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Your Digital Infrastructure Shouldn’t Be Playing Catch-Up

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bad news is that New Jersey—along with other states, including Kansas and Connecticut —have unemployment systems so out of date that they rely on this old programming language, one that is so vintage that it hasn’t been taught in universities for decades.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

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Create a Container: Storytelling Strategies to Engage the Next Generation

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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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After Sandy Hook, Why a Newtown-Based Gun Group Stayed There

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The National Shooting Sports Foundation, which has called Newtown, Connecticut, home for two decades, says it considered moving its headquarters after last year’s school shooting, but staff members urged the leadership to stay in town. Here’s why. The gun control debate hadn’t had a flash point quite like Newtown before.

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Metro-North Crash Intensifies Calls for Improved Safety, Funding

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As the investigation of the deadly New York City train derailment this week continues, transportation regulators and industry groups have zeroed in on the issue of safety—specifically, the funding and technology needed to make commuter rail travel more secure. In May, two trains collided on a stretch of track in Connecticut.

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The Civil Servant at the Top

Associations Now

Think of former Connecticut senator Chris Dodd, now head of the Motion Picture Association of America ; general Wesley Clark, co-chair of Growth Energy , an ethanol industry trade group; or former South Carolina senator Jim DeMint, now head of the Heritage Foundation. There have been numerous examples of this in the past five years.

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Coronavirus Updates for Association and Events Professionals – What You Need to Know

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billion users worldwide, across 12 different industry verticals. We found that while Retail, Real-Estate, and Travel & Hospitality industries have struggled, industries such as Media & Entertainment, Video Conferencing and Social Media have prospered. Connecticut – 3.5 Illinois – 12.7 million – started 5 p.m.

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Daily #COVID19 Updates for Association and Events Professionals – What You Need to Know

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billion users worldwide, across 12 different industry verticals. We found that while Retail, Real-Estate, and Travel & Hospitality industries have struggled, industries such as Media & Entertainment, Video Conferencing and Social Media have prospered. Connecticut – 3.5 Illinois – 12.7 million – started 5 p.m.