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Years After Success, Massachusetts Right to Repair Coalition Re-Forms to Close Loophole

Associations Now

Encouraging a Movement The right to repair movement is showing strength outside of Massachusetts as well. According to the Boston Business Journal , the coalition is spending $100,000 on multiple outlets, including radio stations and digital platforms.

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Massachusetts Tech Group: Women, Minorities Left Behind as Industry Grows

Associations Now

New research from the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council argues that the state’s tech industry is doing better than many others on the diversity front but that it still has a ways to go. In Massachusetts, the technology economy is surging.

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Associations at Odds Over Proposed Massachusetts Ban on Noncompete Clauses

Associations Now

The noncompete agreement—a key tool employers use to keep talented employees from jumping ship to join competitors—is under scrutiny in Massachusetts, where the governor wants to ban them. Massachusetts Gov. Webb told The Boston Herald.

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Massachusetts Convention Center Authority to Produce Its Own Events

Associations Now

Rather than be a loss leader, relying on economic stimulus that meetings and events bring to Boston, the convention authority is looking to create revenue by coproducing events. The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority is breaking into the events business in a new way. The Ernest N.

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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. Coworking and flexible work spaces are popular office trends with staying power , which is why the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council opened its own coworking space for members.

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Full-Scale Navigation System Coming to Boston Convention Center

Associations Now

We are thinking about technology that meeting attendees will be asking for not just in 2015, but five and 10 years from now. The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority has a plan to help attendees find their way through the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center with ease. Rooney said in the statement. “We

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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. I’m on the call list because of my job at the Massachusetts Medical Society.) I was awakened by a robo-call from work, announcing that our offices in Waltham and Boston were closed for “security reasons.” But technology helped. At 6:15 a.m., personal'

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