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

Association Adviser

In 2012, two very proud and longstanding organizations, the Texas Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association (TPCA), founded in 1949, and the Texas Grocery & Convenience Association (TGCA), founded in 1938, merged into what’s now called the Texas Food & Fuel Association. AA: How about social media?

Texas 60
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The Hourglass Blog: Learning Innovation from the Mayo Clinic

The Hourglass Blog

Born in 2006 as the brainchild of Dr. Nick LaRusso, the CFI was first called the SPARC Lab (with the acronym standing for its methodology: see, plan, act, refine, and communicate). In fact, the CFI itself owes its existence to some very unofficial activity: LaRusso recalls that the idea first arose in 2005 at a happy hour with colleagues.

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The Hourglass Blog: Don't Forget the Baby Boomers

The Hourglass Blog

My book came out in 2005. Association Management. Communication. Management. Social Media. I see no evidence that such a reminder is needed and nothing I've read on your blog changes my mind. October 21, 2010 3:50 PM. Chuck Nyren. I started writing about advertising and boomers in 2003.