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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. But few include all of the costs needed to properly promote the new initiative, costs like copywriting, email drip campaigns, travel, presentation costs, etc.

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Is Association Technology at a Turning Point?

Associations Now

A recent deal in the association technology space raises some interesting questions about the state of the sector and what’s next. But I think that the case can be made that it also reflects the era that we’re in, with regards to technology in the world of associations. The post Is Association Technology at a Turning Point?

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Decade of Nimblers: A celebration of our staff

Nimble AMS

A degree in Information Technology with multiple concentrations allows me to put my skills and technical aptitude to good use. When I started working with Associations a decade ago, we as an industry were many years behind other for-profit industries in terms of technology. and two Boston Terriers, Louie & Oscar.

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Membership Hack: Coworking Space for Members Only

Associations Now

Mimicking WeWork and other coworking operations, the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council recently opened a coworking space near its Boston headquarters. Boston is a growing hub for the life science industry, and the MassBioHub space defers some of the cost associated with a red-hot commercial real estate market. “We

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Report: Nonprofit Employees Happy, But There’s Always Room for Improvement

Associations Now

Classy’s “ World-Changing Work: The Modern Nonprofit Professional’s Experience ” [registration], timed around its 2019 Collaborative conference in Boston this week, notes that one major driving factor behind the satisfaction is the mission—so much so that many for-profit companies are starting to embrace the mission-driven ethos too.

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#ASAE 2018 Cybersecurity Risk Management: Steps to Protect Your Association

Association Adviser

The steps to protecting your network can and should include: Prioritizing data security; Password management; Training employees to be aware of scams and phishing attacks; Making sure your software and technology are up to date and; Data encryption. Previously, Brian was a vice president with Boston Insurance Brokerage, Inc.

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CompTIA Study Finds Tech Hubs Where You Wouldn’t Expect Them

Associations Now

The list put a lean on cities that had affordable costs of living, but even considering that, some of the most expensive cities in the country—including San Francisco, Boston, and San Jose, California—ranked high on the list. Part of the reason? Topping the list overall were two cities in North Carolina—Charlotte and Raleigh.