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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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Canada Suspends Anti-Spam Lawsuit Provision Legislation

GrowthZone

Canada’s anti-spam legislation (CASL) came into effect July 1, 2014. The provisions were scheduled to come into force on July 1, 2017. We have listened to the concerns of stakeholders and are committed to striking the right balance,” said The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development.

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A Century-Old Association Committed to Online Community and Data Analysis

Higher Logic

AACSB launched their all-member forum in 2014, giving their entire membership the ability to communicate with one another for the first time in the association’s history. In the first few months of 2017, Corporate Official Representative engagement almost exceeded their 2016 engagement numbers.

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Members Hire Strategic Solutions

Potomac Core

Factors including Coronavirus Disease , supply chain disruptions , political polarization , innovative technologies, cyber threats, trade policy, shifting consumer attitudes, & workforce shortages all complicate markets. Uncertainty is palpable and it makes sustainable growth difficult.

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Associations: Solving the Skills Gap with Digital Credentials

WBT Systems

million open jobs in this country and only 98,000 were added in March 2017. EDUCAUSE implemented a digital badge program in 2014. With a membership of 55,000, NSTA is the largest organization in the world committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. What is the “Skills Gap” Problem?

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Want to Maximize Impact? Minimize Jargon.

Associations Now

As I wrote in 2014 , the USB Implementers Forum had managed to pull off an improbable feat over the prior two decades or so, with the technology becoming the de facto standard for plugging in just about everything. In 2017, along came USB 3.2, a three-tier system for USB branding with a terribly confusing naming scheme. Deep breath. )

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AV Alliance Pushes for New Ethernet-Based Standards

Associations Now

” Ethernet-based technology has been quickly evolving in recent years, so much so that the Ethernet Alliance created standards for cars in 2014. The group is aiming its efforts at the 2017 edition of Integrated Systems Europe , which takes place in Amsterdam early next month.

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