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Thanks For Playing: Happy Birthday, America!

Thanks For Playing

Happy Birthday, America! Why Are We Still Doing Annual Performance Reviews? Book Review: The Back of the Napkin. Happy Birthday, America! skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thanks For Playing. Seeking community in associations since 2008. 04 July 2012. What I'm Reading. Always the Last to Know: KDP. Friday Top 5.

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Learning about Soyfoods, a Book Review

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I was recently tapped to lead the Soyfoods Association of North America (SANA) , the trade group which represents soyfoods manufacturers, soy processors, and soybean farmers. If you’ve spent any time on a highway in America then you’ve seen soy growing, about waist high as you drive along. The Skinny on Soy. By Marie Oser.

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Digital Transformation: Where Do I Start?

Spark Consulting

Review your legacy systems and processes (make sure you’ve got the “digitizing” part covered, for Ross/Mocker fans). Maddie Grant, my co-author for The No BS Guide to Digital Transformation: How Intentional Culture Change Can Propel Associations Forward , and I have you covered: Assess where you are now. Recruit your team.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.18.21

Reid All About it

Billhighway describes the chapter self-assessment exercise used by the Associated General Contractors of America to collect data for chapter benchmarking. The labor shortage America is currently experiencing is the largest issue disrupting supply chains, disrupting every industry and causing every member to rethink how they get the work done.

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Best Benefit Ever: Peer Review for Utilities Pros

Associations Now

The American Gas Association’s peer-review network enters the pantheon of award-winning programs. As AGA emphasizes on its website : “Safety is a core value for America’s natural gas utilities,” and the peer-review program ensures that members keep abreast of cutting-edge practices to improve their services nationwide.

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GMA Executive Conference: Perhaps the End of a Very Good Thing? A Review

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This is my review of the conference. Now, with some distance from the episode I take the position that President Obama overreacted when he forced McChrystal out and it cost America a great leader. Gallo was recognized for in-store wine education programs that are part of the increasing wine consumption in North America.

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Boy Scouts of America to Vote on Lifting Gay Ban

Associations Now

The Boy Scouts of America will vote on lifting its ban on gay Scouts—but not gay Scout leaders—at its annual meeting in May. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) announced Friday that it was proposing to lift the organization’s ban on gay Scouts but would continue to prohibit gay Scout leaders.

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