Associations Now

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Every conference attendee brings a plus one: a phone. Although it was once considered taboo to have a cellphone at business meetings, event planners are welcoming the mobile revolution thanks to new shared-learning apps, which help attendees customize the conference experience outside scheduled programming.

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Principled Innovation

JANUARY 16, 2013

RedRover is an award-winning national nonprofit organization, headquartered in Sacramento, California, that brings animals out of crisis and strengthens the bond between people and animals. The workshop and luncheon talk will take place in Denver on the Friday before ASAE’s Great Ideas Conference in Colorado Springs.

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Associations Now

JULY 24, 2014

Plus, for all you “House of Cards” aficionados, Kevin Spacey will be there —if you weren’t sold on the conference already. July 29-August 1: A delicious event for delicatessen pros, the American Cheese Society’s meeting this year in Sacramento, California, is all about “Celebrating the American Cheese Plate.”

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Associations Now

MAY 16, 2017

At a recent press conference held in tandem with the Better Business Bureau, officials from two security-related groups spoke out against deceptive sales practices that had been associated with the industry. Lynn Conner, the head of BBB’s Northeast California chapter, highlighted the depth of the problem.

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Association Subculture

JUNE 11, 2013

Alcorn Associates Management Consulting has partnered with the California Society of Association Executives (CalSAE) to begin a new learner-centric educational program called IDEAL. We are attempting to hold IDEAL sessions in conference rooms and board rooms of local Sacramento associations.

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Reid All About it

APRIL 10, 2020

Virtual conference engagement. Because so many associations are quickly converting their in-person conferences to virtual conferences, WBT Systems shares advice on engaging virtual conference attendees with the right kind of content design, networking ideas, and other extracurricular activities. Mon 4/13 at 2 p.m.

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Association Law

JULY 19, 2010

Antitrust laws are set forth in the Sherman Act, Federal Trade Commission Act, the Clayton Act, the Robinson-Patman Act, and California’s Cartwright Act, among other statutes. It is recommended that interested persons confer with competent legal counsel concerning this and other significant legal issues. Mark Alcorn, J.D.,

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