Author
Ernie Smith
Ernie Smith is a former senior editor for Associations Now.
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Medical Groups Come Out in Force to Defend ACA in Lawsuit
Soon after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Justice Department would not defend the Affordable Care Act…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Hospital Association Funds Opioid-Tracking Tool for New Jersey Emergency Rooms
The New Jersey Hospital Association, along with its Health Research and Educational Trust, will fund a software platform…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Awesome Nonprofit Story of the Week: How An Aquarium Rescued a Seahorse
This week, the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Florida went out of its way to save a tiny seahorse…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Friday Buzz: How Open Should Your Online Community Be?
A community engagement pro makes the case for nuanced thinking about what makes a good association community. Also:…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Cloud Provider Group Gives Members GDPR Guidance, Help
MSPAlliance launched a series of offerings recently related to the General Data Protection Regulation, with the goal of…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Report: Nonprofit “Starvation Cycle” Driven By High Program Spending
A new benchmarking report from the BDO Institute for Nonprofit Excellence finds that even with substantial revenue streams,…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Medical Association Makes Fresh Call for Action on Gun Violence
The American Medical Association House of Delegates, meeting this week, voted to support a broad array of “common-sense”…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
What’s the Secret to E3’s Attention-Grabbing Success?
The Electronic Entertainment Expo, the videogame industry’s premier event, has become a dominant force in the cultural conversation,…
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Journalism Groups Denounce Facebook’s Political Ad Policy
A variety of groups representing some of the news media’s largest players have called on Facebook to avoid…
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FundraisingArticleOver 5 years old
Associations Spring Into Action, Offer Aid After Eruption in Guatemala
In the U.S. and abroad, industry groups and others are stepping up their aid and relief efforts in…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Why Tech Glitches Are a Membership Problem
When your organization’s website, app, or newsletter doesn’t work the way it’s supposed to, it potentially creates a…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
The Stanley Cup Hits DC: The Trophy’s Association Roots
The Stanley Cup, currently in the boisterous possession of the District of Columbia’s NHL team for the first…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Monday Buzz: IHOP’s Masterful Zeitgeist Takeover
Even if you don’t like the idea of the International House of Burgers, you have to admit that…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Associations Speak Up on the Complex Nature of Suicide
The deaths of two prominent celebrities this week—designer Kate Spade and chef Anthony Bourdain—highlight the complex nature of…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Organic Trade Association’s New Pilot Program Fights Supply-Chain Fraud
The trade group has 11 companies taking part in a pilot program that aims to try new approaches…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Nuclear Medicine Group Thinks Innovation With Industry Alliance
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging is working with a number of industry partners to push…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Retail Industry Group Eyes Sustainability With School Competition
The Retail Industry Leaders Association will team with McGill University to launch a competition that aims to introduce…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
CEIR: Exhibition Industry Seeing Year-Over-Year Growth
The Center for Exhibition Industry Research is anticipating an expansion phase for the industry amid a positive first…
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Keeping an Acquired Community Happy: Lessons From Microsoft’s GitHub Acquisition
Microsoft’s just-announced acquisition of GitHub, the iconic developer resource and community, is already creating some wariness from the…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
The Big Trends Driving Tech Forward
From a growing diversity of content consumption to a push toward subscription models in the for-profit space, Mary…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Study: Rise of Automation Will Require Training Boost in Coming Years
New research from McKinsey & Company argues that increased training will be necessary as jobs move away from…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Health Providers Collaborate on Improving Databases
The Provider Data Action Alliance, a group launched by the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare, has a plan…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Study: More Workers Embracing Remote Time
Looking for shorter commutes and life away from the main office, more employees are working offsite at least…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Advertising Groups Come Together in Blockbuster Acquisition
The Association of National Advertisers will take control of the Data & Marketing Association, creating the largest association…
