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Political Black Swans: Ignore Them at Your Association’s Peril

Association Success

We always have to remember that the probability of black swan events will be exceedingly small, depending on the country being assessed, but the magnitude of potential revenue losses and increased costs make the risk from a black swan enough to be considered in a country analysis. Managing Political Black Swans.

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Association Blasts Medicare for Paying Unlicensed Prosthetics Providers

Associations Now

The American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics reports that 15 states currently have certification laws: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Ohio, Oklahoma, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington.

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How Smart Associations Grow Membership

Association Adviser

” O’Grady said that creating a detailed “job analysis” of key member occupations is another technique that’s helped ICCIFP better understand its members’ needs. There is an emotional connection to Athens [Georgia] for a lot of our young agents who went to school there.” Just be clever.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.19.20

Reid All About it

Wendy Kavanagh, CAE, President, Georgia Society of Association Executives. The Impact of COVID-19 on the Recruitment Industry: Current Analysis and Future Opportunities. Presenters: Kevin Watkins, MBA, CAE, Senior Vice President, Affiliate & Member Engagement, National Apartment Association. Shelley Sanner, M.A., Thu 6/25 at 2 p.m.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.8.20

Reid All About it

Hilliard, PhD, Esq, CMP, Attorney, Professor, Speaker, College of Coastal Georgia. We’ll discuss where different data can live, which sources of data might be useful, and where and how you can collect it to be ready for analysis. Presenters: Kristi C. Sanders, CMP, CMM, Senior Director of Community Engagement, MPI. Fri 5/8 at 1 p.m.

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The Meetings Report: Five game-changing tactics redefining education strategy and success

Aaron Wolowiec

While respondents primarily represented statewide trade associations (meaning the resultant benchmarking data is largely Michigan-specific), the five key recommendations precipitating from this 65-question survey and follow-on analysis are not only instructive and actionable, but remarkably universal across state lines.

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Report: LGBT-Owned Businesses on the Rise

Associations Now

The analysis in America’s LGBT Economy [PDF] is said to be the first in-depth study of businesses specifically owned by gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Americans. And the top-line numbers certainly make the case for the industry’s sheer economic power. Twenty years ago, it was enough to sponsor a pride parade.

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