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Monday Buzz: Why Boston Doesn’t Have Cheap Rooms

Associations Now

An array of economic and geographic pressures have boosted Boston’s hotel rooms to extremely high rates. Case in point: the current situation in the Boston metro area. Those are the going rates now in Boston,” Paul Sacco, executive director at the Massachusetts Lodging Association, told the newspaper.

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Normalcy, Resiliency, and “Boston Strong”

Guilt by Association

Much has been made of “Boston Strong,” and I do believe in it. Back home, Steve Adelman, the new director of our physician health services subsidiary , wrote several items for our blog. I was awakened by a robo-call from work, announcing that our offices in Waltham and Boston were closed for “security reasons.” At 6:15 a.m.,

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Budget for Communications and Marketing When Proposing New Initiatives

MatrixG

Last week, I attended and spoke at the International Foundation’s Technology and Benefit Communications Conference, held in Boston, MA. I love this advice from Megan, which is why I’m blogging about it.

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Redefining Membership? Consider These Three Steps

Associations Now

In a blog post , BA Chief Economist Bart Watson writes that a member “is no longer required to have a majority of its total beverage alcohol volume in beer. Boston Beer, brewer of the Sam Adams brands, is the second-largest craft brewery in the United States. Our board didn’t want to leave [Boston Beer] out there to hang.”.

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Reads of the Week: September 28, 2012

Reid All About it

If you’re in NC, I recommend seeing it, or for double the pleasure, wait until October 21 when an exhibition of still-life masterpieces visits us from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The other great post from Jeff was on his Mission to Learn blog about his “ learning walks.” I would say “to stay relevant,” period.

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How the Craft Brewers Redefined Membership

Associations Now

In a blog post , BA Chief Economist Bart Watson writes that a member “is no longer required to have a majority of its total beverage alcohol volume in beer. Boston Beer, brewer of the Sam Adams brands, is the second-largest craft brewery in the United States. Our board didn’t want to leave [Boston Beer] out there to hang.”.

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Where have we been?

Virtual

I was reminded today that it’s been a while since I’ve blogged. Read related blog posts from CXPA corporate member West Monroe and event bronze sponsor avtex. Worked with the Boston Estate Planning Council on their annual Gala dinner. But now I’m back to the keyboard and back to blogging. Read article here.

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