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Five Years Post-GDPR, Data Privacy Even More Important

Associations Now

Three more states—Colorado, Connecticut, and Utah—have passed privacy laws that will go into effect later this year. For example, it was much easier for RAPS to comply with other privacy laws because of the way they handle their contracts and their requirements of GDPR policies when those contracts involve user data.

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Know before you fly: Not all flags are treated equally under the law

Ungrated

For example, the Michigan Condominium Act permits a homeowner to fly the Stars and Stripes on the exterior of their unit if the flag is not larger than 3 feet by 5 feet. Other states, such as California and Connecticut, do not permit associations to restrict the display of political flags.

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Leadership Lessons from Times of Crisis

Association Leaders

Unless you have been living under a rock for the last three days, you are aware of the terrible tragedy that struck an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut last Friday. Certainly the stories we are hearing about the actions of some of the people affected by this tragedy are remarkable and many of them are examples of leadership.

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Association Brain Food: 7.21.23

Reid All About it

from CMS to CRM or AMS to LMS) is often where user experiences go south and what to do about it, and recent examples of user experiences optimized for clients and what we learned as a result. 1 CAE credit. More info/register. Host: Non Due$-A-Palooza Speaker: Joanna Pineda, CEO & Chief Troublemaker, Matrix Group Wed 7/26 at 1 p.m.

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Innovation for Association Executives

Association Navigator

I saw this book on a friend’s home office desk this summer in Connecticut. Examples include a Michelin tire that never went flat, Sony’s first electronic reader, and Pfizer’s inhalable insulin. But despite the excitement, Adner says that successful innovation remains the exception rather than the rule.

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Create a Container: Storytelling Strategies to Engage the Next Generation

Associations Now

When kids are deciding to learn an instrument, the accordion is probably not their first choice—creating an industry challenge the Connecticut Accordion Association is trying to overcome. One expert instructs associations to get these individuals to tell their stories, instead of simply pushing out their own.

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Could Your Association Thrive in a Remote-First Culture?

Associations Now

A great example of this: During the “Mad Men” era of the 1950s and 1960s, many newspaper comics (among them, Beetle Bailey , Hagar the Horrible , and Nancy ) were made in the same region of Connecticut , in part due to its fairly close proximity to the syndicates that published and distributed the comics.