Author
Ernie Smith
Ernie Smith is a former senior editor for Associations Now.
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
School Nutrition Association Assists in Lunch Compromise
Participants in one of the longest-running fights in Congress—over whether to rework school nutrition standards pushed by First…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Water Works Association Eyes Lessons in Flint’s Water Crisis
As the effects of the water crisis facing Flint, Michigan, become more apparent, the American Water Works Association…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
East Coast Snowstorm: Don’t Get Cabin Fever
This year's National Handwriting Day will hit during a major East Coast snowstorm, when you're likely to have some…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Report: The Costs of Click Fraud Are High, But Improving
According to a report from the Association of National Advertisers, automated bot traffic remains a major problem for…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Florida Hospital Association Gets Transparent With New Tool
Mission to Care, a new online database released by the Florida Hospital Association last week, could help with…
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Tennis Groups Reject Allegations of Corruption
A recent BuzzFeed report, released ahead of the Australian Open, has the tennis world on edge with allegations…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
AHIP Aims to Win Health Insurers Back as Members
Two of the largest health insurance companies in the country have recently departed from America’s Health Insurance Plans,…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Tuesday Buzz: The Single-Question Fallacy
Are single-question surveys actually useful? A membership marketing expert makes the case against them. Also: How Minecraft presents…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Medium: Learn to Embrace a Platform You Don’t Own
In the past year, the blogging platform Medium has become increasingly important as a way to distribute ideas…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Report: Digital Screens Still a Sight for Sore Eyes
The Vision Council’s latest report on digital eye strain finds that younger adults in particular are suffering from…
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Conscious InclusionArticleOver 5 years old
South Dakota School Group Wades Slowly Into Mascot Debate
Rather than taking a bold step in its handling of the controversial issue, the South Dakota High School…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Friday Buzz: Happy Birthday, Wikipedia
The massive user-edited encyclopedia celebrates its 15th birthday in style. Also: A reminder that trade publications are on…
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Staffing Association: Temp Hiring Strong, but Issues Linger
The staffing industry is on an upswing these days, thanks to a strong quarter and even stronger demand,…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Supreme Court Case: Unions Could Shift Member Outreach
Public-sector labor unions—whether focused on education or not—have much to lose, depending on how the Supreme Court decides…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Why Nevada Doesn’t Have the Powerball
A combination of resort-industry opposition and lack of legislative momentum has kept Nevada, a state known for its…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
FTC Turns Eye Toward Hidden Resort Fees
Mandatory resort fees at hotels, a common gripe handled by the FTC, have gotten so bad that Congress…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Evangelical Association Hopes to Help Pastors With Finances
The National Association of Evangelicals, thanks to a grant from the Lilly Endowment, plans to analyze the challenges…
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FundraisingArticleOver 5 years old
Philadelphia Newspapers Get new Nonprofit Lease on Life
In a landmark decision relatively unheard of in the media world, the owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer, the…
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Conscious InclusionArticleOver 5 years old
Dialect Society Gives Singular “They” the Thumbs-Up
By choosing "they" as its 2015 Word of the Year, the American Dialect Society gives the pronoun its…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
How Much Code Should You Know?
A common new kind of New Year's resolution—competing with old standbys like losing weight and quitting smoking—has been…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Historians Again Reject Israel Rebuke at Annual Meeting
Bucking a recent trend among academic organizations, the American Historical Association over the weekend rejected a proposal that…
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Journalism Society Criticizes Rolling Stone’s “El Chapo” Interview
The ethics chair for the Society of Professional Journalists was one of the most prominent voices to criticize…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
ProPublica Finds New Home On Internet’s Dark Frontier
The nonprofit news site ProPublica this week found a new way to distribute its content: through the "dark…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Friday Buzz: Association Art Directors Make Bank
A new report from Folio magazine indicates that the job of art-directing an association magazine may be getting…
