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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.12.17

Reid All About it

We’ll Die Trying… Over the past few years, a lot has been said about the love/hate (or hate/hate) relationship that associations have with their Association Management Systems (AMS). AIIM, the information management association, has been vocal on this subject for years. Host: American Marketing Association.

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Synergy in the Boardroom: From Chaos to High Functioning

SCD Group

Policies were presented and adopted to ensure that new initiatives were not to be brought to the Board without having been vetted at the committee and staff level and that all proposals required a clear mapping to strategic plan as well as a sound business proposition. A year-long Board development and recruitment process was established.

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Keys to Association Career Success

Association Adviser

“Your job is to make whatever organization you represent more effective in more that [members] can’t do it for themselves,” explained Johnson, who started his career as an association lobbyist in Washington, D.C. Advantages of association employment. It’s also a great recruiting tool, added Smith.