Wild Apricot

JUNE 30, 2015

June was a big month for us! We made great strides with our software and community offerings. Read more about what we've been up to!

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Aaron Wolowiec

JUNE 30, 2015

Allison McClintick, CEO/leader development specialist, FlightLead Consulting. Q & A with Allison McClintick , CEO/leader development specialist, FlightLead Consulting. Q: Would you rather sky dive, bungee jump or climb to the top of the Golden Gate Bridge, and why? A: If the goal is to put myself into cardiac arrest, I would say all three! All those choices seem equally terrifying because I am totally not OK with being in the air like that!

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KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

JUNE 30, 2015

Associations have always been “about” engagement, and in the past several years, we’ve had a renewed focus on engaging our members and other audiences. The thing is, most of us aren’t really doing it well. Could that be because we’ve been thinking about engagement all wrong, focusing on what we want members to do and how we define value? Join Anna Caraveli ( The Demand Networks ) and Elizabeth Weaver Engel ( Spark Consulting ) on Tuesday, July 14 at 2 pm ET on Twitter (follow the hashtag #assnch

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Jamie Notter

JUNE 30, 2015

While I scoffed a bit at this summer's HBR Cover story because it started with the stale mantra of "HR needs a seat at the leadership table," I do want to draw attention to one of the more interesting points in the article, which focused on the need for organizations to be flexible around their human capital: Responding to the external environment today sometimes requires leaders with capabilities that weren't previously cultivated, such as knowledge of algorithms, or psychological comfort with

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Associations Now

JUNE 30, 2015

A Paywall Idea Worth Watching Last week, the tech site Pando took an experimental step with its latest site relaunch. The website now has a hard paywall put on board—one that costs $10 each month to break—but one fascinating element of this paywall is that free readers can get around it if they have a friend with a subscription. “If there’s something you want to read but find it locked, just hit up a member and ask them to unlock it for you,” the site’s Paul Carr and Sarah Lacy

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Associations Now

JUNE 30, 2015

The president’s plan to expand the pool of overtime recipients through a rule change drew negative responses from key business groups this week. The change comes on the heels of a Supreme Court ruling that left the Affordable Care Act in place. Associations are working overtime to take on a controversial overtime plan. The plan, announced Monday night on the Huffington Post blog by President Barack Obama, would expand the maximum threshold for overtime protections from $23,660 per year to

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Associations Now

JUNE 30, 2015

With Cuba back on the radar for U.S. tourism, thanks to a diplomatic thaw, the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association is working on a plan to harness the country’s growing travel demand so it benefits tourism throughout the region. Cuba’s slow resurgence could be a great thing for the island nation. For the rest of the Caribbean, things are a bit more up in the air.

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Associations Now

JUNE 30, 2015

Don’t like having to pay for checked bags? This latest bit of news will probably have you sticking to carry-ons. Also: A freelancer comes down on frustrating clients who insist on phone calls. Sorry travelers: Your options for checking bags for free are dropping by the day. Starting Tuesday, JetBlue will no longer let passengers check a bag for free.

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Associations Now

JUNE 30, 2015

Two groups with an interest in sailing are speaking out about heavy pollution in Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay, the chosen site of sailing events during the 2016 Olympics. The Yachting Journalists’ Association (YJA) is not having it with the chosen location for sailing events during the Olympic Games in Brazil next summer. The U.K.-based association expressed “extreme concern” last week over the use of Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Guanabara Bay as a sailing site due to high levels of pollution and t

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Associations Now

JUNE 30, 2015

Late last year, DOE said it was getting into the college-ratings system game as a way to help students find the right fit—and best value—in higher education. With that plan now on the shelf, higher-ed associations offered some advice. When a group of higher-education associations unveiled the framework for a system to track the long-term success of college graduates earlier this year , it did so on the heels of a major announcement by the U.S.

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Associations Now

JUNE 30, 2015

A new headquarters brings a slew of new perks to members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. What’s the benefit? The Royal Pharmaceutical Society was in a tricky situation. Since splitting from the General Pharmaceutical Council in 2010, RPS was facing financial hurdles because of the substantial sums it was spending on its old headquarters in Lambeth (a district in central London), as well as on new product development and staff hiring and professional development.

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