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SCD Group: Chicken, Bus, Holland America & Associations: How do.

SCD Group

Last month, our Holland America (@HALcruises) tour bus broke down while we were driving the Top of the World highway (TOTWH) from Chicken, ALaska, to Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada. Chicken, Alaska, an isolated (100+ miles from nearest cell signal) "way station" of 37 people is a hard hour drive from Tok, the nearest village.

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Ask These 5 Questions Before Planning Your Next Meeting

Associations Now

Her team provides details to plan a program, including site support, RFP facilitation, customs, and tax queries—plus industry contacts. The city is also a great jumping-off point to Whistler, Victoria, Alaska cruises, and the Okanagan Valley wine region, making extended stays a real lure.

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Association Brain Food: 4.15.22

Reid All About it

Quorum makes that job easier with their list of ways a government affairs team delivers membership ROI —talking points you should definitely share with your membership department. Please share this survey with your IT team and your technology consultants and partners. Association-relevant fundraising trends. 1 membership benefit.

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What Improvisation Can Teach Social Change Leaders

Beth Kanter

David Havens from Collective Capital , a company that works with business in the area of innovation through improvisation and design thinking. This reminded me of Margaret Wheatley, who was the keynote speaker at a conference in Alaska where I was doing a workshop a few years ago. Viola Spolin’s Blog.

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Association Brain Food: 4.22.22

Reid All About it

Quorum explains why companies might want to have their own in-house governance relations team, strategy and software. But as teams are stretched to their limits, as job roles expand and become more complex, the need is emerging for planners to have a new network of resources, expertise, and support. New member engagement. Host: Propel.