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Association Brain Food: 7.21.23

Reid All About it

But TopClass LMS/WBT Systems describes ten skills your members need to learn right now. 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.

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Expand Your Product Line: Clone Your Classic Conference into Punchy Regionals

Association Success

If your association runs a national meeting, you already have systems in place to add regional conferences. All the tools and skills needed from hotel and expo contracting, curriculum design, CE accreditation, speaker management, exhibitor and sponsor support, registration systems, conference appa, and marketing methods are already in place.

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Innovative Planning at The Global Pet Expo Creates Greater Productivity for Attendees

Associations Now

In Orlando, seven planners have exceeded in this realm, setting the bar high for both their peers and the industry. Meet our fifth “Planner of Productivity”: Andrew Darmohraj, executive vice president and chief operating officer for the American Pet Products Association, based in Stamford, Connecticut.

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Metro-North Crash Intensifies Calls for Improved Safety, Funding

Associations Now

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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Association Brain Food: 12.9.22

Reid All About it

WBT Systems explains who’s excluded if you stop hosting virtual conferences. A weekly community chat on Slack for black professionals working in the events industry. The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Virtual events and inclusion. “If Wed 12/14 from 9:30 a.m. 3 CAE credits.

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The FAA’s Latest Drone Problem: Some Are Jumping the Gun

Associations Now

The Federal Aviation Administration is working on rolling out rules to govern the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry and help it take flight. A few examples: A part-time journalist was suspended from his job at a TV station in Hartford, Connecticut, earlier this month, after he flew a UAV around the scene of an accident.

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Your Digital Infrastructure Shouldn’t Be Playing Catch-Up

Associations Now

But Murphy’s state suddenly needed a lot of help with it, because New Jersey’s unemployment systems rely on COBOL. Literally, we have systems that are 40 years-plus old, and there’ll be lots of postmortems,” he said at the news conference. (Today, they’re generally 3.5 inches in diameter, the size of a drink coaster—if that.).