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When Your Heart Isn’t in It: Leadership Lessons from Magic Johnson

Associations Now

The NBA icon quit a leadership role on live television last week, before even telling his boss. Johnson is a unique case, but his story raises important issues of authenticity and obligation in leadership. From the press conference, it was clear that his heart wasn’t in the role. “I I’ve got a great life … what am I doing?

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Association Brain Food: 11.24.23

Reid All About it

Until around 2010, philosophers couldn’t speak to one another, let alone communicate with the public, says Crispin Sartwell at Los Angeles Review of Books. Host: Northstar Meetings Group Speakers: Earla Jones, MS, CMP, Director, Conference Services & Operations, American Library Association Rachel Stephan, CEO, Snöball Michael J.

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Association Brain Food: 12.1.23

Reid All About it

Conference/abstract management. Ex Ordo describes how to implement conference and abstract management software for medical, technical, scientific, and academic society events. Their guide covers configuring software for abstract submission and peer review, issuing the call for papers, designing the conference program, and more.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.21.19

Reid All About it

She’s perplexed (as am I) as to why associations are “ignoring the most obvious yet almost entirely dismissed path to a sustainable future for associations: community leadership and strategic, intentional online communities.”. 1 CAE credit. Locations: online and Washington DC. More info/register. Wed 6/26 from 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

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Traveling Is So Much Fun

Eric Lanke

I spend a fair amount of time in airports, and I appreciate any of all efforts to make them more pleasant places to spend that time.

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Daily Buzz: Say Goodbye to Free Shampoo at Hotels

Associations Now

Something to keep in mind if you’re traveling to California in the future: Small plastic shampoo and soap bottles would soon be banned at hotels under a new bill passed by the state Assembly, according to the Los Angeles Times. Engaging first-time conference attendees looks a little different than for returning guests.

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How One Association Tackled a Conference Diversity Problem

Associations Now

That’s no accident: It’s the result of a deliberate effort to respond to member criticism about past conferences. Tech conferences have taken their share of hard knocks for failing to reflect and promote industry diversity. The issue also arose in presentations at later ONA conferences. The really hard part?