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Association Brain Food: 5.26.23

Reid All About it

Callum Borchers, Wall Street Journal ) Meet context switching, the number one productivity killer in the workplace, and find out how to overcome it (Danielle Ezell, TechSmith ) Good eats Skip down to the list of free educational events if you prefer takeout. Hear the most common pitfalls and how to avoid them. More info/register.

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Association Brain Food: 5.19.23

Reid All About it

Here’s a conundrum: How can members ever feel like part of their chapter community if they don’t attend chapter events? Billhighway explains how to get reacquainted with post-pandemic chapter members and design a chapter event experience that’s worth their time. William Penn Chapter events. Leadership training. Good stuff. Users group.

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Social Media and Disaster: Hospitals On Facebook

KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

Many hospitals have figured out how to meet their task of engaging the community using tools like Facebook to hold a steady, reliable presence online. People turn to the hospital's Facebook page to find out where, when, and how to help. The hospital can inform their staff on how to report in when phone lines are down.

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Clown Group Looks to Change Public Perception on Clowning

Associations Now

It’s also equipping its members on how to stay safe and acclimate. Since then, “creepy clowns”—the moniker given to this craze—have made appearances in more than a dozen states , including Arkansas, Texas, and California. They’ve also materialized in the UK, Canada, Australia, and France.

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As Newtown Anniversary Nears, Associations Help Schools Tackle Security

Associations Now

That template, a how-to guide from the U.S. Such bills have been introduced in 35 states; South Dakota was the first to pass a measure in March, and six others—Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas—followed suit. There’s a darn good template out there now.” Department of Education , was released in June.

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How An Informal Nonprofit Employee Champion Program Can Benefit A One-Person Communications Dept.

Beth Kanter

Perhaps you can relate to this chart from Gerard Matthews , Communications Director of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. Once staff know how to post and incorporate into their daily routine, it becomes habit.” Are you an one-person communications department? Gerard says, ”I can breathe!

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Are associations stuck?

SCD Group

They do not know how to compete against the Internet, and large corporations that not only have the advantage of economics of scale, but a very different business model that is difficult to compete against. Today, association members need a lot more. In the world of small business, the massive changes challenge owners.

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