Author
Ernie Smith
Ernie Smith is a former senior editor for Associations Now.
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Visual Content Sharing: LinkedIn Gets Prettier, Adds Update Styles
In a move that puts it in competition with newer social networks and, potentially, cloud platforms, business-oriented LinkedIn…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Event Management: Do Your Policies Match Your Reality?
A new study by American Express Meetings & Events shows that policies on time-tracking, contracts, and budget planning…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Boycott Against Facebook: Advocacy Lessons You Can Learn
After a boycott against Facebook by women’s groups picked up steam, Facebook responded with a full action plan…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
American Institute of Architects Launch Mayoral Platform in NYC
With Michael Bloomberg finishing up his third term as New York City mayor, the American Institute of Architects…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
What’s Left of the Dial? Why the Office Phone is Fading
It may be a key tool for doing business, but with mobile phones offering higher degrees of functionality…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
North American Meat Association Launches Regulatory App
With the help of both a new app and website, the North American Meat Association is helping to…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
WordPress’ 10th Anniversary: How Community Drives Success
In the past ten years, the blogging platform WordPress has become one of the most widely-used pieces of…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Personal Relationships: Key to Your Association’s Strategy
One of the biggest dangers of creating your association’s business strategy could be in not appreciating the personal…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Sure, Expand Your Audience. But Don’t Forget Your Base
Don’t throw out a new audience just because a new one is important to your long-term strategic goals.…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Two-Step Authentication: Twitter Gains Functionality After Hacks
After spending the first half of the year facing a series of embarrassing incidents involving hacked Twitter accounts,…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Moore, Oklahoma Tornado: Associations Help Communities Rebuild
After widespread damage from a deadly tornado that killed at least two dozen people near Oklahoma City this…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Protect Your Association’s Brand: When it’s the Wrong Time
As two recent incidents show, the dangers of coming down too hard on fans, enthusiasts, or the quote-unquote…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Orlando Weathers Federal Conference Cutbacks
With a cancellation of a major federal conference due to sequestration still weighing on the region, large conference…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Simple Measure of Gobbledygook: Chart Your Site’s Reading Complexity
With a recent study showing that many medical association sites are written at levels above those of their…
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Fair Labor Association Says Apple’s Supply Chain Improved
While Apple’s Chinese suppliers still have progress to make on issues such as overtime, the company’s latest set…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
American Psychiatric Association Reacts to Controversy Over “Bible”
For the first time in nearly two decades, the American Psychiatric Association has updated its manual used to…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Yahoo’s Tumblr Buyout: The Challenges of Nurturing Online Communities
With Yahoo’s purchase of the social network Tumblr, the tech giant is tempting fate by purchasing a community…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Get More Email Responses: Make People Hit the Reply Button
Are your business emails falling on deaf ears? Fortunately, we have some ideas to help you get more…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Study: Mobile Marketing Field Growing Quickly
According to a new study by the Mobile Marketing Association, the field is experiencing rapid growth in both…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
How the MPAA Changed Tactics With a New Website
After spending years focusing on the growing piracy issue by fighting the sources of said piracy, the Motion…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Cybersecurity Legislation Making Headway in Congress
While the Senate likely will not vote on the cybersecurity legislation the House passed last month, the two…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
More Ambitious Leaders: What the Public Wants
According to a new study, public confidence in the corporate sector is down and what people really want…
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Media Groups: Justice Department’s Actions Unjustified
After the Associated Press revealed that the Justice Department acquired a number of its phone records, a number…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Your Event’s WiFi Could Benefit From Facebook’s Check-Ins
The social network is currently in the midst of launching a new wireless product with perks for both…
