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Community Bankers’ Fintech Program Sees Accelerating Momentum

Associations Now

The Independent Community Bankers of America found so much success with the first round of its Arkansas-based ThinkTECH Accelerator that it’s doing it all over again next year. In fact, one banking association has found the perfect home for the latest iteration of its financial technology accelerator: Arkansas.

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Association Brain Food: 5.26.23

Reid All About it

educational system—”still designed for an Industrial Revolution-era world,” not an AI-empowered one. As representatives for the industries and professions they represent, associations (volunteer leaders, members and staff) should put the Power of A to work. Rex Woodbury looks at the shortcomings of the U.S. More info/register.

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Association Brain Food: 5.19.23

Reid All About it

For many years, association technology teams have been talking about move to the cloud. Learn what the cloud is, how member expectations have been transformed by the cloud, and how your association can leverage cloud technologies to deliver a superior membership experience. 1 CAE credit. More info/register. More info/register.

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26 ways association professionals find problem-solving inspiration

Association Success

Especially now, as association professionals around the world are contending with the coronavirus and its impacts on not only our industry but those we serve, problem-solving feels like a muscle we’re exercising daily. We talked to some who only recently joined the industry, and some who have made a 20-plus career of it. to California.

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Summer-Fresh Meeting Ideas

Associations Now

With a capacity of 200, the Big Top hosted some 20 speakers who addressed topics such as investment, social business and innovation, renewable energies, and new technologies. The Arkansas Gas Association, for example, will host its 15th Annual Bar-B-Q Cook Off and Dinner [PDF] at its annual conference in September.

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Drone Journalism: Media Groups Raise First Amendment Concerns

Associations Now

But groups interested in using the technology for journalistic purposes argue that there is a pretty sizable one: freedom of the press. The rise of unmanned vehicles to generate journalism is an exciting development for the media industry—but one that flies in the face of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations. .”

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Advocating for a Better Legislative Flow

Association Adviser

GTM: Working on the inside [at the EPA] was helpful to understand the dynamics of regulating the water industry and the constraints of managing such an effort. GTM: The Beaver (Arkansas) Water District has put in a rate increase for source water protection through landscape protection. Technology makes those meetings a lot easier.