Author
Ernie Smith
Ernie Smith is a former senior editor for Associations Now.
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
How a Technical Standard Changed Pop Culture Forever
Nearly 40 years ago, digital electronics manufacturers pinpointed the need for a technical standard—and with the help of…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Hotel Group Launches New Job-Recruiting Initiative
The American Hotel & Lodging Association's Hospitality is Working campaign will support the recruitment and placement of Opportunity Youth---16…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Amid Mass Layoffs, Journalism Associations Offer Support, Assistance
With layoffs affecting numerous media outlets in recent weeks, associations far and wide are taking steps to support…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Daily Buzz: A Better Strategy for Member Research
Analyzing the state of your membership? Don’t just lean on one type of research over the other. Also:…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Survey: Creative Workers Face Tough Tech Learning Curve
Professionals in design, video production, and other creative arts are struggling to keep up with a growing need…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Daily Buzz: Tools for Getting Visual
Plenty of tools out there could help give your visuals a boost—but they won’t completely replace the need…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Pet Food Group Gets Interactive to Highlight Feline Nutrition Needs
A new clickable guide from the Pet Food Institute provides a detailed visual resource describing how different nutrients…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Hospital Coalition: Let’s Make Our Tech More Interoperable
A coalition of major hospital groups, led by the American Hospital Association, is making the case that improved…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Photography Group Adds Credential for Wedding Photographers
With weddings one of the more lucrative avenues for many professional photographers, the Professional Photographers of America is…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
FBI Agents Association Warns of Shutdown Consequences
A new report from the FBI Agents Association brings together voices of agents in the field to describe…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Sign of the Times: MPAA Welcomes Netflix as a Member
The streaming service is the first member of the film industry trade group that isn’t a traditional studio.…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Furloughed Federal Workers Get Help from Associations
Associations around the spectrum are encouraging their members to offer aid to furloughed federal employees—as are some event…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
NBA Refs Score on Social With Twitter Watch Parties
The National Basketball Referees Association is helping improve understanding of one of the toughest jobs in sports by…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Watch Out: Email Mergers Are Heating Up
In the past year, a number of major email service providers—particularly, and most prominently, Campaign Monitor—have expanded via…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Report: Finance Departments Struggling to Embrace Modern Tech
Despite evidence that embracing modern tech helps strengthen finance departments, only 1 in 10 appear to be taking…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Board Diversity at Center of New Initiative for Museums
Grants totaling $4 million from three major foundations will support an American Alliance of Museums initiative to help…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
New Space Research Initiative Aims Sights Directly at Earth
The Universities Space Research Association is launching the Earth from Space Institute, a new program that aims to…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Meet The Animated Brain Starring in an Association Campaign
My Brain Robbie, a new educational campaign put together by groups focused on brain health and Alzheimer’s disease,…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Companies Put Big Support Behind Plastic Recycling Efforts
With large amounts of single-use plastics ending up in oceans and elsewhere, a new corporate-backed coalition, called the…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
The Association Keeping NBA Coaches Focused on Health
With the help of outside vendors and an on-call nutritionist, the National Basketball Coaches Association is encouraging NBA…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Lessons in Crisis Response from Coachella
Over its two-decade history, the organizers of the popular music festival Coachella have dealt with numerous crisis situations,…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Give Your Developers More Room to Innovate
At a time when competition for technically skilled employees is peaking, your organization will win over more tech…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Survey: Membership Growth Stagnant Among Associations
In its latest association survey, the AMS platform GrowthZone says that more organizations are seeing stagnation or even…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Federal Employee Groups Go to Court as Shutdown Hits Fourth Week
Associations and unions representing federal employees last week turned to the courts, claiming in multiple lawsuits that the…
