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Reads of the Week: February 8, 2013

Reid All About it

Yes, technology is changing. It’s your opportunity to see a once-in-a-lifetime show and support a great (and underfunded) cause: Teen Cancer America , Roger Daltrey’s foundation. Ok, maybe me. But Shelly is the one who wrote this great post about the beauty and power of the tribe: Membership IS the Value of Membership!

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Getting Social: Consumer Technology Association Adds Twitter, Facebook

Associations Now

The two social networks, both of which have become publicly traded companies in recent years, help broaden the Consumer Technology Association’s influence beyond its previous membership base of consumer electronics. On Thursday, the Consumer Technology Association announced that it had brought on both Facebook and Twitter as members.

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Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time

Beth Kanter

Also, if you have not read it, Kivi Leroux-Miller has written a stellar piece called “ The Heroes and Villains of Give Local America Story. “ Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time – Guest Post by Peter Panepento. Last year, Give Local America raised $68.5 Kimbia, an Austin, Tex.-based

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Study: Non-Technology Roadblocks Prevalent With Cloud Computing

Associations Now

Non-IT issues like people, process, and policy are far more likely than technology to be a barrier for companies engaging in cloud computing projects, according to a survey of IT professionals and decision-makers. The post Study: Non-Technology Roadblocks Prevalent With Cloud Computing appeared first on Associations Now.'

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Airline Industry Ramps Up RFID-Based Baggage Tracking

Associations Now

The technology is expected to cut down on lost-luggage incidents and save airlines money. Industry groups realize this, and they’re taking steps to ensure it happens as little as possible—and adding technology to improve airlines’ ability to track a lost bag. bags per 1,000 passengers were lost on average, an all-time low.

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ICCA Report: International Meetings Double in a Decade

Associations Now

That growth continues a trendline that the association cited in its 50th anniversary retrospective in 2013 : The number of international association meetings doubles every decade. Just one city in the Americas was a high-ranking meetings spot—Buenos Aires was 17th on ICCA’s list.

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The Best of Our Generation Started Early

Achieve

They all have talked about how their parents gave them a computer when they were little, how they had opportunities to learn programming on computer mainframes at their local university, or how they landed a summer internship at a technology company. He’s one of Crain’s “40 Under 40” for 2013 (along with his co-founder, Neal Sales-Griffin).

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