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Ernie Smith
Ernie Smith is a former senior editor for Associations Now.
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Conscious InclusionArticleOver 5 years old
New Mozilla Foundation CEO Faces Heat Over LGBT Views
Six years after Brendan Eich made a $1,000 donation in support of passing Proposition 8, California's since-overturned same-sex…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Monday Buzz: Good News for Cloud Computing Developers
Amazon and Google ratchet up their cloud computing price cuts. Also: The man behind #FollowFriday.
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Facebook and Gmail: Our Online Marketing Standbys Evolve
Maybe it's time to break up with Facebook entirely, one company suggests. Also: How Gmail is offering up…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Small-Scale Mobile Carriers Boost Signal With Collective Clout
Thanks to a new deal with Sprint, the Competitive Carriers Association hopes to give its regional members access…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Microsoft Office Takes a Freemium Path to the iPad
After a long delay due to the company's focus on Windows, Microsoft launched three Office apps on Apple's…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Is Engaging Without Metrics Really Engagement?
Why tracking metrics should be more of a priority for organizations trying to build engagement. Also: What associations…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
College Athletes Score Big in Unionization Case
In a move that threatens to shake the very core of college sports, the National Labor Relations Board…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Disability Support Groups Praise Updated Federal Hiring Guidelines
New regulations implemented by the U.S. Department of Labor that encourage the hiring of employees with disabilities could…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Online Advertising’s Big Problem: 36% of Views Are Automated
Recent comments by the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s chairman suggest web traffic fraud is a serious threat to the…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Italian Trade Group to World: The Mafia Is No Laughing Matter
Though Italian organized crime is a gimmick commonly used to sell food around the world, an agricultural trade…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Delta Airlines Strikes Up Mile-High Conversations
The airline's new Innovation Class marketing program hooks up experts in a field with people who could really…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Access as a Benefit: Slate’s News-Focused Take on Membership
In keeping with the trend of news outlets hunting for new revenue models, the popular online magazine is…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Auction Houses, Visual Artists Grapple Over Royalties
House bill that would pay U.S. artists royalties on resold pieces of their fine art is facing opposition…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Antimalware Providers Aren’t Jumping From Windows XP so Quickly
With Microsoft about to end support of its dated Windows XP platform, the big question for end-users is…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
People Who Use Google Glass Shouldn’t Throw Stones
Some of Google Glass’ early adopters are giving it a bad rap by kinda being creepy jerks. Don’t…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Thinking Beyond Office, Part 2: Are Excel and Outlook Replaceable?
As I showed last week, potential replacements for Microsoft Word and PowerPoint are plentiful, and some of them…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Social Media Roundup: Facebook’s Destined to Break Your Heart
Facebook appears headed for a major correction in the way it does organic social reach, and that may…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Study: We’re Drinking Slightly Less Coffee, But It’s Fancier
The National Coffee Association of USA's newest report on coffee-drinking trends shows that the traditional coffee-maker approach is…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
The American Lung Association’s Urban Planning Push
As one of the smoggiest areas of the country considers its next steps for urban planning, the association…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Is 2014 the Year Cloud Computing Goes Mainstream?
A new study from Microsoft and 451 Research finds that nearly half of all organizations in its report…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Seth Rogen: The Perks and Pitfalls of Celebrities at the Capitol
A lobbying pro notes what Seth Rogen got right (and wrong) during his recent Senate committee testimony. Also:…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
Economic Outlook: CEOs Feel More Optimistic, But…
The association’s new CEO economic outlook study shows the highest level of optimism in at least two years,…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Internet Association’s Plan to Expand: Focus on the Left Coast
The trade group's new office in California, a state often at the forefront of technology issues, puts the…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
ICANN Goes It Alone: What’s Next for the Internet?
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, a U.S. government-backed group that manages the internet’s infrastructure, will…
