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The End of Expertise and How Associations Must Adapt

A couple of weeks ago, I took the plunge and signed up for HapKiDo. HapKiDo is sometimes called the “anti-martial art” because it emphasizes deflection and leverage. HapKiDo techniques use […]

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Why I Traded in My Black Belt for a White Belt
Posted on April 4, 2016
A couple of weeks ago, I took the plunge and signed up for HapKiDo. HapKiDo is sometimes called the “anti-martial art” because it emphasizes deflection and leverage. HapKiDo techniques use […]
The Role of the C-Suite in Technology
Posted on August 11, 2015
I had the honor of moderating a panel at this week’s annual conference of the American Society of Association Executives in Detroit, MI. The panel was titled, “The Role of […]
Your Employees as Brand Ambassadors
Posted on February 22, 2012
Last week, Matrix Group launched a new staff blog – SnackOClock.net. SnackOClock came out of an internal town hall meeting I held with staff late last year about recruiting. As […]
JP Rule #1: Do or do not. There is no try.
Posted on May 5, 2011
In honor of May 4, a sacred day among Star Wars fans (because George Lucas released all of the Star War movies on May 4th), I’m blogging about my Rule […]
JP Rule #3: Never Let Your Client Make a Mistake
Posted on April 21, 2011
The Matrix Group running team wanted t-shirts for a couple of races this Spring and Summer. We ordered black running shirt with our logo printed using a sublimation process, meaning […]
Virgin America Has Made it Fun to Fly Again
Posted on April 1, 2010
Whenever Matrix Group flies Creative Director Alex Pineda to the DC area (from San Francisco, where he is based), he asks to fly Virgin America.  Alex says the Virgin flying […]