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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
An Event-Focused Solution to Closing the Skills Gap
Recognizing an imminent labor shortage in its industry, the National Kitchen and Bath Association launched a conference program…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Inspiration in a Box From One Traditional Meeting Venue
How one organization used a traditional venue to create an unconventional, out-of-the-box experience at their inaugural winter meeting.
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Boost Your Staff’s Financial Savvy
Beyond an association’s finance staff and executives, the only people familiar with the dollars and cents that pay…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
The Coalition Fighting “Hair Discrimination” in the Workplace
The CROWN Coalition is backing proposed anti-discrimination legislation in California that would prevent workplace hair-grooming rules that often…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
AMP for Email Is Ready, But Is It the Future of Email?
The initiative by Google to reinvent email for interactivity has been gestating for a year, and now it’s…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Daily Buzz: Identify Preferred Pronouns on Conference Badges
Why preferred pronoun stickers or ribbons can create a more inclusive meeting. Also: Is a product-line model hindering…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Conference Circuit: Customer Engagement
The Professional Association for Customer Engagement’s Annual Convention & Expo begins next week in San Antonio.
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Association Reaches Out After Suicides By Gun Violence Survivors
In the wake of the deaths of two survivors of the Parkland shooting and the father of a…
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Conscious InclusionArticleOver 5 years old
Inclusion May Be Key to Ending High Employee Turnover
A researcher studying ways to stem the high rate of employees leaving nonprofits has been searching for low-cost…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Health Partnership Comes Up With Safer Opioid Prescription Strategies
Working in tandem, two medical groups—one focused on health records, the other on medical research—came up with a…
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Expense Reports Are Evolving, But Are Organizations?
While technologies like artificial intelligence could make it easier to pinpoint instances of expense-report fraud, many organizations haven’t…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Insurance Advisory Group Finds Niche Supporting Cannabis Industry
The American Association of Insurance Services launched a state-backed program for cannabis businesses in California last year. Now…
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FundraisingArticleOver 5 years old
Daily Buzz: Amp Up Your Charity Golf Event
Time for your annual golf fundraiser? Create new revenue streams to exceed this year’s goal. Also: creating content…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
To Boost Global Membership, Get Flexible
Strict membership categories and dues structures don’t work for everyone. For your global members, consider flexible options, like…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
Four Fundamentals for a Strong CEO-Board Chair Relationship
While an association CEO technically works for the board, her relationship with the board chair is critical since…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Five Strategies for Better Digital Member Service
Social media is becoming increasingly important for member service, but it highlights the many channels customers use for…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Daily Buzz: Manage Member Expectations
Unclear communications can leave members guessing—and disappointed if their expectations aren’t met. Also: networking tips from Terry Gross.
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Medical Device Group Embraces Threat-Sharing Strategy
AdvaMed, an association of medical device manufacturers, will launch an information-sharing and analysis organization focused on cyberthreats to…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Dealing With a Lot of Legacy Software? Think Virtual.
The concept of virtualization, long popular for remote access to computers, could offer your organization an alternative to…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Stay Two Steps Ahead of Hackers: The Cyber Insurance Toolbox You Need
Most associations understand the need for cyber insurance as a risk transfer tool. The question is no longer,…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Bar Association Calls for Independent Immigration Court System
The American Bar Association, in a recent report, warns that political meddling and long case backlogs have so…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
New Energy Industry Collaborative Aims to Revamp State Regulations
A new endeavor to modernize state-level regulation of the energy industry has backing from a wide range of…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Daily Buzz: The Business Case for an Online Community
A successful online community can help your association meet its business objectives—but it takes a lot of work…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
The Case for Slow Leadership
CEOs are urged to be fast-paced change agents, but it’s an approach that can court failure and risk…
