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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Tuesday Buzz: Give Young Members Their Own Group
Want to keep your millennial and Gen Z members engaged? Create a group within your organization that’s just…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Short Shutdowns Can Be Hugely Disruptive, Associations Say
The federal government’s three-day shutdown caused a massive headache for tens of thousands of National Guard members over…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Trade, Tariff Issues Create Headaches for Associations
Decisions by Trump administration officials to implement tariffs on various imported products in recent weeks—most notably in the…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Technology Association Speeds Up Certification Update
The association convened three dozen professionals and experts to ensure its scenario-based cybersecurity certification exam was meeting industry…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Making Sense of Facebook’s Discouraging News Feed News
The massive social network, which has helped reshape the way we communicate with others, is having a hard…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Monday Buzz: The Tensions Between Volunteers and Staff
If you want to avoid strain between association volunteers and staff, it’s key that all stakeholders are on…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Association-Sponsored National Handwriting Day Gets Congressional Support
The Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association launched National Handwriting Day in 1977 to build awareness of the importance of…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Potato Group Goes All-In on Salad Bar Donations
An ongoing campaign to get salad bars in schools nationwide has found a somewhat unlikely champion: Potatoes USA,…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Million-Dollar Grant Helps Association Support Black Entrepreneurs
The Kellogg Foundation’s financial pledge to the Association for Enterprise Opportunity will expand efforts to nurture new business…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
How to Encourage Dissenters to Speak Up
Organizations often pay lip service to the value of dissent. But cultivating real and valuable disagreement means understanding…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Two Legal Questions About Employee Classification
Whether your association has one staffer or 100 or somewhere in between, you need to understand the federal…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Destination: Chattanooga
• Central convention center. Nestled in the heart of downtown, the 312,000-square-foot Chattanooga Convention Center is known for…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
What a Specialist Consultant Can Help You Achieve
clark_consulting Associations are becoming increasingly complex as they work to meet members’ growing demands in a highly competitive…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Let Your Members Decide How Benefits Are Dealt
Pick a membership, any membership. That’s how the American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages decided on a…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Working With State Organizations: Tactics for Effective Engagement
For associations with state advocacy goals and objectives, there’s no better source for policy resources, advocacy connections, and…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Leveraging Referrals to Find Speakers
Findings from the 2016 ASAE Professional Development Section Council survey indicated that professional development leaders have a challenging…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Membership Hack: Chapter Leadership Coaching
The National Speakers Association uses a leadership coaching program to support and grow new leaders in its chapters…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Associations: “Tide Pod Challenge” Is No Laughing Matter
Young people participating in the latest social media video challenge---in which they eat laundry detergent pods in creative…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Why Your Multichannel Campaigns Need to Hit on All Cylinders
A new report from the marketing firm Kantar Millward Brown says that the fragmentation of media is requiring…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Friday Buzz: How Do You View Conference Attendees?
A flashy conference may not be meeting your members’ expectations if they approach conferences as explorers and not…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Mentoring Offers a Boost, Study Says, but Few Take Advantage
Research from the Association for Talent Development says that organizations with formal mentoring programs claim stronger employee engagement…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
What a Bad Flu Season Could Mean for Your Events
Medical experts are saying this could be the worst flu season in recent history, and one area where…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Health Groups Pledge to Improve “Burdensome” Prior Authorization Process
The approval process necessary for some medical procedures can cause a lot of problems for everyone involved. Groups…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Thursday Buzz: Accountability the Right Way
Accountability is important for any organization, but the way you go about generating it can make a huge…
