Author
Ernie Smith
Ernie Smith is a former senior editor for Associations Now.
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Just Before Halloween, Bat Week Borrows Shark Week’s Vibe
The third annual Bat Week, sponsored by Bat Conservation International with the support of a number of public…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Tuesday Buzz: Presidential Penmanship
An association gets a handwriting expert to look for insight into the presidential candidates---from their penmanship. Also: strategies…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
MFG NXT: Manufacturing Group Tries to Draw Millennials
The Precision Metalforming Association’s new MFG NXT effort builds on prior successes the group has had with reaching…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
DDoS Attacks: What’s Your Plan For the Next One?
Last week, large swaths of the internet were hobbled by a coordinated distributed denial of service attack on…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Monday Buzz: Your Private Community’s Toughest Battle
In an age when social media replicates most of what your private community is doing, how do you…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Online Lenders Working to Find Advocacy Footing in Washington
The online lending industry, representing tech’s impact on the financial sector, has started to build up its association-space…
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Secretaries of State Reaffirms Integrity of Electoral Process
With Donald Trump repeatedly suggesting that the election may be "rigged," the National Association of Secretaries of State…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Uber and Lyft Becoming the Business-Travel Options of Choice
The latest quarterly edition of Certify’s expense-management report found that, for the first time, ride-hailing services like Uber…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Meetings Industry Moves Forward With Safety Initiative
During the 2016 edition of IMEX America, meetings-industry stakeholders announced steps to further safety endeavors within the industry…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Third-Party Vendors: Considerations for Your Association
Do your third-party vendors have too much access to your data—and what sort of risks does that open…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Obama Pushes New Consumer-Friendly Air Travel Rules
Less than three weeks before his successor will be voted into office, President Obama has proposed a series…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
American Express Forecasts 2017 Meetings Trends
The latest edition of an annual American Express report, predicting trends for 2017, suggests that tradeshows and conferences…
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Conscious InclusionArticleOver 5 years old
Can Businesses Help Battle Discrimination?
A new report from the Public Affairs Council indicates that roughly three-quarters of Americans think racial discrimination is…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
After Financial Struggles, Black Journalists Group Makes Progress
The association revealed this week that a careful focus on its finances and on improvements in conference attendance…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Wednesday Buzz: Make Google Analytics Work for Your Events
If utilized properly, Google Analytics can give your event’s ROI a huge boost. Also: Teamwork lessons from Mount…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Best Benefit Ever: AdvaMed’s Purchasing Power
The Advanced Medical Technology Association hopes to leverage its members as a way to lower prices on common…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Report: Nonprofit Board Chairs Often Learn on the Job
Slightly more than half of respondents to the Alliance for Nonprofit Management’s new board chair survey said that…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Theaters to Offer Dramatists Guild Members a Free Seat
Rather than letting seats remain empty, theaters around the country will now allow Dramatists Guild of America members…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Tuesday Buzz: How Netflix Navigated a Price Increase
Despite raising its prices, Netflix actually saw a huge surge in subscribers during its most recent quarter. The…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Rethink the Resume: One Tech Firm’s Big Idea
A prominent programming community's aggressive attempt to remake the resume for the modern day is an idea associations…
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Report: Samsung Not Following CTIA Battery-Testing Protocol
For more than a decade, the wireless group CTIA has operated independent battery-testing facilities for smartphones. A Wall…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
U.S. Travel Doubles Down on Las Vegas Ahead of Debate
With the final presidential debate taking place in a travel-industry hotbed, the U.S. Travel Association is using the…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
In-Your-Face Security Through Selfies
The growing appeal of using selfies as a form of security—and the weaknesses of such a strategy. Also:…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Business Roundtable Governance Guidelines Add Diversity Focus
This year’s edition of a key governance document for many boards recommends, for the first time, that boards…
