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Year-end magazine dump

So, I'm cleaning out my office and getting ready for the new year. I am throwing away lots of mags, but I had put post-it flags on some articles I came across in 2005.

This article, while about entrepreneurship, has lots of applications in the association environment. It is also useful for productivity in general.

This is a VOIP primer (originally in Entrepreneur). Also - I've found this blog to be an excellent resource for this emerging disruption.

Also, an article I snagged from the February issue of Executive Update on keeping members and modeling pricing for dues seems useful. The same issue has a great discussion of "bad board behavior" and an interesting piece on what's called one's "likeability factor."

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