Author
Ernie Smith
Ernie Smith is a former senior editor for Associations Now.
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Group for Hispanic-Owned Grocery Vendors Gets Off Ground
The Latino Food Industry Association comes at a time when the U.S. Hispanic population’s buying power is particularly…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Bar Association Task Force to Rethink Legal Education
With its new Commission on the Future of Legal Education, the American Bar Association plans to analyze whether…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Get a Glimpse Into the Foodie Mindset
Foodies tend to be older, have higher incomes, and aren’t afraid to go out of their way to…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Membership as Disruption: Why the MoviePass Saga Is Worth Watching
A startup whose CEO has a Netflix pedigree is trying to upend the traditional movie theater experience by…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Women’s March Organizers Plan a Follow-Up Convention
Months after the Women’s March became one of the largest activist events in American history, the event’s organizers…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Is Europe Heading for a Great Butter Shortage? This Association Says Yes
A French bakers’ group recently warned that the low supply of butter was sending prices soaring throughout Europe,…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Staff Directory: The Problems With Online Oversharing
Is your staff directory accessible online? Maybe it shouldn't be, according to a cybersecurity expert speaking over the…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Association Gives Winnipeg’s Bike Trails Their Close-Up on Google Maps
The Winnipeg Trails Association is wheeling its way through the city’s many bike trails using a specialized device…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Beyond Vacations: The Case for the Sabbatical
Recent research notes that while sabbaticals are somewhat uncommon in the corporate world, they do have their benefits—both…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Amid Rural Broadband Weak Spots, Nonprofits Offer Last-Mile Help
Broadband internet is a given in many cities and suburbs, but in rural areas, it’s harder to come…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Internet Archive Launches Program for Local Libraries
With financial support from a federal agency, the Internet Archive is launching a program for libraries around the…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Bay Area Design Nonprofit Wins Support from Tech Giants
Autodesk and Facebook are offering financial and program support to the Inneract Project, which works to expose kids…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
European Ad Groups Work to Define Viewability Standards
A coalition of groups representing the continent's advertising sector have taken their first steps toward outlining a universal…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Glassdoor Study: Regulations, Internal Issues Can Delay Hiring Process
The social network that lets employees review their employers found that in many countries and industries, the hiring…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
With Help of Data, Time Inc. Dives Into Membership Program
The major magazine publisher announced its first membership program this week, a pet-services offering. The company is taking…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
CompTIA Relaunches Information Technology Professionals Group
CompTIA this week revealed its revamp of the Association of Information Technology Professionals, a group it acquired earlier…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Pew: Digital News Sites More Likely to Have Email Newsletters Than Apps
A Pew analysis of large digital news outlets suggests that most digital media outlets find email newsletters and…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
White House Renovations from Truman to Trump
The Executive Mansion is getting a revamp during the relative quiet of August in DC. It's a modest…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Could the Netflix Model Boost Enterprise Software?
A recent business-model innovation by a Mac software developer suggests that there could be a lot of potential…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Study: Public Can’t See Past Profit Motive of Social Good Companies
A recent report in the Journal of Consumer Research suggests that the for-profit motive makes social good companies…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Rebranding Strategy: Lessons From Dunkin’ Donuts and Associations
One of the country’s iconic coffee chains is considering dropping "donuts" from its brand name to focus on…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Associations Canada: The “Power of A” in the Great White North
From large trade associations representing Canada’s oil industry to municipal groups supporting the small communities in its territories,…
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Gaming Association Expands Code of Conduct for Casino Industry
With an updated Code of Conduct for Responsible Gaming, the American Gaming Association hopes to encourage responsible gaming…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
Report: Philanthropic Field Struggles With Diversity at Executive Level
A new report from the Council on Foundations finds that while the sector tends to have a strong…
