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competition
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Managing DOJ & FTC Scrutiny of Trade Association Activity for Anticompetitive Overreach
In recent years, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ)…
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LearningArticleOver 2 years old
Who’s Your Competition for Professional Development Products?
Well guess what? Other groups have those same motivations (especially the financial ones), and they might be coming…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 2 years old
Strategies for Hosting a Successful Shark Tank Competition at Your Conference
Holding a pitch competition can be a great way to not only highlight new innovations but also create…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
National Rocketry Competition Achieves Liftoff With Perseverance
The American Rocketry Challenge was sidelined last year, but organizers rose to the occasion and came up with…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
A New Way to Celebrate Pork Is Ready to Hit the Grill
An association’s new partnership sparks creativity and inclusiveness among its members, giving them more inspiring—and delicious—ways to showcase…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Membership Hack: Student Competition
A student competition held by the Greater Montgomery Home Builders Association introduces the construction trade to students in…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
How to Design a Winning Conference Pitch Fest
More associations are bringing startups and investors together at their annual events for Shark Tank-style competitions, but the International…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Meetings Memo: Winning Pitch
How to design a successful conference pitch fest.
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Gaming Association Gives “Speedruns” a Live-Event Twist
The Global Speedrun Association, which manages online events for those who try to beat video games at breakneck…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Daily Buzz: Celebrating an Anniversary Through Haiku
Get your creative wheels spinning; the American National Standards Institute is hosting a haiku competition ahead of its…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Retail Industry Group Eyes Sustainability With School Competition
The Retail Industry Leaders Association will team with McGill University to launch a competition that aims to introduce…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Is Pinball Making a Comeback? This Association Says Yes
The International Flipper Pinball Association, revived by the sons of a pinball legend more than a decade ago,…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
World Cube Association Keeps Twisty Puzzles in Play
The World Cube Association, a global standards body for Rubik’s Cube-style puzzles, has competitors in its events who…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
How One Expo Drives Student Interest With a Design Contest
Detroit’s North American International Auto Show has held a long-running poster design contest targeted at high schoolers for…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Drone Challenge Supports College STEM Education
The Academy of Model Aeronautics is partnering with the University Aviation Association to let college students get hands-on…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
How to Reveal Your Association’s True Competitors
The definition of a true competitor is any organization, provider, person, or entity that can provide the same…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Association’s Cheese Championship Brings in Gouda Competition
The biannual U.S. Championship Cheese Contest, which took place in Wisconsin last week, is a highly technical competition…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Contest Aims to Draw Attention to National Bagel Association.
The second-annual National Bagel Eating Contest hopes to bring awareness to the fledgling National Bagel Association. Its CEO…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Brought to You By… Cake
In sometimes surprising ways, associations play direct and indirect roles in bringing the products, services, and activities of…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Stacked With Talent: Is Cup Stacking the Sport of the Future?
While still relatively obscure, speed stacking, or cup stacking, has started to make a name for itself on…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
NGA’s Best Bagger Championship Puts the ‘Pro’ in Produce
Check out the fierce competitors in this year's food packing contest. Plus: Explore some of the biggest challenges…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Travel Groups to Congress: Study Airline Competition
Groups in the airline industry say that it’s been too long since Congress took a look at the…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
New Taxi Association Board President Refocuses Uber Fight
The Taxicab, Limousine and Paratransit Association’s new president is ready to take on Uber and Lyft, but with…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Tire Industry Group Tries Petition Route to Fight Regulation
With a transportation bill threatening to add new reporting requirements to tire manufacturers across the country, the Tire…
