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Celebrate Women’s History Month with these innovative leaders

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This year, the United Nations declared the International Women’s Day theme to be “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality.” The 2020 United States Census reports that women have increased STEM employees from 8% in 1970 to 27% in 2019. Happy Women’s History Month ! While women have made great strides in the U.S.

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Amazon’s HQ2: 3 Ripple Effects for Associations

Associations Now

Already, some cities within a day’s drive of Northern Virginia, such as Raleigh, North Carolina , and Baltimore , are seeing ways to turn the HQ2 decision into a net positive. A decision by Virginia Tech to build a billon-dollar Tech Innovation Campus near the new Amazon headquarters reportedly helped the area seal the deal.

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Ten Reasons We’re Excited About MedBiquitous 2017

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The conference is held each year on the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine campus in Baltimore. MedBiquitous attendees are innovators meeting to swap ideas about how to do bleeding-edge things. MedBiquitous’s Activity Report standard, for example, is at the heart of the PARS system that is key to CME. Why do we go?

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.26.20

Reid All About it

When I lived in the DC area, my brother and I used to go to the Baltimore Lithuanian Festival every year for our fix of people who looked like our relatives (we’re a strong quarter Lithuanian), sausages, dumplings, potato pancakes, Lithuanian beer, viryta (spiced honey kick-ass liqueur), and šaltibarš? More info/register. Host: ASAE.

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After Merger Shifts Membership, Publishers Group Doubles Down on Education

Associations Now

Currently the head of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, she entered the spotlight last year for keeping open a branch during violent protests over the death of Freddie Gray, who died in police custody. Once focused largely on traditional publishers, AAP now claims educational publishers as its largest member segment.

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Global Plastics Industry Picks Up Marine Litter Reduction Efforts

Associations Now

80 % The amount of plastic marine debris that comes from land-based sources such as poor waste management and sewage overflows, according to the 2014 progress report of the Declaration of the Global Plastics Associations for Solutions on Marine Litter. Its latest progress report has good news.

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111 Intriguing Chats for 2011

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Dig design, innovation, technology. DCgov - Patrick Thibodeau; Washington, DC; DC reporter at Computerworld and blogger at DCBlogs.com. dustinhaisler - Dustin Haisler; Elgin, Texas; Director of Government Innovation for Spigit, Municipal Judge, Innovator, Dad, Husband, Christ-follower. Fun w/ wine. College Educator.