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Innovation: Key to Boosting Meeting Attendance

Associations Now

And around that same time, the Association of the United States Army notified the Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau it would not hold an upcoming symposium there. Sullivan, AUSA’s President and CEO: “[We] are unable to consider [Raleigh] while the sequestration and other extreme financial pressures on the Army are ongoing.”

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Reads of the Week: October 5, 2012

Reid All About it

Become of innovative teachers like Al and technology like Coursera, online education is so much better than what it used to be. You can listen to that interview, watch his TED 2011 talk video and read an excerpt from his book on the show’s site. Last weekend I discovered a poem by Raleigh poet Dorianne Laux. I love technology!

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The Social Network Your Social Network Should Be Like

Associations Now

Nextdoor, which was founded in 2011, took the other fork in the road—it keeps all those disparate communities splintered apart and embraces the people you don’t know. Rather than trying to innovate for the sake of it, the goal is to get past all the bells and whistles and find a way to strengthen communities.

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Peace Sells.But Who's Buying - Association Membership?

Association Subculture

Pay to play" is stifling innovation, undermining progress and damaging our democracy. We may have to look at other radical business innovations in order to accomplish such a goal. Accelerating innovation in science, technology and the arts by focusing on the knowledge itself. It tolerates new ideas and innovations.