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Chose Your Dimensions of Diversity and Get Started

Eric Lanke

Baby Boomers and Gen Xers tend to think of diversity in terms of protected classes. This is leading many organizations to try to think about diversity more broadly than protected class. Second, when I was chair of the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives (WSAE), that Board was wrestling with its own diversity initiative.

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Radiologists Group Addresses Physician Shortage With New Training

Associations Now

“At the peak of the program, there were somewhere around 700 B Readers,” said Dr. Cris Meyer, a professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine who will be teaching ACR’s course. With the advent of new technologies, reading chest radiographs isn’t necessarily as sexy or interesting to our young trainees.”.

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Invest in Yourself: Book Recommendations for Young Professionals

Association Adviser

I’m talking about things such as how to effectively participate in meetings, how to deal with difficult people, how to master your organization’s technology, how to manage your time efficiently, how to deal with office politics or just how to be “likeable.” Don’t believe it. This year, I decided to develop myself through reading.

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Farmers and Ranchers Alliance Announces “New Faces” Program

Associations Now

Farmers and Ranchers Alliance hopes to connect with consumers over sustainability and technology. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance unveiled its newest class of “Faces of Farming & Ranching,” an initiative aimed at connecting consumers with real farmers. Last week, the U.S. farming and agriculture.

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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 millions of technologies that we should be embracing. What I don't hear us talking about is how income inequality has skyrocketed in the last 30 years. And now, Detroit.

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