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Printing Trade Group ‘Right-Sizes,’ Restructures as Industry Faces Major Change

Associations Now

Print Owners Revamp Web Presence Printing Industries of America isn’t the only printers’ group that recognized the need to upgrade its web presence. The printing industry has been hit hard by advances in technology over the past decade—there’s no denying that. Makin stressed that PIA will remain a technology leader for the industry.

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[Research] Data on Nonprofit Cloud Computing: Anywhere, Anytime Technology for Social Change

Beth Kanter

Note from Beth: Back in 2003 when most people in the nonprofit sector were asking, “What the heck is a blog?,” We heard that from Africa, India and Latin America. We still have significant externalities that impact organizations’ ability to take advantage of technology. And the cloud helps that.

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Advocacy Group: Information and Influence Boost Google’s Power

Associations Now

It even topped some major players, such as Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and the National Cable and Telecommunications Association. This growth in lobbying muscle was sudden: Google was the 68th-largest spender on lobbying in 2010, and back in 2003, it spent only $100,000 on lobbying.

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Bringing Credibility to the Conversation: Katie Butler, IIABA

Association Adviser

Our featured professional this month is Katie Butler, vice president of communications for the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA). Katie has served IIABA since 2003 and has helmed the communications department since communications since 2004. How did you come to work for an association?

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.13.20

Reid All About it

I like the curated approach of the MIT Technology Review’s Coronavirus Tech Report. Presenter: Katie Babbili, Learning Technology Analyst, BenchPrep. Presenter: Michael Wigent, Regional Operations Manager – Americas, Cisco. Lessons Learned from Toronto’s 2003 SARS Outbreak. A bit more geeky but worthwhile, Coronadaily.

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Today’s Conference Education Model Was Created For An Economy That No Longer Exists

Velvet Chainsaw

Skills and Tasks for Jobs: A SCANS Report for America 2000.” The Skill Content of Recent Technological Change: Am Empirical Exploration.” Levy and Murnane, Quarterly Journal of Economics 118 (2003). Partnership for 21 st Century Skills, 2006. Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills.