YourMembership

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Your association likely has a website. It’s the source where members get information, interact with each other, learn about member benefits, and it’s also a place where you’ve worked hard to create value-added member benefits, possibly with an offering like an organization-specific, niche job posting board. As the association, you represent the collective voice of your industry or profession.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

'One mentor/mentee pair share their perspective about the tactics to forge a rewarding mentor relationship. The mentoring relationship can be somewhat of a mixed bag—sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn’t. When it works, though, mentoring has the power to change lives, at least according to one recent study. So, what does it take to create a successful mentor/mentee relationship?

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YourMembership

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Your association likely has a website. It’s the source where members get information, interact with each other, learn about member benefits, and it’s also a place where you’ve worked hard to create value-added member benefits, possibly with an offering like an organization-specific, niche job posting board. As the association, you represent the collective voice of your industry or profession.

Revenue 150

Revenue Tools Products Member Experience 150

Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

'Last weekend, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office opened up about the problems it was having with its telework system—employees were lying about their hours and getting undue bonuses. What can associations do to avoid a similar fate? Earlier this year, multiple whistleblower complaints at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) prompted an internal investigation of the agency’s telework program.

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Slice-Works

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

'Hi, this is Kathi Rabil, CEO of SliceWorks and with me today is Jamie Notter , of Culture That Works. I want to welcome everyone to SliceWorks Brand Chatter, a conversation about brand congruency and authenticity. Brand Chatter is a new initiative for the SliceWorks blog. We started our blog in late 2000, as a way to step up our engagement in social media and validate the credibility of our claim as top-tier branding and marketing strategists and creatives.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

'For a lesson on how to juggle an annual conference, dozens upon dozens of performances, and keeping in tune with the latest industry developments, check out this music association’s main event. How do you combat the trends of a tumultuous industry in the middle of a huge upheaval, with declining sales and increased competition? If you’re the Americana Music Association, you continue to go all out with your annual festival and conference , taking place this year in Nashville.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

'Blackout Blacklisted The NFL isn’t having a particularly great month, and it could be getting worse. The league’s TV-blackout requirement—a local team must sell out a game before that game can be aired on local television—is about to be punted by the the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The plan to end the blackouts—a tactic that’s long been controversial among sports fans—was first suggested about a year ago by the FCC and was underlined in a USA Today op-ed by FCC ch

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

'The Financial Services Roundtable, led by onetime politician Tim Pawlenty, rankled some feathers with the launch of a PR campaign targeting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. But a new report suggests the trade group may have pushed members out of their comfort zone. On second thought, fighting the rumor mill wasn’t such a good idea. Last month, the Financial Services Roundtable drew attention to a planned change to the U.S.

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