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Help Your Members Find the Signal in the Noise

Spark Consulting

Steal Like a Fundraiser: Innovations in Cause-Oriented Fundraising for Associations (PDF), co-authored with Sohini Baliga, December 2017. Include Is a Verb: Moving from Talk to Action on Diversity and Inclusion (PDF), co-authored with Sherry Marts, PhD, S*Marts Consulting, May 2017.

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Achieving Success in Diversity and Inclusion

Association Advocacy Chick

In August, ASAE introduced the 2015-2017 Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan as well as new policies on religious diversity and accessibility. As associations, we have to be innovative and willing to do something different. AAC: The D&I Committee developed a new strategic plan for 2015-2017.

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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

Innovation Trigger. The concept of distributed ledgers has usefulness outside of its thriving use in financial transactions and currency speculation, and it is actively triggering innovation in healthcare IT. Here are the last three years: 2017 predictions. You’ll notice that right away below the fold. 2016 predictions.

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Textile Trade Group Gets Down With Ethical Practices

Associations Now

The North Face clothing brand was criticized after a 2012 animal rights report surfaced saying that its down-filled coats contained feathers from geese in Hungary that were being force-fed and live-plucked. And an industry group is working to help the company reach that goal. ” Taking Responsibility.

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Salesforce or Microsoft: What’s the Right CRM Platform for Your Association Management Software?

Nimble AMS

Innovation. Here are three reasons why a single version is important: Innovation requires it. To continuously deliver new capabilities, a software company must focus on innovation versus supporting multiple software versions. If your association is going to be innovative, it needs to be running the latest and greatest software.

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The Market for Adult Lifelong Learning

Leading Learning

In 2017, The Economist declared lifelong learning an “economic imperative,” and it has hardly been the only publication in mainstream and business presses to insist on the importance of learning in a world where the scale, scope, and speed of change seem much higher than ever before. billion in 2015.