Episodes
Are you a Jack*ss?
From the Association Chat vaults: a talk with Scott and Alison Stratten
Mo Rocca, Mobituaries, and the Role of Humor in Times of Adversity
Is the World Book Really Better than Encyclopedia Britannica?
Finding a New Job During COVID – From Resumes to Salary Negotiations!
Finding Your Hire Moment!
How to Change the Status Quo through Narrative Intelligence
Join Association Chat host KiKi L'Italien as she interviews founder of TheNewQuo.com Christina Blacken about using leadership and narrative intelligence for addressing culture change and inclusion. Some of the questions discussed during the...
How Racism Plays a Role in Health Inequities with Harriet Washington
As a medical ethicist, Harriet Washington has a unique and courageous voice and deconstructs the politics around medical issues. In addition to giving an abundance of historically accurate information on ‘scientific racism’, she paints a powerful...
How ASAE is Running a Huge Virtual Conference and How You Can Too
It was their 100-year celebration and they would be in Las Vegas! Everyone was buzzing! Then COVID-19 hit. Here's the NEW plan! For this episode, host KiKi L'Italien interviews Amy Ledoux, Chief Learning & Meetings Officer at ASAE: The Center for...
Hope for the Best and Plan for the Worst with Max Brooks
I had so much fun in this interview with the brilliant Max Brooks. Now Max is kind of amazing. You may be familiar with his books, like The Zombie Survival Guide, World War Z, the graphic novel The Harlem Hellfighters, and his latest Devolution...but...
Can You Become a Collaborator with Your Competitor?
In a Forbes article titled, "Why Collaborating With Your Competition Can Be A Great Idea," the author shared research indicating that "coopetition" could be a financial win for the organizations that opt to go that direction. Becoming a collaborator...
The Future of Policing in America: How Do We Rebuild Trust?
The murder of George Floyd was the tipping point for generations of frustration and faith in the social contract citizens have with the police has crumbled. Listen in on this flash chat segment from Thursday, June 11, when Former DC and...
What does the future hold for virtual events post COVID-19?
Outtakes from our interview with Map Dynamics
Communications Strategy During the Coronavirus
How to approach marketing and comms during a pandemic
Real-World Crisis Communications in the Age of COVID-19
A crisis can come in all kinds of forms, but what do you say to your members when a never-before-seen virus appears and no one knows for sure what will happen next? What is your strategy for talking with the Board? Or working with international...
Are You More Interesting Than a Cell Phone?
interview with Deedre Daniel
Could the Sale of .ORG Put Associations at Risk?
The commercialization of the internet continues, but what does that mean for associations when it comes to the domain they use most? The .ORG addresses our associations use may soon be owned by a for-profit company – and nonprofits, NGOs, and now...
Interview with Nir Eyal, Author of Hooked and Indistractable
Here is the rough cut of the live interview I did with author Nir Eyal last month in DC for the Association Chat Patreon patron book club members! We discovered that the digital file from my mic was corrupted and so the sound is a little fuzzy when...
Associations and the Future of Work
interviewing Jane Oates, president of WorkingNation
Community, Dinner, and Politics: Exploring the Lost Art of Civil Disc…
with Philippa Hughes, social sculptor
How to Read People and Diffuse Crisis
Host KiKi L’Italien interviews two experts to tell us what we can learn about convincing others from a crisis communications expert and hostage negotiator! Communications expert Adele Cehrs and former FBI special agent and hostage negotiator Chip...
Why Demographics are Broken and Values Are the Future of Data
KiKi L’Italien interviews David Allison about “Valuegraphics,” and the research that could (should) change the way you talk to your audiences. David Allison describes Valuegraphics as a replacement system for understanding how groups...
THE FIRST 10: How to Get People To Do What You Want
“How to Get People To Do What You Want” – Listen in as KiKi L'Italien interviews Adele Cehrs and Chip Massey about how to communicate to get what you want and their upcoming event in NYC called Convince Me! "The First 10" features the first...
THE FIRST 10: Talking with David Allison about Valuegraphics
Generation X, Millennials, and Gen Z is for amateurs. Plus, the stereotypes don't work. Here's what does.
How to Sell Community (or ANYTHING) to Your Association Members
In this episode, Association Chat host KiKi L’Italien interviews Rachel Sheerin, an international keynote speaker and trainer who is dedicated to helping us all grow, sell and thrive. At a time when our world needs new solutions for new problems in...
Exploring Event Technology Stacks - an AWTC + Association Chat Jam Se…
In this episode, the Association Women Technology Champions (AWTC) and Association Chat joined forces for a session on Event Technology Stacks! Events and meetings are central to associations, but often the technology supporting them is anything...
The Entrepreneurial Mindset for Nonprofits
In this episode, Association Chat host KiKi L’Italien interviews Guillermo Ortiz de Zarate about the success of an intrapreneur, creation and innovation from the inside of an organization. As the Chief Innovation and Information Officer for NCARB,...