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Association to Train Underserved Communities in Emerging Tech

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And earlier this month, ISACA announced another Atlanta initiative in partnership with that city’s chapter of Blacks in Technology, which supports Black tech professionals. Other cities participating in DT-WIP are Milwaukee, Dallas, Nashville, and Peoria, Ill.) “The private workforce overall but only 7.4 percent of the U.S.

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2020 ASAE Virtual Annual Meeting & Exposition Breaks Event Registration Record

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The conference garnered 14,108 association professionals, consultants, and industry partners registered for the meeting taking place August 10-12, 2020, with 71 percent of those being first-time attendees. Atlanta CVB. Visit Dallas. There were some concerns raised about the closed-captioning on the pre-recorded sessions.

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ASAE Concludes First-Ever Hybrid 2021 ASAE Annual Meeting

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More than 500 attendees participated in the in-person Pop-UPs, hosted by the Atlanta CVB; Visit Charlotte; Choose Chicago; Destination Cleveland; Experience Columbus; Visit Dallas; Destination DC; Greater Fort Lauderdale CVB: Discover The Palm Beaches; and Discover Puerto Rico. Atlanta CVB. Visit Dallas. Choose Chicago.

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Local Media Association Brings Accelerator Program to Publishers of Color

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Five big-city papers— The Atlanta Voice , The Dallas Weekly , New York Amsterdam News , Houston Defender , and The Washington Informer —are pilot papers in the initiative. Newton will coach the pilot participants, and LMA is seeking volunteer assistance in the program from industry partners. “We

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Spotlight on Diversity Part 2: A Speaker Series Showcases Different Roads to Success

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To educate members of Atlanta’s commercial real estate community about the struggles and successes of some the industry’s women and minorities, the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors recently launched a speaker series focused on diversity. Has your association developed an initiative to advance diversity within an industry?

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Can Disruptive Innovation Benefit Associations?

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Two entertainment industries – bowling and golf – illustrate the challenges of declining participation. Rather than sitting around and talking about negative trends or "fussing" about Millennials, two businesses within these industrie shave refocused and created innovations designed to re/engage participants and recruit new ones.

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111 Intriguing Chats for 2011

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adamsconsulting - Diana Adams; Atlanta; Graduate of USC, Entrepreneur for over 10 yrs, Writer for BitRebels.com and InkRebels.com, Voice for the Homeless in Atlanta. andreamiller20 - Andrea Miller; Atlanta; Elementary Instructional Technology Specialist. I create intelligent analytics for social media, eCommerce and industry.