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Everything Eventually Loses Its Shine

Elevating Engagement

Recently I spent some time on the Merritt Parkway in Connecticut, winding my way toward the lakes and mountains of Maine. My grandfather would have taken the route every Monday and Friday, heading to Manhattan to sell magazine ads in an industry journal and then home for the weekend in rural Connecticut.

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bad news is that New Jersey—along with other states, including Kansas and Connecticut —have unemployment systems so out of date that they rely on this old programming language, one that is so vintage that it hasn’t been taught in universities for decades.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

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Food Industry Coalition Leads Voluntary GMO Labeling Push

Associations Now

The Grocery Manufacturers Association and other industry groups have banded together amid the heated debate over labeling foods that contain genetically modified organisms. With the fight over genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in foods continuing to mount, major food-industry groups are joining forces to tackle the issue.

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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? More info/register.

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Bagel-Eating Contest Aims to Draw Attention to Start-Up Bagel Group

Associations Now

He said that several dozen spectators cheered on the 10 competitors, who traveled from New York, Philadelphia, and Connecticut to take part in the competition. Hazan, who grew up in Long Island and worked in a bagel shop, said there’s a great need for an industry association. It was a success, according to Hazan.

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Take a Vacation From Email

Association Navigator

I recently read that travel industry trend watchers say that in the near future there will be high end resorts that are “digital black holes” where cell and Wi-Fi signals are blocked. The Hickory Stick Bookshop, Washington Depo, Connecticut. Shephaug River, Connecticut.

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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.