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50 Things That Shaped Our World in 1969

Association Adviser

250,000 protesters march on Washington against the Vietnam War. military communications project with the goal of connecting computers. Two computers, one located at UCLA and the other at Stanford, sent the first electronic communication to each other on Oct. In 2004, the team moved to Washington, D.C. ARPANET was a U.S.

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Building and Protecting Your Association’s Brand Is Vital

SCD Group

Recently, the St. Louis Cardinals brand – one of the icons of professional baseball – took a hit when the FBI announced it was investigating whether the Cardinals hacked into the computer system of the Houston Astros baseball club. Today, the association has fewer members, less revenue and less clout in Washington.

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R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Millenials Crave & Deserve It. Where. - SCD Group

SCD Group

Over the last few years, I’ve watched as many Boomers and others “mock” Millenials and Gen Yers and their “failure” to communicate because they are “always texting.” ” Smart businesses catch the ‘Age Wave’ By Harvey Mackay via St. Louis Business Journal , Washington Post.

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Made to Stick: Examples for Associations

SCD Group

The book also cites you, who she describes as a top executive at the ASA in the mid-1980s, as follows: “In order to drive tropical oils out of the market once again, Drake ran what amounted to a slander campaign from 1986 to 1989 out of ASA headquarters in St. I laughed when I read the comment. That campaign was almost 30 years ago!

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.7.21

Reid All About it

Audiences have developed new expectations as their level of familiarity and sophistication with virtual communications has grown. Presenters: Tonya Saunders, Principal, Washington Premier Group. Leonard Toenjes, CAE, President of AGC of St. Alyssa Peltier, Senior Event Marketing Manager, Cvent. Wed 5/12 at 1 p.m. Adam Legge.

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So You Think You Know Non-Dues Revenue

Association Adviser

More than half (54 percent) of the executives who took part in our annual association communication benchmarking study felt their organization’s inability to generate non-dues-revenue (NDR) was a serious or significant challenge — up substantially from 2015. Legacy communication channels still have a seat at the table. 2015. ** 11%.

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Stronger by Association: AMR Management Services Announces.

AMR Management Services

AMR also provides government affairs support out of a satellite office in Washington, D.C. ” The acquisition was announced at the AMC Institute Community Conference Aug. 6 in advance of the 2011 American Society of Association Executives meeting in St. American Academy on Communication in Healthcare. ► July.