Fri.Jan 06, 2017

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Conference Learning: Help Attendees Apply It Back at the Office

Associations Now

Sure, you want your attendees to learn onsite, but you also want them to put their learning to work when they’re back on the job. Here are some ideas for making that happen. Last month, I came across a blog posted by the National Conference Center (NCC) about six trends they had observed around experiential learning. Among them: barrier-free learning, which is hands-on training in a lab-like setting as opposed to the traditional meeting room, and learning by silence, where facilitators all

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.6.17

Reid All About it

“Our achievements are simply the by-products of our ability to realize the potential of the present moment.”. Is that not the best remedy for procrastination? It’s from Meditations from the Mat by Rolf Gates, a daily reader for yoga practitioners and one of my “desert island” books. Procrastination has been getting some positive press lately. Creatives are encouraged to follow their rebellious minds where they lead since procrastination is now seen as a sign your brain isn’t ready to buckle down

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Tea Council Invites People to Share Their Love of Tea

Associations Now

The Tea Council of the USA has launched a photo-sharing sweepstakes encouraging tea drinkers to show how and why they enjoy tea—their “individualiTEA.”. This month is Hot Tea Month, and January 12 is National Hot Tea Day. To generate buzz about the drink, the Tea Council of the USA is asking tea lovers to share the ways they enjoy their favorite tea through the IndividualiTEA Photo Sharing Sweepstakes.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.6.17

Reid All About it

“Our achievements are simply the by-products of our ability to realize the potential of the present moment.”. Is that not the best remedy for procrastination? It’s from Meditations from the Mat by Rolf Gates, a daily reader for yoga practitioners and one of my “desert island” books. Procrastination has been getting some positive press lately. Creatives are encouraged to follow their rebellious minds where they lead since procrastination is now seen as a sign your brain isn’t ready to buckle down

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Friday Buzz: Medium Turns the Page on Advertising

Associations Now

The distributed content-sharing platform Medium is moving away from advertising altogether. Why? Founder Ev Williams says the model doesn’t work for publishing. Also: This article features a surfing dog. Is advertising a “broken system”? That’s what Ev Williams—a founder of Medium, Twitter, and Blogger—says. This week, Williams announced he was making significant changes to Medium , claiming that the service wasn’t going to work by leaning into the traditional advertising system.

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White House Correspondents Work on Relationship With Trump Officials

Associations Now

The relationship between the president-elect and the press is famously strained. In an effort to get on better footing before the Trump administration takes over, the White House Correspondents’ Association and Trump’s team met this week to consider how they can work together. Contentious relationships between the president and the media seem to come with the territory in Washington, DC, but as Donald Trump prepares to take office, the association that represents White House reporter