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Business
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Good Counsel: Enforce Fair Trade in Your Ethics Code
Steer clear of antitrust issues when enforcing your ethics code.
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Learning: Bring Your Best Voice Forward With a Vocal Coach
Your voice is too high, breathy, nasally, or monotone. As dialect and vocal coach to business execs and…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Career Coach: Salary Negotiation
An employer won’t just hand you a nice fat salary; you have to negotiate to get what you…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Brought To You By… Luggage
In sometimes surprising ways, associations play direct and indirect roles in bringing the products, services, and activities of…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Social Media Roundup: The Benefits To Getting Creative
Tap in to your creative side. Your organization—and brain—will reap the benefits. Plus: How AT&T fueled Twitter activity…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Government Shutdown: What It Means for Nonprofits
From determining how to pay staff to facing increased demand for their services, nonprofits that rely on government…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Study: Hotel Costs to Rise for Business Travelers in 2014
Room rates for business travelers could go up between 5 and 6 percent next year as the economy…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Don’t Call ‘Em Trolls: Patent Assertion Entities Building Association
While an IP Rights Council to advocate for patent assertion entities is still in the planning stages, a…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Demolition Association: When Disaster Strikes, Call on Us
Members of the National Demolition Association met recently with emergency management professionals in California to discuss how members…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Red Letter Day: U.S. Postal Service Seeks ‘Exigent’ Rate Increase
In a move that has many industry groups on alert, the U.S. Postal Service is recommending a nearly…
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Industry Groups Learn to Live With Conflict Minerals Rule
A clause in the Dodd-Frank Act which requires transparency in the reporting of conflict mineral usage has faced…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Government Relations Will Continue If Government Shuts Down
Barring an eleventh-hour deal, the federal government could be heading toward its first shutdown since 1996. Even if…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
The Double-Edged Sword of “Young Professional”
Is the label “young professional” harmful or helpful? It probably depends on when and where it is used,…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Open Plan Offices: Get Noticed or Stay in Hiding?
Everyone wants to be seen and heard in business—unless you’re at your desk trying to meet a 4pm…
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FundraisingArticleOver 5 years old
Study: Nonprofits That Follow BBB Standard Guide Raise More Money
Charities and nonprofits that follow the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance guidelines could see a boost in…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Study: Road to the C-Suite Changing for Finance Leaders
A survey of roughly 800 finance executives shows some of the ways the finance professional’s career path is…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
College Players’ Group Helps Athletes Launch National NCAA Protest
It was a small gesture, but by marking up their gear last weekend, several college players launched the…
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Job Satisfaction: “Prosocial” Employees Happier, More Productive
A newly published study illustrates that when workers give their bonuses to charities or their coworkers, instead of…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Is Privatization Next for Air-Traffic Controllers?
With the threat of more FAA furloughs looming, airline industry talk of privatizing the nation’s air-traffic control system…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
NASE Helps Members Get Ready for Healthcare Exchanges
As open enrollment for the new healthcare system approaches, one association is working to prepare America’s self-employed and…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Wearable Messaging: Associations Need More Walking Billboards
Don't overlook the power of wearable messaging. Also: how to create contagious content.
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
BlackBerry’s Woes Prove You’re Not in the Driver’s Seat Anymore
In case you were looking to take control back from your end users anytime soon, the odds of…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Facing Regulations, Compounding Group Speaks Up on Legislation
A year after meningitis deaths linked to a compounding pharmacy rocked the industry, both the House and Senate…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Senator Tom Coburn Pushes to End Sports Leagues’ Nonprofit Status
Bad news for the NFL: Noting the financial success of professional sports leagues, Senator Tom Coburn is pushing…
