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Farmers and Ranchers Alliance Announces “New Faces” Program

Associations Now

Farmers and Ranchers Alliance unveiled its newest class of “Faces of Farming & Ranching,” an initiative aimed at connecting consumers with real farmers. These five new “faces,” farmers and ranchers in Virginia, Texas, Ohio, and Wisconsin, will act as the spokespeople for USFRA and serve its mission of reaching consumers.

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The Hourglass Blog: Innovation = Creativity x Execution

The Hourglass Blog

And he goes on to illustrate the "multipler effect" successful execution can have on innovation efforts: Heres why we worked on execution, as opposed to creativity: We surveyed thousands of executives in Fortune 500 companies to rate their companies innovation skills on a scale of one to 10, one being poor and 10 world class. Communication.

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The Hourglass Blog: Generational Herd Mentalities

The Hourglass Blog

I went to the University of Wisconsin in the late 1980s. Need to take that Physics 201 class? Communication. Why should Millennials be spared that difficulty and humiliation? Why should they be able to set their own rules and write their own tickets? Heres a quick story. And what about that foriegn language requirement?

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Reinvent What You Do, Not Who You Are

Association Subculture

How the disappearance of the middle class is one of the reasons why members can't pay dues. It's spreading to Indiana, Wisconsin and New York. There are new ways of doing business, of achieving fiscal stability, of reaching out and communicating effectively with our constituents - members and nonmembers alike. And now, Detroit.

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