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Celebrate Women’s History Month with these innovative leaders

Nimble AMS

The 2020 United States Census reports that women have increased STEM employees from 8% in 1970 to 27% in 2019. Laurin is a leader in event promotion and member engagement strategy at her organization. While women have made great strides in the U.S. workforce, they are still vastly underrepresented in STEM jobs. Download now

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.26.20

Reid All About it

Barbara Palmer at PCMA Convene lists eight ways conference organizers, sponsors, speakers and attendees can make conferences more racially diverse. This series of 15-minute videos cover hot topics and issues related to 501c organization management. There’s much work to be done and I hope that at last we’re all ready to do it.

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Amazon’s HQ2: 3 Ripple Effects for Associations

Associations Now

Those trends might lead some organizations to look for homes in other nearby regions that didn’t get the nod from Amazon. 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. More wide-ranging tech savvy.

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Want to Minimize the Pain From a Cyberattack? Get a Handle on Your Cyber Risk

Associations Now

And with ever-increasing concerns about cybersecurity and ransomware keeping officials on their toes (Hear about what’s happening in Baltimore recently?), This is a part of everyone’s job to do in their organization.”. Some other relevant points from the session: Often, the biggest problems with security are cultural.

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How Nonprofit Grocery Stores Are Filling the Gap

Associations Now

Last year, a local Salvation Army chapter launched a grocery store in an area of Baltimore that had been poorly served by grocery chains. Nonprofit Quarterly reports that the store, run by the nonprofit Mission Waco, successfully supported its growth by offering stock shares to the community—and that effort surpassed expectations.

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5 Incredible Campaigns And What You Can Learn From Them

Achieve

With organizations like Knight Foundation, Upworthy, Baltimore Corps, Levi Strauss Foundation, KIND Snacks, National Geographic and more, we had the privilege of hearing from the best and the brightest on how to activate people for good. Baltimore Corps. , The images below are from their campaign. Fagan Harris is the CEO of.

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Ryan Davis, CEO of CINC Systems, on Accepting the Unknown

AvidXchange: Association Management

The two discussed Davis’ unique path from news reporter to C-suite executive and how he’s guided CINC Systems through digital transformation and exponential growth. “The Power of Change” features interviews between Praeger and industry leaders who embrace change and use it to their professional advantage.

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