Audience
For Industry Professionals
For the people who work with associations from outside them: sponsors, industry partners, consultants, donors, media and retired professionals.
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
“Paper or Plastic?” California Answers That Question for its Residents
It'll be paper—and it'll cost ya. A new law in the state—the first of its kind—mandates that stores…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
How Wheat Producers Counteracted a GMO Crisis
Facing a controversy that could have damaged industry efforts to introduce GMOs to the U.S. wheat supply, two…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
New Tool Captures Print and Digital Magazine Consumption
To account for changes in how people read magazines, the Association of Magazine Media launched a new audience-measurement…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Air Traffic Controllers Group: Chicago Skies Are Safe Following Fire
After a fire closed a major air traffic control center outside of Chicago last Friday, the National Air…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Directing With Drones: MPAA Wins FAA Exemptions for Filmmakers
Thanks, in part, to a push by the Motion Picture Association of America, a handful of film-production crews…
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FundraisingArticleOver 5 years old
When The Kickstart Doesn’t Work: Fixing Crowdfunding’s Pitfalls
Not every crowdfunding project is successful, and that can lead to a lot of frustrated backers. But there’s…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Ebola Crisis Raises Tough Sanitation Questions for Medical Groups
The recent situation involving two U.S. medical relief workers admitted to an Atlanta hospital to be treated for…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Plastic Microbeads In Toothpaste Raise Controversy
Consumer outcry over the potential health effects of microbeads in toothpaste has led a major brand to remove…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Wednesday Buzz: Softball, Biotech-Style
How one industry group leveraged softball to boost membership camaraderie—and it worked so well that the league spun…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Realtors Score Spot at Table to Talk Drones
At a time when some of its members are using commercial drones to photograph their properties, despite a…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
U.K. Trade Group No. 1 With a Bullet on Fighting Piracy
Increasing its pace over the past year, the British Phonographic Industry has topped the charts on an issue…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Monday Buzz: A Transatlantic Flight to Combat Climate Change
The UN begins its climate change summit, and the airline industry is making its stance known. Plus: A…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
TSA Roundup: House Passes Security-Fees Cap, Lines Get Shorter
Frequent travelers just got some positive news from Congress about the controversial increase in airport screening fees implemented…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Airport Group Highlights Members With Fresh Deck of Trading Cards
Taking advantage of the lasting popularity of memorabilia related to IATA codes, Airports Council International—North America is working…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Friday Buzz: Meet a 3D-Printed Car In the Flesh
An association's bleeding-edge tradeshow trick—a 3D-printed car on the tradeshow floor—comes to fruition. One blogger got a chance…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Conference Circuit: The Americana Music Association’s Big Performance
For a lesson on how to juggle an annual conference alongside dozens upon dozens of performances, and keep…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Broadcast Industry Bill Loses A Big Talker: “Local Choice”
A bill affecting the transmission of broadcast stations over cable and satellite feeds once included a provision that…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Ride-Sharing Fight Gets Messy: Industry Groups Launch Smear Campaigns
Earlier this week, the ride-sharing industry launched TaxiFacts, a campaign intended to take on what it calls the…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Apple Backlash: British Music Retailers Declare War on U2
The Entertainment Retailers Association, a British trade organization spurned by the Irish rock superstars in favor of an…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
The Aerospace Industry’s Big Challenge: Attracting Young People
In recent comments by its leader, the Aerospace Industries Association admits that it's struggling to encourage diversity in…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Here’s a Tip From Marriott: Don’t Forget Your Housekeeper
Working with the nonprofit A Woman's Nation, the major hotel group hopes to solve an issue affecting its…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Is Now the Time for Mobile Payments?
Don't throw out your credit cards just yet. While Apple scored a lot of buzz last week by…
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NFL Players Union Backs Plan to Loosen Drug Policies
Players in the football league, who have seen teammates and rivals receive long suspensions for relatively minor infractions,…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Time’s Up? Smartwatches Are Latest Disruption for Watch Industry
With Apple’s entry into the smartwatch space last week, is the life of the basic mechanical watch running…
