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The Safest Time in Human History

Virtual

While there is still no substitute for face-to-face interaction, our client associations increasingly leverage communication, social networking and collaboration technologies to fill in the gaps between meetings. When we started implementing online collaboration solutions in 2001, they were expensive. But not so any more.

Software 100
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Survey: Healthcare Options Confuse Employees, Leading to Deferred Care

Associations Now

A new survey from SCIO Health Analytics found that one in five Americans defers seeking healthcare services due to cost. Worse, about 20 percent of respondents have avoided going to the doctor due to concerns about cost. “The whole communication and literacy issue is a major hurdle.

Survey 40
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Advocating from Afar: Virtual and Remote Grassroots Advocacy

Beekeeper Group

When letters containing the bacterium anthrax arrived at the DC offices of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and former Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD) in October 2001, multiple Capitol Hill buildings closed for decontamination. Or, perhaps airfare and hotel rates during fly-in season are cost prohibitive.

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Secrets to Market Share and Product Sales Growth ? GrowGlobally.org

GlowGlobally

Entry/Exit Costs – Can they keep your risk low and make it turnkey to enter or leave a market? Integration – Do they have the ability to coordinate with your HQ – practices, reporting metrics, and communication? Market Relations – Can they grow relations with government, and academic institutions, and private sector?

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From the Corner Office: The Wisdom of Wading Into the Pool Before Going Deep

Association Adviser

Everything from interchange (credit card) fees to the cost of fuel, to regulatory challenges and the ongoing environmental issues of handling fuel. You need to make sure there is clear and direct communication with each team member about the organization’s goals and objectives. But, large operators have threats as well.

Texas 60
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Video: THE Content Marketing Trend of 2014

Slice-Works

The brain processes visual information 60,000 times faster than text — 3M Corporation, 2001. —90 Shooting in volume allows you to edit and repurpose—without the additional cost of travel and lodging! 90 percent of information that comes to the brain is visual — Hyerle, 2000. Our video partner has a national network of videographers.

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Coronavirus Updates for Association and Events Professionals – What You Need to Know

AssociationChat

would be about 2 million: 800 times the death toll on September 11, 2001. Risk communication: how do we present information so there’s faith that it’s accurate? (15:24). China May Be Beating the Coronavirus, at a Painful Cost (source: NY Times) March 8, 2020 – Beijing says its heavy-handed measures are working. If 60% of U.S.