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Seek Local Opportunities Linked to Your Association’s Industry

Associations Now

Local exhibitors, sponsors and speakers can not only enhance the attendee experience, but save costs for your association. And by linking up with your industry locally, you can often save money while enhancing your event by considering local exhibitors, sponsors, speakers and attendees. Attendee experience can make or break a meeting.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Making Sponsorship Special Again

Idea Architects

simply to support the industry or to have their name attached to an. reduced cost courtesy of others’ doing the underwriting. As a result, the registration fee or product cost individuals have been paying hasn’t had to carry the full value proposition of the event or product itself. Oct 2003 (1). Sep 2003 (2).

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Mission, Vision, Values: Catalysts.

Idea Architects

For their seminal work, Built to Last , authors Jim Collins and Jerry Porras researched those visionary companies who had consistently been industry leaders for many decades. Structure and strategy are merely tools to accomplish mission and vision, not things to be preserved at all costs. Oct 2003 (1). Sep 2003 (2).

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Political Black Swans: Ignore Them at Your Association’s Peril

Association Success

In 2003, widespread protest broke out around me in Azerbaijan, a country formerly part of the Soviet Union. That year, I led the charge to open an office in the Middle East for an international association that served the oil industry. Beware of political risks when exploring new global markets. Managing Political Black Swans.

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Bringing Credibility to the Conversation: Katie Butler, IIABA

Association Adviser

Katie has served IIABA since 2003 and has helmed the communications department since communications since 2004. Katie Butler: I joined IIABA in 2003 as editor-in-chief of Independent Agent (IA) Magazine , the flagship publication of IIABA. Those quick takes are just as popular as a professionally produced clip that costs more!

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Beyond the Numbers: Medical Schools Try Holistic Approach

Associations Now

As noted by The New York Times blogger Dr. Pauline Chen , however, MCAT scores can leave some students at a significant disadvantage, as the tuition costs and time needed to gain high scores with the standardized test leave certain socioeconomic classes at a disadvantage. Tell us your thoughts in the comments.

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40 Years of the Cellphone: Key Moments in Mobile History

Associations Now

At the time, it wasn’t cheap to make such a call: The Motorola DynaTAC phones cost $3,995 —due partly to the high cost of producing the devices. CTIA: The Wireless Association reflects on the feat in the video above. In ways big and small, the BlackBerry has changed the way Congress does business. But with 47.8

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