I’m excited to announce that I’ve accepted a new position! The National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI), an old client from my RSM McGladrey days, is getting their first organization wide Marketing Director – me! Although I’ve enjoyed the past 2+ years of consulting, I’m looking forward to getting back into the fray of things in an association.

My last day at Beaconfire is tomorrow, Friday, May 15. I start at NACHRI on Tuesday, May 26.

In the interim, keep up with me here, on LinkedIn, on Facebook, on Twitter, or at ewengel at yahoo dot com.
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• I was going to write a big recap of Jeff De Cagna’s rockin’ session on Strategies for Association Success in the Era of Social Business that took place last week, but he just announced that the video’s out, so just go watch. Or read Jeff’s coverage on the PI blog. Or Maddie’s coverage at SocialFish.
• Jared shares more really good thinking, this time on the difference between pillars and dominoes and how that relates to what we want for ourselves in life.
• Acronym and David Patt have both pointed to Ethisphere’s list of the world’s most ethical companies. The list itself is interesting, as is the selection criteria.
• The Philadelphia Eagles’ 2009 season schedule has been announced. We open at Carolina, have an early bye (which sucks) and only one appearance on Monday Night Football, but we do have several Sunday prime time games. E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!
• Did you know that NTC is SOLD OUT? Did you also know that Beaconfire’s going to do some great sessions there?

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Want to find out how it went and get the slides?

Check out my post on the BFWire.
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Beaconfire is hosting a round table on Friday, November 14 on the topic of Web Usability for Associations: Designing for Your Members.

During this casual gathering, we will share examples from some associations we’ve worked with, showing how small changes to their Web sites led to major improvements across a wide…

Thanks to Mission to Learn for the shout-out about the “serious game” Beaconfire created with ForgeFX for our mutual client, Heifer International. ForgeFX is looking for feedback on the beta version, so if you’re a gamer, check it out and let them know what you think!
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