Author
Ernie Smith
Ernie Smith is a former senior editor for Associations Now.
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NBA Players Look to Bench Amid Donald Sterling Crisis
The NBA's racism scandal involving Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling caught the National Basketball Players Association at…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Vermont Becomes First Mover on GMO Labeling
There are no conditions on Vermont’s efforts to regulate genetically modified organisms: Unlike nearby states, where laws mandating…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Is Apple’s iPad Past its Prime?
While the enterprise is still happy with the iPad, recent sales results from Apple show the iconic tablet's…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Manufacturers, Health Advocates Divided on FDA’s E-Cigarette Proposal
The Food and Drug Administration's plan to regulate electronic cigarettes drew a variety of reactions—with health groups saying…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Salesforce Brings Amazon’s Mayday Experience to the Enterprise
The company’s customer service platform, Service Cloud, is about to unleash an SOS button into the world of…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
The Big Limiting Factor of Remote Work: Communication Issues
Remote work, or at least flex time, is becoming a must-have for many younger employees. But making it…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
FCC’s Proposed Net Neutrality Changes Draw Opposition, Clarification
Early reports on the Federal Communications Commission's open-internet plans drew a roar of response due to changes that…
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inBloom Out of Bloom: Lessons from an Education Nonprofit’s Demise
A nonprofit startup called inBloom, backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was supposed to change the…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Project Naptha: Copy and Paste Just Got Cooler
A new browser plug-in tries to solve a common problem online—extracting text embedded in an image—and gets pretty…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Newspaper Industry Tries New Reporting Approach
After years of fighting a "newspapers are dead" narrative, the Newspaper Association of America changed its approach to…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Pharmaceutical Firms Tackle Proposed FDA Social Media Guidelines
Trade groups and drug giants alike have raised significant concerns about proposed social media compliance rules from the…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Consumer Groups Say Transparent Airfares Act is Anything But
A 2012 Department of Transportation regulation that simplified flight pricing drew praise from consumer groups. But a House…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Meet “Transaction Alley”: New Processors Pay Group Shows Georgia Pride
The American Transaction Processors Coalition, a new trade group that officially launched this month, hopes to show the…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Hitchin’ a Ride: New Study Highlights Perks of Intercity Bus Travel
Buses don’t get nearly the same level of love from business travelers as planes or trains, but according…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Webby Awards: And the Web Goes Wild
Associations big and small are up for a Webby Award this year, and you can vote for them,…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Rubin “Hurricane” Carter’s Path To Becoming an Association Executive
The wrongly convicted former boxer, who died Sunday, spent nearly two decades behind bars for a crime he…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Spotify: What Jukeboxes Teach About Disruptive Business Models
Sure, the jukebox may not be exactly the shining model of innovation these days, but it inspired a…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Nosy Member Engagement: Get Your Nose Into It
Why taking a nosy approach might be the perfect strategy for building member engagement. Also: A reminder that…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Unionization’s New Face: The Rise of the Worker Center
With traditional unions struggling in the face of a changing work climate, labor activists have started to change…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Payment Processors Try To Head Off “Operation Choke Point”
With federal regulators targeting payment processors in an effort to take on potentially fraudulent business practices such as…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Thinking About Cybersecurity in Terms of “Too Big to Fail”
A new report draws direct comparisons between the ripple effects that led to the 2008 financial crisis and…
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Coffee Affects Ethical Behavior? Take a Sip of This Study
According to a new study in the Journal of Applied Psychology, sleepy employees have weak ethical judgment, but…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Nevada Cattlemen On Cause Célèbre: Cliven Bundy Has a Point
With the rancher and activist becoming a bit of a political flash point due to his decadeslong dispute…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
CTIA’s Voluntary “Kill Switch” Plan Gets Mixed Reviews
While public officials approve of the mobile industry's move to offer free software that allows users to disable…
