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Create a Container: Storytelling Strategies to Engage the Next Generation

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When kids are deciding to learn an instrument, the accordion is probably not their first choice—creating an industry challenge the Connecticut Accordion Association is trying to overcome. But the conversation around how to engage new generations isn’t particularly new—especially as millennials and Gen Z began entering the workforce.

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My favorite comments on my 2012 blog posts

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I would like permission to reprint this in the Connecticut Society of Association Executives newsletter minus the Thanksgiving lead in. How do we keep people invested in a project, company, organization, such that they are motivated to take initiative? Thanks, Lorna. I’m honored at this request. My biggest takeaway is a question.

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The Civil Servant at the Top

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Think of former Connecticut senator Chris Dodd, now head of the Motion Picture Association of America ; general Wesley Clark, co-chair of Growth Energy , an ethanol industry trade group; or former South Carolina senator Jim DeMint, now head of the Heritage Foundation. There have been numerous examples of this in the past five years.

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Coronavirus Updates for Association and Events Professionals – What You Need to Know

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Connecticut – 3.5 RESOURCE] COVID19 Tracker (source: The Atlantic) March 13, 2020 – The COVID Tracking Project collects information from 50 US states and the District of Columbia to provide the most comprehensive testing data we can collect for the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. Illinois – 12.7 million – started 5 p.m. New Jersey – 8.9

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Daily #COVID19 Updates for Association and Events Professionals – What You Need to Know

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Connecticut – 3.5 RESOURCE] COVID19 Tracker (source: The Atlantic) March 13, 2020 – The COVID Tracking Project collects information from 50 US states and the District of Columbia to provide the most comprehensive testing data we can collect for the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. Illinois – 12.7 million – started 5 p.m. New Jersey – 8.9