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Friday Buzz: An Experiment in Hacking Vulnerability

Associations Now

According to research highlighted by the magazine, people tend to take female voices less seriously than male voices, even if they’re saying the exact same thing. If you have a strong New York City accent, you may not be taken as seriously as someone with a British accent. ” Other Links of Note.

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Monday Buzz: A Transatlantic Flight to Combat Climate Change

Associations Now

Tomorrow, Finland’s largest airline, Finnair, will power a flight from Helsinki to New York City solely with biofuel , just as the United Nations Climate Summit kicks off. More than 100 world leaders will be in attendance in New York as member countries debate how to combat the looming effects of climate change.

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Game Plan 2014: Seeing Around the Corners

Association Adviser

Many associations lack member communication plans that are fully integrated. Tracy Tompkins , group publisher for Naylor LLC , said she’s surprised by the number of associations that make decisions about member communications from the “confines of their staff or board room.” What surprised us most in 2013?

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Membership Wakeup Call for Associations

Association Adviser

Associations must adapt to shifting demographics, new communication platforms and changing member preferences. He cited increased competition, not just from trade magazines, which he said are weakening, but from non-traditional competitors such as LinkedIn blogs, Twitter followers and Facebook pages. Here’s why. world on a 1.0

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Coronavirus Updates for Association and Events Professionals – What You Need to Know

AssociationChat

Right now, take New York City. Risk communication: how do we present information so there’s faith that it’s accurate? (15:24). So people say arbitrarily. Well, in two weeks, we’re going to be okay””. It depends on the kinetics of the outbreak. You can’t predict when it will make that turn around and start coming down.

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Daily #COVID19 Updates for Association and Events Professionals – What You Need to Know

AssociationChat

Right now, take New York City. Risk communication: how do we present information so there’s faith that it’s accurate? (15:24). So people say arbitrarily. Well, in two weeks, we’re going to be okay””. It depends on the kinetics of the outbreak. You can’t predict when it will make that turn around and start coming down.