Author
Ernie Smith
Ernie Smith is a former senior editor for Associations Now.
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Pennsylvania Convention Center Labor Conflict Ends
With one association prepping for its annual meeting inside, the Pennsylvania Convention Center faced a strike on Thursday.…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Internet Association Takes Stance On Americans With Disabilities Act
In a case with the potential to redefine the legal ramifications of the Americans With Disabilities Act, the…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Great American Beer Festival Sells Out In Record Time
Many beer fans looking to imbibe at the Brewers Association’s Great American Beer Festival were out of luck…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Social Media Roundup: Don’t Hand Good Ideas To a Committee
Why small meetings help stop naysayers from killing good ideas. Also: Even the low-quality, spammy ads offer good…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Rise of the Clones: Horse Association On Losing End of Breeding Battle
For years, the American Quarter Horse Association has banned cloned horses from its registry. But a recent court…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Study: Is the Chromebook an Enterprise Player?
It may be cheap and it may need an internet connection do do anything useful, but a new…
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FundraisingArticleOver 5 years old
Jack White Helps Kickstart National Recording Preservation Foundation
For years, the National Recording Preservation Foundation had the framework to begin its mission to save classic music…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
The “Promotions” Tab: Raise Your Eyebrow About Gmail’s Changes
When word arose about changes that the world’s largest email service made to the way it organizes messages,…
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FundraisingArticleOver 5 years old
Giving USA Report: Philanthropy Is On the Rise… Albeit Slowly
Giving USA’s 2013 recent report on philanthropy shows that while giving its long-term recovery, it’s a ways off…
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How the NSA Scandal is Hurting Cloud Computing
According to a new study by a cloud computing trade group, the National Security Agency’s PRISM program—which allows…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Marketers Need Consumer Data, But There’s a Big Problem
While organizations see data as increasingly important to their industry’s needs, few know how to best steward this…
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Conscious InclusionArticleOver 5 years old
New England Venture Capital Association Encourages Women in Startups
With a new study showing that 70 percent of entrepreneurs find Boston's tech scene less inclusive than it…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Maybe Facebook Isn’t Fading: Mobile Drives Record Quarter
The company may have faced multiple knocks on its ability to adapt its platform for an increasingly-mobile world,…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
The Mail, in Clusters: Could Doorstep Delivery End?
Already facing financial pressure on multiple fronts, the U.S. Postal Service is considering a move to have mailboxes…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Detroit Metro CVB: Bankruptcy Won’t Affect Conferences
Last week’s news that Detroit would seek Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection led to much concern about the services…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Personality as Brand: Four Lessons From Nate Silver’s Move to ESPN
Statistics blogger and journalist Nate Silver has made a dramatic move from The New York Times, which benefited…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Why Smartphone Providers Are Rethinking the Upgrade Cycle
According to recent stats, smartphone users are upgrading at slower rates than they did a few years ago.…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Quantum Dawn 2: One Group’s Novel Take on Cybersecurity
Rather than simply taking cybersecurity threats lying down, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association has been holding…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Congress Asks for Report Detailing Federal Travel Spending Cuts
More than a year after the Office of Management and Budget implemented across-the-board cuts to federal travel spending,…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
The Beer Industry’s Growing; In One Case, Maybe Too Fast
With the beer industry expanding by leaps and bounds—particularly in the craft sector—the Brewers Association is trying to…
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Sorry Sports Fans: The NCAA Drops its Video Game Contract
Facing a long-running lawsuit over player-likeness rights which could upend college sports as we know it, the NCAA…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Wireless Emergency Alerts Give NYC a Rude Awakening
In recent years, CTIA-The Wireless Association has worked with federal agencies to plug mobile phones into warning systems…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
Michael Weiner: A Union Leader Takes His Medical Struggles Public
Despite fighting inoperable brain cancer, the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association has continued his…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
The Alzheimer’s Association’s Big Data Play Shows Results
A year after the group launched a big data project to track genome sequences related to the disease,…
