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Corn Growers Group Launches Innovation Challenge

Associations Now

The National Corn Growers Association is relying on some friendly competition to crowdsource innovative ways to use corn products. billion bushels, the National Corn Growers Association is hosting a global open innovation challenge to explore new solutions for turning the crop into bio-sustainable chemicals and molecules. “We

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Tuesday Buzz: Cloudy Days Ahead

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But in a new press release , Gartner says that anti-cloud sentiment is likely to fade away in a few years, as the offerings improve and bleeding-edge technology becomes cloud-only—think, for example, Adobe’s Creative Cloud offering, which is only available as a subscription service but is frequently updated for end users.

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Groups Denounce Texas Bill as Discriminatory Ahead of Special Session

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The pursuit of a bathroom bill represents a willful disregard for those vulnerable people and for businesses, workers, and communities all across our state,” Phillip Jones, president and CEO of VisitDallas, said in a press release. billion by 2026 if the bill passes.

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ASAE Calls for More Association-Specific Relief for COVID-19 Impacted Organizations

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The Centennial anniversary represents ASAE’s role as a leader and supporter of progress and innovation in the association industry. Fortunately, there are a couple of avenues Congress has provided for associations to obtain assistance in these difficult times, but we need more,” said ASAE President and CEO Susan Robertson, CAE. About ASAE.

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Brain Tumor Association to Livestream Select Conference Sessions

Associations Now

The decision was made that there should be a cost associated with the streaming feature, because if people decide they could have waited until the streaming went live as opposed to be in-person, then we were concerned that folks might not be in the seats,” Kees said. “The Wilson said in a press release.

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Is New Technology Worth The Investment?

Association Adviser

Tech innovations such as blogging and social media platforms allow associations to host low-cost, two-way communication forums. The reward from using new technology—and the risk of not implementing it—usually outweighs the upfront costs. Costs of these tactics are very low, and the exposure is tremendous.

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Starring….Your Association Publications

Association Adviser

The CSLA circulates a press release announcing their win, posts the news and details of the win on its website, and shares the win broadly through its social media channels, all of which keep the association and its magazine top of mind for members and the public. The cost to submit an application is $50.