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Bold idea? This association got rid of its annual conference

Association Success

When John Bridges took over the Arkansas State Employees Association as executive director about two years ago, he had big ideas. One of the first things Bridges started looking at was using free or low-cost technology solutions to problem-solve. But what those technological solutions did was offer Bridges an even bigger step.

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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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Association Brain Food: 5.26.23

Reid All About it

How to Contract with and Manage State Lobbyists Does your organization have a strong grassroots presence or is your board a team of grasstops influencers? With lessons learned from two years of a pandemic, the Great Resignation and plenty of new technologies changing the way we work, you’ll be prepared for what comes next.

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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. But, in true camper fashion, the team wrote and performed a “Closed for Innovation” song: Fire up the grill. Camp isn’t just for kids.

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Powering the Nonprofit Community through Customer Support

Beth Kanter

At Blackbaud , we get very excited and inspired by our nonprofit customers’ successes and breakthroughs –it constantly drives us to look for ways to improve our technology and customer service to ensure organizations can focus on their vital work while operating and communicating as efficiently and effectively as possible.