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Ernie Smith
Ernie Smith is a former senior editor for Associations Now.
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Tech Time-Wasters: Are Too Many Apps Really the Problem?
A recent study makes the case that users spend too much time switching between applications. But that diagnosis…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
How Nonprofit Grocery Stores Are Filling the Gap
Food deserts, whether in big cities or small towns, have proven difficult to shake—but largely grassroots nonprofit efforts…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Canadian E-Waste Group Crosses Border With New Depots
The Electronic Reusing Association, an offshoot of a long-running Canadian group, is making early inroads into the U.S.…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Study: Millennials Love Bleisure, But Don’t Tell the Boss
A new National Car Rental survey finds that while millennials like mixing business trips with leisure trips, in…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Associations Press Congress for Bipartisan Infrastructure Revamp
A day after President Trump called for improvements to the nation's infrastructure in his State of the Union…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
With Interest in Lab-Grown Diamonds Rising, Groups Eye Expansion
The International Grown Diamond Association has helped raise the profile of synthetic gems, despite working on a shoestring…
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FundraisingArticleOver 5 years old
Report: Nonprofit Fundraising Up in 2018, but Donor Numbers Down
The Association of Fundraising Professionals found a decline in the number of donors who gave to nonprofits at…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Content Marketing Strategy Tweaks: Boost Your Game in 2019
While content marketing feels a bit old hat, there’s still plenty of room to get a lot more…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Massachusetts Right to Repair Coalition Re-Forms to Close Loophole
The Right to Repair Coalition, a group of auto repair firms that successfully pushed through a ballot measure…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Gap Year Association Launches Exploration Month
The association is dedicating the month of February to highlighting options for students who might be interested in…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
CompTIA Report: Convergence Is 2019’s Defining Tech Trend
Rather than a single “next big thing” to define the way that the tech sector builds itself, CompTIA’s…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Outdoor Industry Partnership’s Goal: Fight Climate Change, Save Ski Season
A new partnership between major outdoor industry groups aims to amp up advocacy around climate change—an issue that…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Facebook at 15: It’s Fundamental. It’s Annoying. We’re Still There.
As it hits a key anniversary, it’s safe to say that Facebook, as a social network and company,…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Medical Groups Boost Opioid Education Offerings
The American Medical Association and the Emergency Nurses Association have an array of new resources available that target…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Report: Pointless Workplace Meetings Costly, Time-Consuming
A report from the software company Doodle suggests that hundreds of billions of dollars are wasted on ineffective…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Email Report: Technical Growth, Interactives Picking Up
Litmus’ 2019 State of Email report highlights the issues to watch out for (including Google AMP’s email variant)…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Airbnb Aims at Event Space Rental With Acquisition
The home rental platform, which is already seeing consumers renting spaces through it specifically for the purpose of…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
The Groups That Give Us Groundhog Day
The offbeat holiday has inspired equally offbeat events—and not just in Pennsylvania, either. Here are just some of…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Landscape Architecture Coalition: We Need More Walkable Streets
A new report from an American Society of Landscape Architects-affiliated coalition notes that streets have gotten deadlier in…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
What Wind Chill? BBQ Association Says Super Bowl Brings Out the Grillers
Cold temperatures don’t appear to be a deterrent for many grillers this Super Bowl Sunday, a Hearth, Patio…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Daily Buzz: Big Event Inception
How Bud Light somehow figured out a way to put on a music festival around the Super Bowl—which…
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FundraisingArticleOver 5 years old
University Publishers Offer Aid in Brazil National Museum’s Recovery
The Association of University Presses has gathered more than 50 of its member publishers to help stock the…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Daily Buzz: Time to Downsize Your HQ?
The prominent Newseum is moving as part of a massive real estate deal. Its reasons for doing so…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Business Groups Aim to Change Mindset on Hiring Ex-Convicts
Working with prominent political donor Charles Koch, a number of major trade groups threw their support behind an…
