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7 Signs You’re an Association Technology Disruptor

Associations Now

Being an Association Technology Disruptors isn’t just about quick fixes and applying Band-Aids to problems. We call them changemakers and association technology disruptors. David King, Director of Information Technology and Operations Manager for the Distilled Spirits Council. They understand the power of change. “I

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Solving the Trade Association Software Dilemma

Association Adviser

Whether it’s a CRM system tailored for associations, an industry specific AMS or a homegrown Microsoft Access Database, it’s critical you have a good system for tracking your members, managing your conferences, events, training classes, certifications, membership dues and collections, and other day-to-day membership related activities.

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What’s trending?

Aaron Wolowiec

Robertson and Cheryl Ronk, president of Michigan Society of Association Executives (MSAE), will close ORGPRO with a session titled, “ Association Trends – Future Strategic Issues.”. Just a few of the topics on the agenda: sustainability, technology, working more efficiently, membership marketing and governmental relations.

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Life goes on…and so does learning

Aaron Wolowiec

As some of you may know, in addition to my role with Event Garde , I work for Michigan State University’s central communications office. In fact, I took my first graduate class as a lifelong learner because it was so much cheaper. That said, associations should capitalize on technology, not shy away from it. They’re brilliant.

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Strategy + Innovation: Watchwords for 2018

.orgCommunity

Given the speed of change and the rapid disseminating of new ideas and technologies, those who wait too long will never catch up. For example, I was recently reading about Michigan State University’s use of robots in online instruction. The robots are stationed around a class setting. But how far behind can you avoid lagging?

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Millennials Favor Texting, Do Not Value Email

Velvet Chainsaw

Michigan State University Writing Professor Jeff Grabill would disagree with those last two anti-text thoughts. We would better serve students by helping them to solve the writing problems they encounter in their lives using the technologies appropriate for those tasks.”. Some may guffaw at the thought of texting as a form of writing.

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Mo Rocca on Creativity, Comedy, and Obit Con vs Comic Con

AssociationChat

So it’s really been interesting to me to see that technology. We’ve had technology to help people create virtual events and and you Virtual versions of things for years. Well, Lord knows I haven’t taken any journalism classes. My daughter was always going to dance and acting classes and all this stuff. And it was sad.