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Hello, Goodbye, Hello

Association Subculture

Dear Association Subculture Readers - I know it has been a long time since I have posted. Please forgive the communications sabbatical I took from blogging and social media (although I have been active on Facebook). I've missed you guys. I wanted to send you a quick message to let you know I'm back, but I'm shuttering the Subculture and moving my efforts to a new platform - The Association Forecast.

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Micro Change Can Lead to Macro Change

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'From this: To this: There has been a movement underway for some time to replace the traditional symbol for "handicapped" with a new visual and to stop using the word "handicapped" on signs. What a beautiful idea to choose to use new terms to shift the conversation to one about "accessibility" not "disability." There is legislation currently being considered in New York that would do this statewide.

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The Portable Association Bookstore

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'Well, now this is a gem of an idea that I just ran across. What do you get when you cross mobile phones, sustainability concerns and publishing? You get things like this new digital wallpaper. Better yet, all of the associations out there struggling with the time, talent and treasure spent on setting up bookstores at your conferences, may have a new option on the way.

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Decisions, Decisions

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'Recently +Elizabeth Engel , M.A., CAE, CEO and Chief Strategist at Spark Consulting LLC and Peter Houstle, CEO, Mariner Management and Marketing, LLC released a white paper on decision making processes that you can download for free here: Getting to the Good Stuff: Evidence-Based Decision Making for Associations. I believe this is a great piece of work, so I asked Elizabeth and Peter if they would be willing to expand a bit on the topic here at the Subculture.

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What Does the Young Professional Say?

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'(The Semi-Official Officially Official Video of ASAE NextGen ''13 ;)) One of the things the ASAE NextGen ''13 group was adamant about was making sure we developed and distributed takeaways so their work could be shared with the association community as a whole. And here is the centerpiece of that effort - a free downloadable e-book - " Assocations, Generation Y and Millennials: What You Need to Know About Your Next Generation Members. " We hope you enjoy the contents.

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The Death of the Mall and Other Association Lessons

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'I think it''s safe to say there is an entire America that a lot of us, particularly those association professionals in the largest hubs - Washington DC, Chicago and Sacramento don''t see. Maybe our affiliates and chapters see it. Maybe our members and potential members see it. Fast Company blogger Adele Peters did a fabulous blog post - " Eerie Photos of Abandoned Shopping Malls Show the Changing Face of Suburbia " and highlighted an upcoming photo essay from Seph Lawless called "Black Friday.

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Are Associations Ready to REALLY Help Youth Worldwide?

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'So, most of you regular readers know I have been interested in generational issues for a while now and I''ve been working with the NextGen group at ASAE. When it comes to Generation Y, Millennials (and now Generation Z or whatever we decide to call them :D) the media tends to have its narrative pretty well set. It''s either, "Look out, we''re doooooomed #Coachella," or "These entitled upstarts are ruining office productivity with the cell phones and the chatting and the Googleglass.bah humbug.