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Opt-Out, Not Opt-In: California Passes Tough Kill-Switch Law

Associations Now

This week, California Gov. While it’s not the first such measure— Minnesota beat California to the punch by a few months—the crucial difference is that this legislation requires the technology to be turned on as the default setting. The industry strongly opposed the California bill. Industry Pushback.

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Is Your Association at a Crossroads?

Association Adviser

Cain, a former corporate lawyer and negotiations consultant who delivered the opening keynote presentation at the ASAE 2013 Annual Meeting & Expo in Atlanta, said that American business and American culture—even parents of young American children—tend to value extroverted personalities more than introverted personalities. Technology.

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App Developers Eye Novel Defense Against Patent Trolls

Associations Now

The case focused on technology used in iPhone apps, which, according to the jury, infringed patents held by Smartflash. presence, and is exploiting our patent system to seek royalties for technology Apple invented,” said Apple spokeswoman Rachel Wolf. Helping the Little Guys.

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Wake Up to Educating the Future Workforce

Associations Now

Emerging technology is shifting our workforce toward intellectual capital and changing the ways we educate both students and adults. At the 2013 Digital Now conference , in multiple presentations—none of which were ostensibly related—the topic of education kept arising. Technology. Innovation. Young members.

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Are You Doing Enough to Prevent Link Rot?

Associations Now

Associations Win Webbys Last month’s Webby Awards brought home the bacon for two association websites: Visit California , which won top honors in the category, and the volunteer platform Do-It.org , which won the People’s Voice award. But it took the work of the Harvard Library Innovation Lab to do something significant about it.

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Some Thoughts About Remote Presentations: Mekong ICT Camp

Beth Kanter

” Unfortunately, I could make it to Thailand, so I presented and lead a discussion remotely using Google Hangouts from California. 1. Most importantly, we tested the technology in the room where the presentation was taking place. We also tested with other users on the wifi. Henry Khu (@HenryKhu) May 7, 2013.

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The Death of Friction: Where We’re Headed and How to Get There

Associations Now

As two tech-heavy showcases at ASAE’s 2013 Annual Meeting & Expo showed, the tools at our disposal to ease our lives are constantly improving. Whether at the organizational or the personal level, ultimately, we’re all trying to cut the friction in our daily lives with technology. Or even the way we work?

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