Thu.Jun 25, 2015

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What My New Apple Watch Made Me Think About Standards Groups

Virtual

I love a new toy. That’s why I was so excited to get my Apple Watch last week. And as I hit the one - week mark, a few lessons have struck me: Experience starts at the beginning. Apple is known for its packaging, and this exemplified why. Opening the watch felt like an event. And, more critically, it was thought through. Every box had an “easy open” tab clearly marked.

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Associations’ Social Media Confidence Grows

Associations Now

A new report on social media use among associations shows they have grown increasingly more comfortable in using social media over the last couple of years. Here’s a look at that finding and more. Associations around the globe are more self-assured than ever when it comes to social media, according to the third “ Social Media Impact Study ” from association management and communications company Kellen.

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Silos Suffocate Your Successful Conference

Velvet Chainsaw

Imagine an extended family of eight living under one roof together. Grandpa, Grandma, Mom, Dad and four siblings. Everyone lives in a separate room. Imagine they never speak to each other except once a week at a Sunday lunch. Each engages in their own personal activities in separate schedules. They just pass each other coming and going. Would you consider this a healthy family?

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Athletic Trainers’ Group Strengthens Spinal-Injury Standards

Associations Now

$ 2M The amount that NATA, the NFL Foundation, Gatorade, and the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society are expected to raise for a charitable program to fund athletic trainers in underserved communities nationwide. The updated initiative was announced Wednesday. For the first time since 1998, the National Athletic Trainers’ Association has updated the standards for treating and transporting a player who has received a spinal injury.

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How to Increase Membership Renewal

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Thursday Buzz: Tech Pros See a Windows 10 Future

Associations Now

A new survey finds that most IT pros expect to upgrade to Windows 10 soon. Also: why you should give your session description a closer look. Good news for Microsoft: The enterprise doesn’t appear to be giving Windows 10 the cold shoulder Windows 8 got. That’s according to new research from Spiceworks [PDF], a professional IT social networking platform.

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A Link to the Past? Videogame Association Faces Preservation Challenge

Associations Now

Should people be allowed to change the code of a videogame that’s been abandoned by its makers? Archivists and the technical community are pushing for a regulatory change to allow just that, but the Entertainment Software Association says that, with constantly improving technology, games never really go obsolete. Come September, a videogame that’s perhaps been pirated more than any other is going to get a breath of new life.