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Aging Members Will Stick Around (& Keep Learning) Longer Than You Think

WBT Systems

We’re already experiencing a talent shortage in our industry, so we have to find ways of retaining our people,” said Dale Sweere, vice president of engineering firm Stanley Consultants. Employees eligible for retirement at his firm either work part-time or on a per-project basis while drawing from their retirement fund.

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Science Group: Without Action, Extreme Heat Could Go “Off the Charts”

Associations Now

Killer Heat in the United States: Climate Choices and the Future of Dangerously Hot Days , UCS warns of “widespread increases in extreme heat that are projected to occur across the country due to climate change, including conditions so extreme that a heat index cannot be measured.”. In a new report, ominously titled ?Killer population.

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Travel Industry: Signs Point to an Up Year in 2014

Associations Now

A Security Fee Reprieve One of the key points of contention for the airline industry in last month’s Bipartisan Budget Act was a doubling of the 9/11 Aviation Security Fee, which funds the Transportation Security Administration, to offset some of the spending increases in the bill. Industry groups backed the change.

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How Our Association Prepared for the Future.

Association Success

By engaging prospective professionals at an early stage, we ensure that our industry will thrive for years to come. But when we talk about the workforce pipeline - the pool of eligible candidates prepared to take on professional roles in an industry as opportunities open up - it’s all about the bigger picture. So how did we do it?

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Transitioning from SCORM to xAPI

Forj

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.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 9.18.20

Reid All About it

Going Virtual: What We’ve Learned Supporting 2000+ Virtual Events in 6 Months. How to Project Leadership and Get Results on Video Conferences. Learn strategies to project confidence and authority while running your own video conference, webinar or other virtual event. Matt Hughes, Projection AV. Fri 9/18 at 1 p.m.

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Three Tactics for Retaining Members

Association Success

Maybe it’s down to forgetfulness, or a lack of value in the association, or industry attrition. SNAME was losing around over 2000 members every year before we rolled out our current strategy. Here are the three core values that made the project a success. Take a risk. How well was it executed? Have a champion.

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