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Associations: Solving the Skills Gap with Digital Credentials

WBT Systems

Before the rise of social media and cloud computing, associations competed to attract new members — but only in a subtle “non-profit” sort of way. million open jobs in this country and only 98,000 were added in March 2017. Recipients can display these badges on social media, websites, email signatures and online resumes.

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Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation: What Associations on Both Sides of the Border Must Know

Association Adviser

The Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation took effect July 1, 2014. All message senders must have the express consent of everyone they email by July 1, 2017, regardless of business relationship. However, businesses and organizations must obtain express consent from these individuals at some point before July 2017.

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Wednesday Buzz: Resurrecting One of Bowling’s Biggest Events

Associations Now

Days after announcing it was canceling a high-profile bowling tournament for the second year in a row, a bowling association had a change of heart—thanks in part to social media. — Arwin Adriano (@adrianoarwin) May 20, 2014. Also: Can you convince your attendees to unplug? Pretty good comeback story, huh? Here’s why.

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Not Just “Geeks”: Get a Better Understanding of Your Tech Folks

Associations Now

As a session at ASAE’s 2014 Marketing, Membership & Communications Conference highlighted, for all the skills your IT department has, your best tool for leveraging their know-how may be to build a good working relationship with them. — Ernie Smith (@ErnieSmithAN) June 18, 2014. It's a pain.

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Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time

Beth Kanter

The company provides the software for processing the donations, finds national sponsors to help market and promote them, and solicits matching funds to help charities attract donors and raise money. million for 252 South Carolina nonprofits, more than doubling the $700,000 raised in 2014 when the event debuted. Share and learn.

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15 Changes in the Learning Business Landscape

Leading Learning

What’s happened over the past 15 years, of course, is that social media has become a deeply ingrained part of everyday life for billions of people globally. As with video, it would be hard to underestimate the impact of social media. See e-learning stats for the course creator market here.). The Creator Economy.

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Cloud Computing Isn’t as Far Ahead as You Think

Associations Now

Lots of thoroughbred horses have weird names—it’s something that they’re known for, really—but Cloud Computing, bizarre as it sounds, is an absolutely perfect name for a winning race horse in 2017. — Aaron Levie (@levie) May 21, 2017. We’re not maximizing it.

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