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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. The post Create a Container: Storytelling Strategies to Engage the Next Generation appeared first on Associations Now.

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Innovation for Association Executives

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This summer I discovered a book about innovation strategy for corporate product launches and I can’t stop thinking about applying these concepts to associations. The book is The Wide Lens , by Ron Adner. Adner teaches strategy at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

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Take a Vacation From Email

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The Hickory Stick Bookshop, Washington Depo, Connecticut. Peter Bregman’s book 18 Minutes is an excellent examination of the importance of focus for getting anything meaningful accomplished. Shephaug River, Connecticut. One strategy for avoiding email is to use the camera on your smart phone. Seligman, Ph.D.

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Groups Focus on Health and Safety as Students Go Back to School

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As students throughout the country dive back into the books, several school-related associations are hard at work promoting health and safety initiatives. After Newtown. A one-size-fits-all solution doesn’t exist for school safety, says Augustine Pescatore, president of the National Association of School Safety and Law Enforcement Officials.

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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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We hope you can leverage this data to design strategies that add value to both you and your customers. Connecticut – 3.5 Here’s Some Help Making that Call (source: MeetingsNet) March 10, 2020 – Events on the books in the next month face the question of whether to cancel or proceed with the likelihood of reduced attendance.

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

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We hope you can leverage this data to design strategies that add value to both you and your customers. Connecticut – 3.5 Here’s Some Help Making that Call (source: MeetingsNet) March 10, 2020 – Events on the books in the next month face the question of whether to cancel or proceed with the likelihood of reduced attendance.