Author
Ernie Smith
Ernie Smith is a former senior editor for Associations Now.
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Mixed Reviews Follow News of Likely AT&T-DirecTV Merger
The two major telecom firms have pulled off a merger like one that Comcast and Time Warner Cable…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Knowledge Gap: Think You Know Everything? You Don’t
A new study from the Association for Psychological Science finds that people who are self-proclaimed experts on a…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Friday Buzz: Analyzing the Real-Estate Market
Looking for a new office in DC? A recent report could offer a good starting point for your…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Taylor Swift’s Shrewd Strategy for Fighting Counterfeiters
At the same time a major fashion industry trade group is already grappling with a glut of counterfeit…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Affordable Care Act: Business Groups Double Down
The National Retail Federation and nearly two dozen other trade groups are asking the Senate to take action…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Is There Room for Hotels in the Sharing Economy?
While Airbnb and its competitors continue to create big headaches for the lodging industry, at least one major…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Authors Guild Wants ISPs to Track Book Piracy
The trade group that represents book authors is upping its policy game, arguing that the “safe harbor” policies…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Sen. Schumer: DOJ Should Investigate Airlines’ Data-Blocking
With the airline industry already facing a Justice Department probe, the Democratic senator from New York said this…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Tuesday Buzz: Your Twitter Background Is Toast
The social network ditches one of its most iconic features, resulting in much user frustration. Also: Instagram adds…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Organizational Performance: You Should Call the Shots
We know that legacy technology is prone to breakage and dustiness and that it can hold your organization…
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Next Up for Antidoping Regulators: Horse Racing
The sport of horse racing, currently facing both success and questions in equal measure, appears to mostly be…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Could the SIM Card Become a Thing of the Past?
The little card that ties a single phone to a single network could be on the chopping block…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Monday Buzz: Spam Is Fading. Threats Are Not.
Why you shouldn't let your guard down just because a new report suggests a drop in spam email.…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Press Group Fights Gag Order in Charleston Shooting Case
Citing the public’s right to know, the South Carolina Press Association has joined local media outlets in fighting…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Retail Federation Survey: Shoplifting, Employee Theft on the Rise
A new report from the National Retail Federation finds that stores suffered $44 billion in losses from shoplifting,…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Friday Buzz: We’re Using YouTube a Lot More
New stats from YouTube highlight that mobile users are sticking with YouTube for nearly an hour at a…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
How Your Association Can Have a #PrimeDay of Its Own
It's not every day that membership is a major story in the mainstream press, but this week Amazon…
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FundraisingArticleOver 5 years old
Charity Fundraising Techniques Under Fire in U.K.
In the wake of an elderly woman's tragic suicide, questions have increasingly been raised about whether her generosity…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Business Travel: Can Better Tech Improve Our Hotel Stay?
A new study from the Global Business Travel Association Foundation suggests that technology remains an important part of…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Obama Presidential Pardons Build on Associations’ Work
The president's focus this week on criminal justice issues—which will culminate in a historic visit to a federal…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
The Groups Fixing the Matterhorn’s Overcrowding Problem
As the epic Swiss mountain celebrates a notable anniversary, local associations around the Matterhorn are working to ensure…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
LGBT Groups Welcome Military’s Transgender Policy Shift
In another groundbreaking move for LGBT military policy, the Pentagon said it will allow openly transgender people to…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Tuesday Buzz: Personalization and Privacy—Polar Opposites?
A new study suggests that despite consumers' desire for more privacy, they also want the information they receive to…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Tech Glitches Are Annoyingly Natural. Let’s Prepare for Them
For about an hour last week, it seemed like we were facing the second coming of the Y2K…
