Author
Ernie Smith
Ernie Smith is a former senior editor for Associations Now.
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Refugee to Spokesdog: Humane Association Honors Hero Pup
The 2015 American Hero Dog was revealed earlier this month by the American Humane Association. Harley the Chihuahua,…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Contractor Groups Warn of Government Shutdown Risks
With the federal government potentially heading towards another shutdown at the end of this month, a leading contractor…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
British Group Asks High Court to Clarify: Is Bridge a Sport?
The English Bridge Union has more than a few rounds of bridge riding on a British High Court…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
The Nonprofits That Caught Volkswagen Red-Handed
Revelations of organizational dishonesty by the auto giant have already had some landscape-shattering effects on the company, and…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Merchant Shipping Group Takes on Important Cargo: Refugees
While refugees fleeing war-torn countries in the Middle East have raised challenges for European countries, members of the…
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Conscious InclusionArticleOver 5 years old
How One Association Tackled a Conference Diversity Problem
The 2015 edition of the Online News Association’s annual meeting sports a diverse speaker lineup. That’s no accident,…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Pope Francis: Catholic Student Associations Capitalize on Papal Visit
The pope's first trip to the United States this week, promises to snarl traffic and draw online buzz,…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Tuesday Buzz: Avoid Tech Vendor Headaches
The role that communication plays in ensuring that your tech vendors are all on the same page. Also:…
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AVG and Ad-Blockers: The Data-Collection Backlash
Collecting data about your members through websites and other technical means is a fact of life for many…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Air Traffic Control Privatization Chatter Flies Again
A recent report from the Department of Transportation’s Inspector General pondered the pluses and minuses of privatizing the…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Freight Rail Group Tries New Advocacy Track
After years of slow progress, the freight-shipping advocacy group Consumers United for Rail Equity announced earlier this month…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Trucking Association’s Driver Crunch Solution: A Job Board
The West Virginia Trucking Association, seeing a shift in the industry's demographics, is working on creating a new…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Clock Incident: Associations Speak Up for Ahmed Mohamed
Muslim advocacy groups and the maker movement were quick to speak up for Ahmed Mohamed, the teenager whose…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Nurses Association Turns Joy Behar Insult IntoOpportunity
Rather than letting a slight by Joy Behar get them down, the American Nurses Association found a way…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Contractor Groups Take Aim at Cybersecurity Rules
A planned change to guidelines for cybersecurity acquisition has raised significant questions for trade groups in the federal…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Convention Center Hotels: If They Build It, Will You Come?
Cities looking to expand their convention presence are finding that the missing link to more event business is…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
How a Dancing Baby Could Change Copyright Law
In a ruling involving a Prince song and a baby, an appeals court decided that fair use must…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Recycling Partnership Rolls Out 100,000 Curbside Carts
A nonprofit recycling initiative that works with local communities to help improve their recycling programs just hit a…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Tuesday Buzz: Why Slack Is Winning
The chat-driven business platform has proved hugely popular with many offices, maybe because it's not built as a…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Jet.com Lessons: It’s Never Too Late to Catch Up
Starting a direct competitor to Amazon might sound like a fool’s gamble in 2015, but Jet.com has succeeded…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Microsoft Struggles to Fight Warrant in Cloud Case
An appeals court last week gave a chilly reception to arguments by Microsoft that a warrant giving the…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Sunny Side Up: Solar Energy Industry Seeing Record Returns
According to the latest report from the Solar Energy Industries Association, the industry is currently producing a record…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Germany Considers Compulsory Computer Science Classes
One of the country’s leading political parties recently recommended that computer science be made a required part of…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Telecom Group Makes Room for Startups
The International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium has launched a new membership option specifically targeting small or startup companies in…
