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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Best Benefit Ever: Get a Book From ASCD—Your Choice
The educational membership group ASCD gives members of certain tiers access to freshly printed books, and it recently…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
How Important Is Industry Experience for a New CEO?
After its data-breach debacle, Target chose a new CEO from outside the retail industry. Associations often face a…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
New York Sheriffs: Federal Immigration Detainers Aren’t Enough
With a mounting number of rulings stating that holding someone who has been arrested and jailed for extra…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Burger King: The Whiz Kid Behind a Whopper of a Turnaround
A fast-food chain’s business genius may have benefited from not having a ton of experience. Also: A LinkedIn…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Senate Panel Passes Conference Accountability Act
The bill contains new substitute language limiting the dollar amount agencies can spend on a single conference as…
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Polling World Up In Arms Over New York Times’ Methodology Change
In a move that's proving controversial among pollsters, The New York Times and CBS News are finding themselves…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
A Tiny Reminder of the Value of Experiments
Don’t let the recent headlines fool you: Online experiments, when done well, are plenty effective and might teach…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Social Media Roundup: Lessons From a Customer Service Fail
A hotel learns the hard way that you can't strong-arm people out of posting negative Yelp reviews. Also:…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
“Right to Farm” Amendment Stirs Up Passions in Missouri
A proposed amendment that’s up for a vote on Tuesday sounds a little odd—it would codify the right…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Senate Bill Aims to Address Backlog of Tax-Exempt Applications
Groups whose applications are not processed within nine months would be granted the right to take the Internal…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Groups Celebrate National Farmers Market Week With Photo Contests
To help create greater awareness of the roughly 8,000 farmers markets throughout the United States, associations are sponsoring…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Nonprofits, Trade Groups Working to Contain Ebola Outbreak
With the rise of the worst Ebola outbreak in history, groups directly affected by the West Africa situation…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
New NBA Players Union Executive Blazes New Trail
Attorney Michele Roberts, the new executive director of the National Basketball Players Association, will be the first woman…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Monday Buzz: Don’t Be Afraid To Surprise Your Members
How one Canadian bank won customers over by giving its ATMs an extra kick. Also: a useful tool…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Yoga Alliance: Five Lessons From One Association’s Challenging Year
A new membership structure. New meetings. A new website. Yoga Alliance has taken on a lot under a…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
Recruiting Top Talent to Associations Requires a New View on Hiring
Recruiting top talent has never been an easy process. Done well, it takes time and hard work. We…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Two Tools That Help Workplace Giving Cultures Stick
As a leader, you want to create a workplace where giving—not the monetary kind but the collaborative and…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
The Future of Lobbying Looks Different, But Bright
Whenever the "state of lobbying" is discussed in the trade press or even around a conference table in…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Construction Industry’s Youth Strategy Includes Appealing to Gamers
Making a play to add younger faces to the construction workforce, industry trade groups are pointing to the…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Travel Tech Opens Door to Sharing-Economy Stalwarts
The Travel Technology Association, once the exclusive domain of Priceline and Expedia, is planning to work with new…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
Study: Why It Pays to Have a Humble CEO
A new study suggests that bosses who are more self-aware and appreciative of others make for better leaders…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Comic-Con Attendees Spend Huge Collectively, But Not Individually
This year's edition of San Diego Comic-Con International drew a huge number of attendees—as the event always does.…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Friday Buzz: The Onion Parody We’ve All Been Waiting For
One lucky association gets skewered by the parody news site. Read on to find out which one. Also:…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
A New View: Why Change Is Good for Meetings
The entire moving process is stressful, but there’s renewed energy and enthusiasm that comes from a new home…
