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How the Romance Writers of America responded to racism accusations — and what associations can learn from them

Association Success

Next, came a rather public revamp of policies and initiatives intended to make the Romance Writers of America more diverse and inclusive. Four months later, the Romance Writers of America board suspended Milan for a year and banned her from ever holding a leadership position in RWA. Where to start. But it can’t end there.

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CAI is being awarded a prestigious award from the Public Affairs Council (PAC) - the Lobbying Strategy Innovation Award for our Condominium Safety Policy Response and Initiative

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The 2022 Innovation Award Category winners include: Lobbying Innovation: Community Associations Institute Communications Innovation: AAA (The Auto Club) Grassroots Innovation: Feeding America The Condominium Safety Public Policy Initiative was developed under the leadership of Peter Kristian, AMS, PCAM, LSM (Chair) and the Government & Public Affairs (..)

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.18.21

Reid All About it

WBT Systems offers the wisdom of Stoic philosophers like Marcus Aurelius and Seneca on topics pertaining to life inside and outside of associations, such as lifelong learning, change management, leadership, making the best of crappy situations and living in the now. Membership committees. Chapter self-assessment. Host: Fridays@4.

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Lessons in leadership from 2014

Aaron Wolowiec

Athitakis has written on nonprofits, the arts and leadership for a variety of publications. And I do worry, as I wrote back in May, that social-media herd mentality might trickle down into leadership , leading to groupthink. Listening is an underrated leadership skill. 22 on Associations Now.

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Include Is a Verb

Spark Consulting

The place we often struggle is with turning our beautifully crafted D+I statements into real change in our staff teams, our volunteer leadership, our memberships, and the professions and industries we serve. And we tend to have strong statements that reflect all that.

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How Leaders Can Help Others Find Their Path

Associations Now

It is important to define career development beyond vertical promotion into leadership positions. For instance, Lani Montoya, CHRO at the spirits company Pernod Ricard North America, told the symposium that its system allows all workers to see what positions are available at their skill level.

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Thought Leaders Blaze Trails of Discovery and Engagement

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That’s the beauty of thought leadership. Thought leadership is an old idea that has been made new again. But, here is a more contemporary take on the concept from Leah Hardy, Head of Gaming Marketing, Americas, Facebook. Thought leadership is a powerful way to engage an audience that prefers to be educated versus sold to.