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Tapping Into Attendee Expertise For Community Service Projects

Associations Now

Your attendees have professional skills and specialized knowledge that can make a difference when they’re put to work in a conference-related community service project. Association conferences often feature a community service project —a chance for attendees to give back to the local community where the meeting is being held.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.2.17

Reid All About it

If you can’t make it to AMS Fest in Chicago next week , stay tuned for my reports. Presenters: Joy Brown,project manager, American College of Radiology. Event Tech Tribe Unite 2017 (New York). 2017 Key Performance Benchmarks: Email vs. Automation. Wed/Thu June 7-8 – AMS Fest in Chicago. Location: Chicago IL.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 12.22.17

Reid All About it

Since it’s the season to be merry, here are 99 reasons why 2017 was, in fact, a good year. Life gets better when you have a new AMS, but heed this advice from Aptify before you plunge in: every new AMS (or any technology) project needs a change management team. CST – Chapter Roundtable in Chicago IL. Location: Chicago IL.

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The Power Of A Nudge

Associations Now

More specifically, what is the final push, shove, jerk, bump, prod, or jolt that must occur to see a project completed—or to convince your team or organization’s members that you would like them to change their behavior so that it lines up with your goals? What makes things work?

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Associations: Solving the Skills Gap with Digital Credentials

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million open jobs in this country and only 98,000 were added in March 2017. Founded in 1957 and headquartered in Chicago with more than 5,100 members, YALSA is a division of the American Library Association. What is the “Skills Gap” Problem? According to the U.S. Department of Labor, in December 2016 there were 5.6

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Roaring Success: Lions Club Anniversary Grows New Members

Associations Now

Melvin Jones founded one of the world’s largest service organization on June 7, 1917, in Chicago, so it was only fitting that the Lions celebrated their birthday last week in the Windy City with a convention, including a keynote speech delivered by former UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon. Here’s a look at a few of the Lions’ projects.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.5.17

Reid All About it

I still get an uneasy anxious feeling when I think about leading an AMS implementation project at my last association job. We’ll look at a range of virtual events—including Tagoras’s own Learning • Technology • Design 2017—to help you evaluate which option, if any, might be the right fit for your association’s challenges and opportunities.

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