Association Marketing Springboard

Yesterday, this blog celebrated its first anniversary. It's amazing what you can accomplish in just one year. I'm celebrating with an entire pint of Ben & Jerry's. That's right. The whole thing.


I've learned so much in the last year...

• There is power in speaking up.
• There is more power in listening and giving feedback.
• It's easy to make friends in the association community, online AND in real life.
• Sharing an unpopular idea is scary, but if we all agreed, there would be no reason to share ideas in the first place.

I 'd like to thank a few people individually. Thank you to Lisa Claydon for giving me the confidence to write about marketing. Thank you to Lauren Wolfe for encouraging me to keep it up. Thank you to Maddie Grant, who will never let me quit. Thank you to Ben, Ira, Jamie, Jeff, Lisa, Tony and everyone in the association blogoclump. And thank YOU for reading and commenting and sending me encouraging e-mails and telling me how much you like this blog when we meet in person. I can't tell you how much your feedback means to me.

The celebration will continue on Tuesday, July 1 at the YAPpy Hour in Ballston. Please come, bring your friends and co-workers and buy me a drink (or some more ice cream. ;-) Here are the details.

YAPpy Hour
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Uncle Julio's Rio Grande Cafe (map)
4301 North Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA
(Very close to the Ballston Metro Station)