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What’s Next? 6 Membership Trends to Watch in 2017

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It seems like only yesterday we were worried about what would happen when the computers hit the year 2000. Now it’s nearly 2017 and a lot has changed. Just think about technology. I was watching a movie from 2001 recently and one of the main characters had a laptop.

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Having Trouble Planning a Vacation? Use This Tool

Associations Now

As part of that campaign, the organization has put together an annual event, National Plan for Vacation Day , on the last Tuesday of January since 2017. days off in 2018, slightly above 2017’s rate of 17.2 day average that was common between 1978 and 2000, according to the association [PDF]. The average American took 17.4

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Transitioning from SCORM to xAPI

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On October 5 th , 2017, the Department of Defense announced that its eLearning curricula would adhere to xAPI standards rather than the more traditional SCORM standards of the eLearning industry. By “traditional”, I mean developed-in-the-year-2000-why-is-our-industry-still-using-17-year-old-technology traditional. How will you answer?

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4 Ways to Optimize Your Association's Sponsorship Program

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For instance, when you raised the price of your hole sponsorships at your golf fundraiser, you raised an additional $2000 and onboarded an additional 10 new sponsors. Logan came to GolfStatus in 2017, where he channels his passion for golf to help nonprofits raise money through the game.

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Stereotypes Aside, Millennials Are Acting for Change

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Millennials (born 1980-2000) have been tarred by the same brush for quite a while now: Apathetic. 2017 Millennial Impact Report. In this second of three research phases, 3,000 study participants from across the country shared their political and cause-related perceptions and behaviors from July 2016 to July 2017. Self-centered.

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Why New Leaders Are at Risk of Failure

Associations Now

The average CEO tenure has declined, from eight years in 2000 to five years today. More execs—39 percent last year compared to 26 percent in 2017—are leaving under a cloud of ethical lapses, which can encompass fraud, insider trading, sexual indiscretions, and the like.

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Want to engage millennials? Don’t call them “activists.”

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It’s no secret that millennials (those born 1980-2000) want to do good. You need MCON 2017. To this generation, social issue engagement is much more than an action; instead, it is engrained in their very identities. the final recap of the 2016 Millennial Impact Report to learn more. Register today.