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Editor’s Note: Data Dilemma
What Target's retail security failings teach the rest of the business world about protecting data.
Messy Member Data? Clean Sweep.
Tips on how to deal with cleaning up old, messy member data.
Sift Skills: The Value of Big Data for Associations
Associations are good at collecting data, but they’re less adept at analyzing it or knowing what to do with the gold mine of information they have. But that’s changing. As technology becomes more affordable, organizations are harnessing “big data” to improve member engagement.
Data Security: Keep a Lid On It
Every association faces data security threats. The appropriate fix has as much to do with keeping staff smart as it does with keeping hackers at bay.
Four Steps to Better Data Security for Associations
DelCor's Tobin Conley offers some basic advice on how to ensure your data security is up to snuff.
Data Security Policy Case Study: Matrix Group International
Matrix Group International's data security policy emphasizes strong passwords and a cautious approach to installing third-party applications.
Mobile Device Policy Case Study: Society of American Florists
How one association, the Society of American Florists, handles its mobile device policy for its staff.
Hackathons: Hack What You Lack
Could your next great idea come from a hackathon? Taking a note from the tech world, organizations are realizing the value in this intense, collaborative type of group problem solving.
A User’s Guide to Hackathons
So you want to host a hackathon? Former participants and judges share tips on creating a successful hacking experience.
Adam Grant: The Giving Revolution
“Workplace giving” is no longer about philanthropy, according to social scientist Adam Grant. Rather, it’s about getting work done—your work, your organization’s work—and done well. Givers, it seems, are anything but doormats: They’re powerful drivers of business success.
How Leaders Create a Giving Culture
Tips from Adam Grant on how to ensure that you're creating a culture of giving in your own organization.
Meetings Without Borders: How Three Global Conferences Did It
Planning an overseas meeting presents the same challenges as planning a domestic one—and a whole lot more. Associations Now took an inside look at three recent global conferences to learn how they did it.
Executive Summary: Artesha Moore, CAE
Artesha Moore, CAE, the senior director of membership and technology services at APIC—Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, talks up her 2014 plans.
Ask the CEO: Entrepreneurs' Organization's Bob Strade
Bob Strade, executive director, Entrepreneurs’ Organization, answers questions from EO member Gilberto Crombe.
Global Spotlight: Revving the Global Market
A carwash association takes the tradeshow route into the international market.
My Workspace: No Fear
A piece of German mountaintop reminds Steven Hacker, CAE, of a proud achievement.
Comings and Goings: May/June 2014
A roundup of new hires and other personnel moves in the association industry.
Power of A: Better Business, Virtually
How the Council of Better Business Bureaus got it done online when L.A. lost its chapter.
Strategy Session: Change Engine
Three essentials to fuel a strategic initiative within an association.
CEO to CEO: Wanted Tech Tools
What technology tool would these CEOs invent to help them do their job better?
3 Lessons: Exile Your Ego
For Victor Leon, the chief information officer of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists, leadership isn’t all about him.
Tech Memo: Association App-titude
The best type of app “really depends on the association’s membership and organizational goals.” Do you want differentiated tools or one mega app?
Talking Tech: Tracking Devices
Karim Guirguis, CIO at the American Bankruptcy Institute, discusses a new proximity-based technology and its possible benefits to associations.
I Can’t Live Without My… GroupMe App
Coordinate group activities or chat with your friends, relatives, and coworkers with this social networking app.
New Money: Clean Up
A look into the American Dental Association’s profitable licensing strategy.
Idea Bank: Shark Tank, Association Style
Learn why the Epilepsy Foundation is borrowing from the hit TV series "Shark Tank" to cultivate new ideas.
Good Counsel: Fraud and Form 990
How to disclose a significant “diversion of assets" with Form 990.
The Fix: Location, Location, Location
Smart tips on choosing the ideal place for office space.
Membership Memo: Job Description
The words we use to talk about membership pros.
Rules of Engagement: New Members, New Energy
Wider eligibility calls for fresh member engagement methods.
Best Benefit Ever: Roadside Assistance
The American Motorcyclist Association works to keep its members on the road even when they're having engine trouble.
Meetings Memo: Adios, Paper
How the American Society for Surgery of the Hand's annual conference got rid of printed materials entirely.
Destination: Portland
Portland packs a punch with its green mentality and vibrant food scene.
Books: The Strength of Givers
Often perceived as weak and more likely than others to fail, givers actually improve the workplace for everyone, according to Adam Grant's "Give and Take."
Career Coach: Are You Having the Tough Conversations?
Career advice from Carol Vernon, certified executive coach, principal of Communication Matters.
Learning: Are Experts Really Experts?
Author Noreena Hertz uncovers the surprising truth about experts.
Association Agenda: Taxing Work on Tax Reform
Association execs take their tax reform concerns to the Hill.
Meetings Roundup: Coming Soon to Nashville
A sneak peek of the set list for the 2014 ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition, taking place in August.
Brought to You By… Zippers
In sometimes surprising ways, associations play direct and indirect roles in bringing the products, services, and activities of daily life to people around the world. Including zippers.
