Associations Now

AUGUST 7, 2018

The industry is surging thanks to advanced-automation and robotics technologies: Look no further than Amazon’s warehouse robots , which can now pick, pack, and ship an online order to your door. For decades, RIA focused mainly on the auto industry in Detroit. That’s what the Robotic Industries Association is starting to see.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

It offers a great example for associations to follow. It came from Detroit. But (despite the obvious hardware element) it most certainly is designed like one, with a monthly fee for access to a wide variety of communications tools—including directions, emergency services, and vehicle diagnostics. A Rare Example.

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Associations Now

MARCH 22, 2017

There are plenty of examples where the “special sauce” of joint membership can grow or support local chapters. It’s a critical advantage for the Global Business Travel Association, where joint membership makes it possible to communicate directly and efficiently with their 9,000 members, based in 39 chapters spread across the world.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 11, 2015

Too much tweeting, texting, and posting is creating distance between people and making communication more superficial, according to MIT professor and author Sherry Turkle, speaking to #ASAE15 attendees. Given that the mere presence of a device can change the communication dynamic, people need to “respect its power,” Turkle said.

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Beth Kanter

JULY 30, 2012

Regardless of your budget, this session will leave you in a better position to secure leadership buy-in by getting inside the head of a seasoned nonprofit leader, as well as offer concrete insights on how an established organization is able to use technology to better meet their mission. It means sharing by default.

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Association Subculture

MARCH 25, 2013

For example, Michigan has been systematically removing elected city councils and boards and replacing them with appointed (not elected) "financial managers." And now, Detroit. Our beloved Detroit is in danger of losing its soul. There are millions of technologies that we should be embracing. It's a false equivalency.

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