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CompTIA Study Finds Tech Hubs Where You Wouldn’t Expect Them

Associations Now

Yes, you’re probably aware that San Francisco or Seattle are tech hotbeds, but what about Huntsville, Alabama, or Lansing, Michigan? Even though they cost more to live in, median salaries are also much higher than in smaller regions; San Francisco’s $110,000 median salary is $43,000 more than Lansing’s $67,000 median.

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Could Your Association Thrive in a Remote-First Culture?

Associations Now

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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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.5.20

Reid All About it

Kit” (innovation in a box) and then crowd-sourcing the most impactful tools that people use throughout the Disruptor League. Presenters: Lori Pugh Marcum, CMP, CMM, HMCC, CED, Head of Meeting Innovation, Meeting Professionals International. We’re bringing the tribe together to unlock the potential of tools like MOFI’s “YES!

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Preparing for an Association Event’s Security Means Going Off Auto-Pilot and Taking Control for Yourselves

Association Adviser

In current business lingo, “disruption” means any business model, marketing schema, supply chain or source that changes the way we view the creation and delivery of products and services in an innovative, positive way. The registration area of MPINCC’s Annual Conference & Expo at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

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What Happens When Digital Education Reaches Your Profession/Industry?

SCD Group

Massive open online courses, which are free and have attracted hundreds of thousands of learners but offer no degree, already have forced traditional higher education to re-examine how to reach more students at lower cost. An innovative chapter’s programs that could be picked up throughout the world?

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Hyperloop Hype: Could Elon Musk’s Mysterious Idea Reshape Travel?

Associations Now

On Monday, tech innovator Elon Musk is expected to offer up an experimental idea for frictionless, high-speed travel that’s drawing a ton of attention. Won’t leap tall buildings (or get airborne at all, really), but could get you from Los Angeles to San Francisco in half an hour. Faster than a speeding bullet.

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Opt-Out, Not Opt-In: California Passes Tough Kill-Switch Law

Associations Now

“Seldom can a public safety crisis be addressed by a technological solution, but today wireless consumers everywhere can breathe a sigh of relief,” San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon, a leading advocate for the law, said in a statement to CNET.