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How Associations Are Getting to Know Alexa

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Here’s how associations are experimenting with the apps that bring Alexa and other similar technologies to life. One of the big topics at last week’s ASAE Technology Conference & Expo was artificial intelligence, including its already realized potential for smart speakers and voice recognition services. reported that 57.8

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Getting Started in Government Relations: Advice for Law Students

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This is the question I’m trying to answer in this post and when I speak next week to University of Alabama law students that are in DC participating in a government relations externship program. Like many schools today, the University of Alabama recognizes that they must do more to make their students ready to practice law.

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CompTIA Study Finds Tech Hubs Where You Wouldn’t Expect Them

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The Tech Town Index, a new report from the association, finds a surprising geographic diversity among tech hot spots, helped along by both booming college towns and maturing local tech economies. Yes, you’re probably aware that San Francisco or Seattle are tech hotbeds, but what about Huntsville, Alabama, or Lansing, Michigan?

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Advice for New Lawyers

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I’m speaking again this week to University of Alabama law students about career opportunities for lawyers working in government relations. University of Alabama Law School – Tuscaloosa. The rankings and reputation of the University of Alabama School of Law have steadily increased over the last quarter century.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 11.9.18

Reid All About it

The 2018 State of Marketing Automation Benchmark Report found that membership renewal campaigns are one of the top automated campaign types associations are leveraging with positive results. Selecting Nonprofit Software: Technology Comes Last. Gaining Board Approval for Budget for New Technology. Tue 11/13 at 2 p.m. –

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Lieutenant Governors Forge Industry Partnership to Promote Drones

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In comments reported by UAS Magazine , ASA Executive Director Charles Huettner emphasized that the goal of the effort was not to overly regulate drones but to ensure their long-term success and integration into respective state economies. Alabama Lt.

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Monday Buzz: In-Your-Face Security

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The newspaper reports that firms as diverse as Uber, MasterCard, and the Alabama Department of Revenue are using selfies as a form of identification. People see this technology and presume that it is automatically safe, but in the end, it all just comes down to math,” Goodman told the newspaper.

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