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The Risk of Not Owning Your Online Brand

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A class action lawsuit was filed in California against LinkedIn last week alleging it violates the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) through the use of its “search for references” feature, which allows prospective employers to obtain information about job applicants. .” This accounts for around 20% of LinkedIn’s total revenue.

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Association Brain Food: 7.21.23

Reid All About it

He reminds us that “every time we go through a wave of automation, whole classes of jobs go away, but new classes of jobs get created.” Host: Omnipress Speaker: Tracy Grzybowski, Director of Marketing, Omnipress Thu 7/27 at 12 p.m. – AI, inventions and work. These are good times, folks! Online community. More info/register.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 12.6.19

Reid All About it

WBT Systems asks if associations need to think about providing a more sustainable professional development option to their members and market. Steven MacDonald at SuperOffice provides a guide to GDPR for B2B marketers that includes smart advice even if you don’t have an EU audience. A twofer on data privacy regulations.

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Did You Know? Associations Plan to Focus the Most Effort on Improving Membership in 2017

Association Adviser

Free continuing education classes (most are online) for members of the Emergency Nurses Association. Non-members can join these classes for a fee. Other areas that poll respondents said they would be focusing on this year include technology, management and marketing.

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Mortgage Associations Fight Unusual Plan to Save Homes

Associations Now

Associations in the mortgage and real estate industries strongly and vocally oppose Richmond, California’s idea to use eminent domain to seize properties with underwater mortgages. Those reports might seem foreign in parts of the country where the housing market has been slower to recover.

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Expand Your Product Line: Clone Your Classic Conference into Punchy Regionals

Association Success

For many associations, our traditional national conferences are like classic BMWs - four doors, a black or silver exterior, and time-honored elegance that appeals to a top-end market. The curriculum and content of the regional breakout classes can feed off the national event or differ to match the audience.

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Smaller-Scale Locales Score Big on Top Destinations List

Associations Now

The top locales: If you’re in the market for event space, the top-five destination cities have it in spades. On the other coast, the resort town of Coronado, California, which has 14 hotels but fewer sleeping rooms than National Harbor, debuted on the list in 43rd place. What caused the dynamic change?