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The Cruft Challenge: When It’s Time to Disrupt Your Own Technology

Associations Now

We all have software like United Airlines’ flight-tracking system, software that definitely needs the occasional upgrade, that is built from technology that predates some of your own employees. Is it a matter of embracing newer technologies, or getting rid of interfaces that simply complicate or confuse?

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: The Importance of Being Part of the.

Idea Architects

These notes echo the way eighth graders had flown to each NFL team’s city and hand-delivered Indy’s Super Bowl bid to owners. One of the best parts of mobile technology and social media is how they enable individuals to share stories in real-time with their communities. Oct 2003 (1). Sep 2003 (2).

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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 manages a team of six across three functional areas: editorial/content strategy, public relations and marketing. That skill set is what I look for in members of our team. Anything more frequent is cumbersome.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.6.20

Reid All About it

Tanya Basu at MIT Technology Review writes about private micro-networks , like Cocoon, which some believe are the future of connecting. “…[S]uch micro-networks and the control they offer might redefine how we think about and use social media in the next decade, whether it is Cocoon or another app that follows in its wake.”. Tue 3/10 at 2 p.m.

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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. Listen in on interviews with leading nonprofits on how the crisis will impact their work, change their decision-making, and affect their teams. More info/register. Host: BenchPrep.

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

Associations Now

The printing industry has been hit hard by advances in technology over the past decade—there’s no denying that. Employment in the industry has fallen off by more than 200,000 since 2003, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Makin stressed that PIA will remain a technology leader for the industry.

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Governance and Strategy: Steps from Administrative Management to Strategic Leadership

SCD Group

The Solution: The society was volunteer-managed until 2003, then contracted with a firm for administrative support. The board had been successful growing the organization to that point by being hands on, with concrete tasks and deadlines. So why change? They began working with The Sherwood Group in 2009.