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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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Sponsorships: What Do Meeting Organizers and Exhibitors Want?

Associations Now

A good example of the latter was the introduction of the American College of Emergency Physicians’ emergency department of the future —called InnovateED—at its 2013 meeting in Seattle. Even better: While ACEP was just looking for InnovatED to break even, it actually made a profit in its first year. What do they consider more mundane?

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What Smart Associations Do Differently

Association Adviser

Technology is not synonymous for innovation; some associations are having breakthroughs by going back to old tech. All the resources, connections and reach that associations used to have to themselves can now be found at little or no cost by anyone with a web connection. Seattle Seahawks. They don’t even need a computer.

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The Internet Gets Charitable

Beth Kanter

Note from Beth: I hosted a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference that took place last week in Seattle. Flickr Photo by Mburpee. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. It is an exciting time.

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