Author
Ernie Smith
Ernie Smith is a former senior editor for Associations Now.
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Tech Uptake: Are Your Members Savvier than You Think?
Recent ASAE Foundation research highlights the fact that a good chunk of your members—particularly your newer ones—are likely…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Drone Racing Group Launches Insurance Plans
The International Drone Racing Association says that it held off on offering memberships with the group until it…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Manufacturer’s New Perk: Membership With a Motorcycle
One interesting strategy for building up the member rolls comes from the American Motorcyclist Association, which will see…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Robotics Group, Seeing Growth, Launches Mexican Arm
The Association for Advancing Automation’s new A3 Mexico offshoot comes in response to a surge of growth in…
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Humane Association Responds Quickly to Animal Cruelty Controversy
After footage surfaced of a dog being mistreated on the set of the film A Dog’s Purpose, the…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Report: Cashless Payments Surge in Popularity Worldwide
A British data firm reports that cashless transactions, including cards and credit transfers, have seen a major rise…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Airline Groups Work to Prevent Another MH370
The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, whose years-long search was recently suspended, has led the airline industry…
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11 Police Groups Agree to De-Escalation Policy
Officials representing the International Association of Chiefs of Police and 10 other groups released a model policy document…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Firearms Group, Suicide Prevention Group Join Forces to Save Lives
At its Las Vegas tradeshow this week, the National Shooting Sports Foundation announced it was launching a national…
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Conscious InclusionArticleOver 5 years old
Eyeing Diversity, NYC Gives Grants to Nonprofit Theaters
New York City is allocating $2 million in grants to nonprofit theaters throughout the city, with the goal…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
National Retail Federation’s New Training Effort
At least 20 major retailers are taking part in RISE Up, an education effort announced by the National…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Eyes on Richmond Records Virginia Legislative Committee Hearings
Progress Virginia’s Eyes on Richmond project, developed as a workaround to the state’s decision not to record committee…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
The State of the MOOC: What Associations Should Know
Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, have been around long enough that some strong takeaways are starting to…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
British Groups Plot Out New Corporate Governance Guidance
With U.K. officials—including Prime Minister Theresa May—giving extra scrutiny to corporate governance issues, two trade groups are working…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Film Critics Group Branches Out With Banking Campaign
With a new production arm, the African American Film Critics Association is using its film-industry knowledge to help…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
The Senate’s Press Secretaries Group Keeps It Bipartisan
For more than 40 years, the U.S. Senate Press Secretaries Association has helped communication pros do their jobs—in…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
SDVoE Alliance Pushes for New Ethernet-Based Standards
The SDVoE Alliance has a heck of an acronym in its name, but its goal—to standardize AV rigs…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Insect Food Group Will Build Buzz in Southeast Asia
The ASEAN Food and Feed Insects Association, which will represent insect-food manufacturers in Southeast Asia, hopes to make…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Automatic Renewals: Startups Making It Easy to Cancel
For organizations looking at the potential of launching membership programs based on automatic renewals, you may want to…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Outdoor Industry Association Campaign Highlights “Coopetition”
The new advertising effort led by the group, launched at a major winter tradeshow, brings together retailers, manufacturers,…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
CTA Foundation Hops on Self-Driving Cars
Teaming with IBM and Local Motors, the association’s charitable foundation is working to find a mobility solution for…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
How Hoteliers and Planners Can Build Better Relationships
A new report from the Incentive Research Foundation offers insights on how meeting planners can better work with…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Tuesday Buzz: Focus on Member Security
Why member security is becoming a more important issue as the online landscape evolves. Also: Why online communities…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Build Communities Around Your Most Engaged Users
A big-name daily newspaper is trying a quiet test with a group of its subscribers—and the early success…
