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title: "Social Snapshot: July 2013"
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excerpt: "What people are saying in association social spaces: Including issues on entering the field, international markets, management styles and getting things done."
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### From AssociationsNow.com

“For effective CEOs there is no substitute for getting out into the field to visit personally with members at their offices, labs, or factories. … As Lou Gerstner, now-retired IBM CEO, once remarked, ‘A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world go by.’”  
 *—**Kerry Stackpole, FASAE, CAE**, president, Printing and Graphics Association MidAtlantic, on AssociationsNow.com*

### From Collaborate

“Going international is too expensive and demanding an effort to be seen as a side business to augment domestic revenues. … If there is not a compelling member issue that demands global collaboration, don’t do it.” *—**Richard O’Sullivan**, principal, Change Management Solutions, on ASAE’s Collaborate network*

### From LinkedIn

“I once worked at an organization where the VP stood by the front door at 8:30 a.m. We were to be at our desk, not walking in the door, not getting coffee, not hanging up a coat, but working at 8:30. The only thing we learned was how to sneak in the back door.” *—**Donna Dunn, CAE**, CEO, Association of YMCA Professionals, on ASAE’s LinkedIn group*

### From Twitter

**@AskBethZ:** The only thing I crossed off my to-do list today is “eat lunch,” but I did it very, very well. #proud

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