Maurer & Associates
  Janaury 29, 2007  
 
Greetings!

Major Change Management Conference

I just signed up for the Nexus for Change conference being held at Bowling Green State University, Ohio on March 21-23. If you are deeply interested in the subject of change management, I urge you to look into attending. Many of the people I have learned from are going to be there: Peter Block, Marv Weisbord, Dick and Emily Axelrod, Jake Jacobs, the list goes on.

I expect to engage in a lot of great conversations, learn a lot, and come back filled with ideas. . . And I doubt that this conference will include a lot of slick PowerPoint presentations. At least that’s my hope.

It’s being run by a non-profit so the fee is $299 (US). Really! When’s the last time you attended something of any value for a price like that? www.nexusfo rchange.com I hope that you can tell that I am not a shill for them. I got excited about the write-up and registered as quickly as I could.

I hope to see you there.

My Blog

It took me awhile to pull together my latest (and permanent )blog. It includes posts from my older blogs. Here are titles of a few of the posts:

Some Blog Posts from Change Management News • Why We Resist Those Who Resist Change • My Door is Always Open – and It Leads to the Exit • One More Time, Why Is PowerPoint a Bad Idea • Naysayers Bring Productivity to a Grinding Halt • Is Everybody Biased? • Decision Making Tool #142 – Rock, Paper, Scissors • What Managers Can Learn From Roosevelt and Churchill • Meetings, Dreadful Meetings (Bush meeting with former Secretaries of State) • The Wrong Idea

I hope you'll visit, read some posts you may have missed, and add to the conversation. Thanks. ww w.changemanagementnews.com

And Finally

Starting with the next issue of this newsletter, I will begin responding to youor suggestions for tips. And since I got so many great suggestions, I will post some in the newsletter amnd some on my blog.

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Sincerely,


Rick Maurer
Maurer & Associates

phone: 703-525-7074