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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Detroit Metro CVB: Bankruptcy Won’t Affect Conferences
Last week’s news that Detroit would seek Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection led to much concern about the services…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Social Media Roundup: How Meeting Venues Have Evolved
Meeting venues have changed dramatically since the days of large, open ballrooms. Plus: 8 ways to connect with…
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Ethics Resource Center: Two Sides of Social Media Coin
A new study by the Ethics Resource Center looks at risks and potential benefits of social networking in…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
IDSA Hosting 3D Printing Contest at Annual Meeting
If you’ve ever had the desire to design a 3D-printed car, you might want to add The Industrial…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Personality as Brand: Four Lessons From Nate Silver’s Move to ESPN
Statistics blogger and journalist Nate Silver has made a dramatic move from The New York Times, which benefited…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Lunchtime Links: Using Deadlines to Aid Decision Making
Deadlines will make you sweat, but they also can force you to make tough decisions. Also: the importance…
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FundraisingArticleOver 5 years old
Mission Is Key in Direct Marketing Group’s New Fundraising Principles
A well-defined mission and transparency are critical elements in new guidelines for nonprofit fundraising.
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Why Smartphone Providers Are Rethinking the Upgrade Cycle
According to recent stats, smartphone users are upgrading at slower rates than they did a few years ago.…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Quantum Dawn 2: One Group’s Novel Take on Cybersecurity
Rather than simply taking cybersecurity threats lying down, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association has been holding…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Social Media Roundup: Make Your Conference Tablet-Friendly
More Americans than ever are using tablets, making it more important that conferences become more tablet-friendly. Also: Tips…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Congress Asks for Report Detailing Federal Travel Spending Cuts
More than a year after the Office of Management and Budget implemented across-the-board cuts to federal travel spending,…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Bill Aims to Cut Federal Travel Expenses Via Videoconferencing
The newly introduced bill calls on the Office of Management and Budget to cut travel expenses by 50…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Ad Council, Keep America Beautiful Reunite, Launch New Campaign
More than 40 years after launching the iconic “The Crying Indian” campaign, Keep America Beautiful and the Ad…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
How to Work With Grace Under Pressure
Don’t let a crisis knock your association off its mission. Also: When it comes to strategy, make sure…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Press Photographers Group Ups the Ante on Advocacy
The response by the National Press Photographers Association to the arrest of a Detroit Free Press journalist highlights…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
How Leaders Can Get the Information They Really Need
Asking questions is an essential part of effective leadership. Are you asking the right ones?
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Social Media Roundup: Meeting Time Is Joker Time
Your meetings may go better if you tell a few jokes and make your attendees laugh. Laughter has…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
The Beer Industry’s Growing; In One Case, Maybe Too Fast
With the beer industry expanding by leaps and bounds—particularly in the craft sector—the Brewers Association is trying to…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Study: Increased Tech Security Spending Not Making Companies Safer
An Oracle study found that while organizations are spending more on IT security, they aren’t putting the money…
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Sorry Sports Fans: The NCAA Drops its Video Game Contract
Facing a long-running lawsuit over player-likeness rights which could upend college sports as we know it, the NCAA…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Board Leaders: How To Ease Decision-Making Gridlock
Finding your board can’t make a decision? Go with the majority-vote system—even if it means everyone isn’t 100…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Open Source: Internet Association Website Connects Users, Policymakers
Advocacy is in the hands of the user on the Internet Association’s new website, where the global web…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Social Media Roundup: Cut the Carbon Footprint of Your Tradeshow
That tradeshow you just attended was great for your members, not so great for the environment. Here’s how…
