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Association Brain Food: 7.21.23

Reid All About it

In their report, Next-Level Governance : Leading with Strategic Agility , they describe the critical elements for reinventing governance so you can position your association to deliver value to your members and industry amidst any disruption. Workplace culture. But where and how do you even begin to improve that culture? 1 CAE credit.

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Your Digital Infrastructure Shouldn’t Be Playing Catch-Up

Associations Now

The bad news is that New Jersey—along with other states, including Kansas and Connecticut —have unemployment systems so out of date that they rely on this old programming language, one that is so vintage that it hasn’t been taught in universities for decades. The Y2K bug is another example of this, by the way.). They’re not alone.

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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

So many associations have been trying to figure how to keep their industries relevant as millennials and Generation Z replace baby boomers. 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.

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Could Your Association Thrive in a Remote-First Culture?

Associations Now

In an age when centralization is running into a cost-of-living wall for many industries, embracing a remote-first culture could expand both your pool of talent and your base of operations. In some fields and disciplines, it’s important that you have a presence in the middle of the action.

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Safety Top-of-Mind for Bus, Gaming Associations

Associations Now

Two leading associations in the busing and gaming industries agree with that sentiment. “Our industry is committed to the safety of our guests, and our partnership with the American Bus Association will take that commitment one step further,” AGA President and CEO Geoff Freeman said in a press release.

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Drone Journalism: Media Groups Raise First Amendment Concerns

Associations Now

The rise of unmanned vehicles to generate journalism is an exciting development for the media industry—but one that flies in the face of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations. ” Recent examples: But in several cases, journalists have forged ahead. “Anyone who wants to fly an aircraft—manned or unmanned—in U.S.