Virtual

JULY 2, 2014

As we mark America’s birthday, there are a few other birthdays that the team at Virtual, Inc. First, the birthday of Virtual itself – July 6, 2014 marks 15 years, and we are grateful to have been a part of many global technology movements that have since transformed the lives of consumers and altered how businesses function.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

As part of the partnership, ACC will help judge an innovation competition and connect regional winners in the healthcare category with attendees at its annual meeting. After taking part in the DC regional competition last month, Jacobovitz noted that the entrepreneurial contest matched his association’s innovation interests.

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Associations Now

APRIL 27, 2017

Under this framework, America’s internet economy produced the world’s most successful online companies: Google, Facebook, and Netflix, just to name a few. And under this framework, consumers benefited from unparalleled innovation. Under this framework, a free and open internet flourished.

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Associations Now

APRIL 16, 2014

When the office is in chaos, leaders can save the day the Captain America way. contributor Geoffrey James , managers can get their office avengers to assemble by taking a page out of a Captain America comic book. Just as Captain America embodies the red, white, and blue to the fullest, supervisors should follow suit.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 9, 2015

But API says recognizing the role of alternative fuels in America’s energy ecosystem makes sense within its overall mission. AWEA noted the contrast between API’s 2014 report [PDF] and this year’s edition. “In contrast, API’s 2014 State of American Energy report did not mention ‘wind’ once.”

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Associations Now

APRIL 1, 2014

Being a successful innovator involves more than simply trying to implement the technology du jour, said Ann Flynn, director of education technology and improvement programs for the National School Boards Association (NSBA). If people are fearful of punitive actions because of failure, that stifles creativity, it stifles innovation.

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Associations Now

JUNE 24, 2014

80 % The amount of plastic marine debris that comes from land-based sources such as poor waste management and sewage overflows, according to the 2014 progress report of the Declaration of the Global Plastics Associations for Solutions on Marine Litter. Where does changing individual behavior fall into the solution?

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Associations Now

APRIL 8, 2014

The House passed its Innovation Act late last year. And with the 2014 elections likely to divert attention from the effort by summer, the clock is ticking. A coalition of trade groups, large businesses, and others led by the pro-patent Innovation Alliance has pledged to fight the bill unless key compromises are made.

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Association Subculture

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

However, as an association professional I can tell you I think Stephen Colbert''s Envelopefest 2014 is a perfect example of what I''m beginning to think of as "member-holicism." It''s what we have all been taught is our job - to serve the members. I did some cursory research this morning on the Consumers for Paper Options website.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 9, 2013

How the Associated General Contractors of America’s annual expo went from the chopping block to exceeding revenue goals in a few years. Four years ago the Associated General Contractors of America ’s annual tradeshow was in a whole different place than it is today. Create an expo brand.

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SCD Group

AUGUST 30, 2012

And many small businesses, as well as 70% of the top 2,000 global organizations, will use "gamified" applications for marketing, employee performance and training, and health care by 2014, projects technology research firm Gartner. Under Armour’s race to discover innovative fitness. An Online Game for Civic Education.

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Association Adviser

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

To help your figure out where to devote your tech energies for 2014 and beyond, we reached out to some of the association world’s best technology minds for guidance. Digital has changed everything,” observed Michael Hoehn , a vice-president at healthcare association management firm CM-Innovators. Sound familiar?

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Associations Now

JUNE 17, 2014

Under the proposed GROW AMERICA Act , which is making its way through Congress, the U.S. As of June 2014, 44 states and the District of Columbia have banned text-messaging while driving, and 13 states plus D.C. ” But not everyone’s hopping on board. “They [DoT] don’t have enough software engineers.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

As a champion of lifelong learning, The Learning Resources Network (LERN) aims to be at the forefront of educational innovation. November 30-December 5: The lively presentations at the 2014 Fall Meeting and Exhibit of the Materials Research Society are more evocative of an interactive science fair than a formal industry event.

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Beth Kanter

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

The Bridgespan Group interviewed more than 45 people to better understand how some of America’s most innovative cities are using hard data and evidence to steer funding decisions and set priorities. The actions include improving jobs, the quality of education, children’s health and other innovations.

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Associations Now

JULY 14, 2014

— Tom Wheeler (@TomWheelerFCC) July 11, 2014. Segregation of the internet into fast lanes and slow lanes will distort the market, discourage innovation, and harm internet users,” IA President and CEO Michael Beckerman said in a statement. Keep your input coming — 1st round of comments wraps up July 15.

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Beth Kanter

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Last week, I was honored to deliver the lunch keynote at the 2014 TechNow Conference in Pittsburgh, PA organized by The Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University. (My Innovation Story: It describes what are you doing that’s new, unique or innovative? Or you can borrow some ideas from Hollywood.

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Beth Kanter

JANUARY 14, 2014

For US nonprofits, we turn to the the Pew Internet and America Life for studies and audience research about the hyper-connected. In 2014, it rang in the new year with a new series of its Internet data reports , which aggregate a range of statistics to help make some sense of what’s happening in terms of Internet usage around the globe.

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