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On the Runway: Lessons From New York Fashion Week

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What the recently wrapped New York Fashion Week can teach meeting planners about creating experiences, experimenting, and getting the next generation involved. If you’re familiar with fashion, you know these three collections were on the runway at New York Fashion Week (NYFW), which wrapped up a day or so ago.

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Mixed Support for New York City’s New Sodium Warning

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When New York City became the first place in the country to require chain restaurants to post a warning next to high-sodium items, a number of associations came out both for and against the new rule. On December 1, New York City became the first city in the U.S. to require a similar sodium label.

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The Hidden Costs of Inefficiency

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When you’re losing a nickel here or a dime there, it doesn’t seem like a lot … until you do the math and realize it’s costing you a pretty penny. Just ask New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). a $1 fee goes to the MTA on new card charges. At a cost of $2.50

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Three Reasons to Embrace SEO During the COVID-19 Crisis

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Recent research from Path Interactive notes that many sites heavily optimized for search saw significant increases in organic visibility in the past two months, especially those targeted at health issues, general news, and politics. A few insights for those interested in boosting SEO: Lower costs are a factor. percent and 65.6

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Could Your Association Thrive in a Remote-First Culture?

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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. But what if this desire for a central location, both in terms of office and locale, comes at the cost of innovation?

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How Apps Became Essential Business Travel Tools

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Digital payments are one example of how apps are helping to reinvent the travel experience. In a Global Business Travel Association survey last year , for example, nearly three quarters of respondents expressed interest in using mobile wallets. “Our research highlights a clear opportunity to engage U.S.

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Should you shorten your workweek?

Association Success

If it was possible to have shorter meetings, take a paid day off every week, cut the overhead cost of operating your office building and increase overall productivity, would you do it? In another report, Business Insider rounded up some other examples, including: . Shake Shack.