuing education and training and discussing the CFA certification that 70% of CFA Institute members currently hold, I was asked whether I thought CE/T should be mandatory.&nbsp;</p><br/><p>I wish my answer were a simple yes or no, but in fact I think it depends. Some wRead More... COULTER Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:12:52 +0100 http://www.coultercos.com/blogrss/technology-trick-or-treat-.html <p>By Jessica M. Conyers<br />Creative Services Specialist, Coulter</p><br/><p>My grandmother is in constant fear of “breaking it,” my mother is fearful she won’t be able to keep up with it, and I can’t get enough of it. Is technology a trick or a treat? A blessing or a curse? Both sides can be vehemently debated, but overall I think Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) sums it up well with his quote, “The future masters of technology will have to be light-hearted and intelligent. The machine easily masterRead More... Jessica Conyers Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:09:21 +0100 http://www.coultercos.com/blogrss/a-helpful-how-to-tid-bit-importing-calendar-appointments-from-excel.html <p>By Hannah Andrews<br />Coordinator, Member Services<br />Association Media &amp; Publishing</p><br/><p>I recently was experimenting with Outlook and discovered a way to import multiple calendar appointments via an Excel spreadsheet.&nbsp; This way, when someone gives you a monthly production or accounting schedule, and you can add the appointments and deadlines to your calendar all at once!&nbsp; Here’s how to do it:</p><br/><br/>When you create/receive the Excel sheet, make sure it is saved as a 97-2Read More... COULTER Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:07:29 +0100 http://www.coultercos.com/blogrss/putting-your-members-to-work-.html <p>By Ellen Galant</p><br/><p>I have always believed that one of the greatest assets a non-profit organization can have is optimizing the talents of its member as volunteers for the organization.&nbsp; In a small association with limited funding for resources this is particularly true, and a talent worth cultivating.</p><br/><p>Some of us (yes…that would include me), have the tendency to either:</p><br/><p>a) feel guilty as paid staff to solicit help from members;</p><br/><p>b) feel the need to micromanage Read More... COULTER Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:42:24 +0100 http://www.coultercos.com/blogrss/summer-reading-program.html <p>By Erin M. Fuller, FASAE, MPA, CAE</p><br/><p>When I was younger, I remember how I used to look forward to summer each year – not for the beach time (I burn), camping (I have some serious issues with nature) or sense of endless freedom (I can’t remember not having some sort of job) – but for the available time to read.&nbsp; Things have changed over the intervening decades – although I still religiously apply SPF 70 whenever I am outside for more than five minutes – but I still look forward to tRead More... COULTER Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:21:31 +0100 http://www.coultercos.com/blogrss/the-dog-days-of-summer.html <p>By Bob Gilbert, CHME, CHBA</p><br/><p>So what do you do when the heat and humidity of Washington, DC reaches its peak? Do you run to the beach, go north where it’s cooler, savor the moments sweating outside, or retreat to the inside coolness of air conditioning? A couple of things each of us probably has in common are to schedule some down time in the form of vacation and do something for ourselves.</p><br/><p>While the seasonality of events of association management makes scheduling vacation and dRead More... Jessica Conyers Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:40:59 +0100 http://www.coultercos.com/blogrss/my-epic-internship-at-coulter.html <p>By: Cara Peterson</p><br/><p>“What are you doing this summer?” seems a pretty tame question at first. However, your first summer with a year of college behind you it becomes not so much a question of if you are vacationing and more a question of whether or not you have a job lined up. Every time a friend’s parents come to visit, the question goes around the table and each response seems to include words like “internship,” “summer classes,” and “program abroad.” Maybe my plan for waitressing wasnRead More... COULTER Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:38:42 +0100 http://www.coultercos.com/blogrss/women-making-a-difference-a-navigating-your-way-to-the-corner-office.html <p>By Ellen Galant</p><br/><p>The organization I serve as Executive Director for, Women’s Network in Electronic Transactions (W.net) recently held a conference, the theme of which was “Navigating Your Way to the Corner Office.”&nbsp;&nbsp; The electronic payments industry is one heavily dominated by men, so women holding top positions in this industry are all the more accomplished.&nbsp; The session featured two prominent women in the industry, one whose background centered around building a succesRead More... COULTER Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:20:32 +0100 http://www.coultercos.com/blogrss/the-summer-outing-creating-memories-that-begin-with-a-trip-down-memory-lane.html <p>By: Lisa DiBenedetto</p><br/><p>Most of us, myself included, view Memorial Day weekend as the official start to summer.&nbsp; With the spring rains -- though this year lingering far too long -- and the cold temperatures well behind us, my thoughts turn to summer and all the many summer outings.&nbsp; A summer outing can be:&nbsp; an evening cocktail party on the patio, pool party or the spur of the moment afternoon picnic or ballgame, and no matter the activity or definition, for me, planning alRead More... COULTER Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:50:07 +0100 http://www.coultercos.com/blogrss/intern-ists.html <p>By: Erin M. Fuller, CAE</p><br/><p>The sun is shining (occasionally), the pollen is in full force, so those of us in D.C. know what time of year it is: Intern Season.&nbsp; Here at Coulter, we are excited to welcome four interns who will support our nonprofit client and events teams for the next several months.&nbsp; They represent schools such as U-Conn, Duke and George Mason, and are excited (at least, from the emails we are getting) about the opportunities to conduct research, do a little traRead More... COULTER Fri, 06 May 2011 19:48:51 +0100 http://www.coultercos.com/blogrss/planning-a-royal-event-a-you-can-too-.html <p>By: Elisa Perodin</p><br/><p>With the Royal Wedding just days away, the world is buzzing with speculation about the big event.&nbsp; What will Kate’s dress look like?&nbsp; How will the bride arrive to the church?&nbsp; What will be served at the reception?&nbsp; Will the day be reminiscent of the last royal wedding of Charles and Diana? &nbsp;&nbsp;Sure it is the world’s love for the royal family that lends us to beg these questions of curiosity, but at the end of the day, it really is all abouRead More... COULTER Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:18:48 +0100 http://www.coultercos.com/blogrss/5-tips-to-a-successful-awareness-campaign.html <p>By: Rebecca Flick&nbsp;</p><br/><p>National Infertility Awareness Week®, April 24-30, 2011</p><br/><p>Every day at RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, my colleagues and I work hard to raise awareness about the disease of infertility. From working with volunteers on local programs and services, to educating our lawmakers, to being a resource for the TODAY Show on a piece about the disease, awareness is part of our mission. Awareness is why RESOLVE exists.&nbsp; We want everyone diagnosed Read More... COULTER Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:54:51 +0100