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The Two Best Practices for Innovation in Times of Crisis

Association Freak

The current ILO membership includes AT&T, Kaiser Permanente, NASA, Pfizer, and the University of Alabama, among many others. Yet the focus is shifting to innovating systems over point solutions. Systems to address and anticipate those needs are now top of mind. So how does innovation at a systems level happen?

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American Heart Association Will Harness Health Data to Speed Emergency Response

Associations Now

“Delays in recognition and treatment of time-sensitive conditions like heart attacks, strokes, and cardiac arrest can be the difference between life and death,” Michael Kurz, chair of AHA’s Systems of Care Subcommittee and an associate professor at the University of Alabama School of Medicine, said in a news release.

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Getting Started in Government Relations: Advice for Law Students

Association Navigator

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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Top Coaches Say Association’s NFL Draft Rule Change Good for Players

Associations Now

The decision by the American Football Coaches Association to allow underclassmen to take part in pro-day combines has major supporters in Alabama coach Nick Saban and Clemson coach Dabo Swinney—the two head coaches in last night’s bowl championship game. Clemson won, by the way, 35-31.).

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Associations Advise Public After Gas Shortages Arise

Associations Now

With an Alabama pipeline rupture causing gas shortages and other negative effects on the gasoline industry throughout the southern U.S., The recent reports of a pipeline break in Alabama are having a ripple effect all over the southern U.S., associations are offering tips and advice to people affected at the pump.

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Lieutenant Governors Forge Industry Partnership to Promote Drones

Associations Now

The Aerospace States Association, a lieutenant governor-led group focused on aviation issues, is partnering with Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, one of the more bullish supporters of the growing drone industry, in an effort to promote the devices’ economic potential. Alabama Lt.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 11.9.18

Reid All About it

WBT Systems explains how they work, how they benefit your association and members, and how to get them going. Explore the lessons learned by three different organizations—Society of Surgical Oncology, Home Builders Association of Alabama, and Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority—when taking their education to the next level. 1 CAE credit. .

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