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Google, American Library Association Team on Coding Initiative

Associations Now

ALA is working with the tech giant to make resources available to librarians in an effort to make exploring code as easy for kids as exploring a book at the library. Libraries have always been important places to learn, especially for kids—and they’ve never been exclusively about books.

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IT Group Hosts Virtual Reality Events, Encourages Tech Careers

Associations Now

CompTIA’s Creating IT Futures Foundation takes virtual-reality technology on a road trip to encourage students to consider tech careers. Through a series of campaigns, initiatives, and a book, CompTIA is working to get young people interested in tech careers. If left unaddressed, the IT skills gap could adversely impact U.S

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Humanizing Business and Helping CFOs with Change

Jamie Notter

Books: Jamie Notter. The first is a session that I’ll be doing at BlogWorld Expo in New York City , along with my coauthor Maddie Grant and Amy Ward, who is the Membership Director at the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN). Books and Reading. Buy the Book. Posted June 1, 2012. Related Posts.

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Mind The Gap

Association Success

Millennials became the majority of the workforce in 2015, and ever since then many leaders have treated their arrival into the workforce much like they would if aliens had landed in New York City – with fear and skepticism and often taking a defensive stance. I’m not telling you this to be grim.

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Don’t Be Camera Shy: Making The Case for Instagram

Associations Now

Now, the popular account, which features men reading while riding the subway in New York City, is partnering with nonprofit social enterprise First Book in an effort to raise $50,000 to provide new books for kids in low-income families. That kind of sustained engagement translates to brands, too.

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Membership Wakeup Call for Associations

Association Adviser

As technology becomes more pervasive, don’t forget the personal side of the member experience. If you look back at our most popular reader polls of the past three years it’s interesting to see how your peers’ concerns have shifted from strategy (2010) to communication and innovation (2011) to tools and technology (2012).

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How Much Code Should You Know?

Associations Now

I love lots of stuff about technology and what it can offer to my life, but I have to admit that one of the things I struggle with to this day is learning the logic around coding. Think about it: How much more often do you talk about technology on a daily basis, compared to a decade ago?). Wanna Learn Code? Learn to Code?