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2016: An Association Blogging and Podcasting Odyssey

Spark Consulting

I remember participating in my first bloggercon at ASAE in a sunny plaza in San Diego in 2008, shortly after I’d launched Thanks For Playing, the precursor to the Spark blog, with about 30 other association professionals, sharing our thoughts about how to use this new platform to strengthen our industry and our community.

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Golden State collaboration: CAI California chapters discuss year ahead

Ungrated

Chapter executive directors and board leaders from San Diego and Sacramento to the Pacific Ocean, the Sierra Nevada, and everywhere between discussed the new issues communities are facing—rising insurance rates, supply chain delays, and safety concerns—to the recurring such as drought, wildfires, and legislative issues.

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BIO International Convention 2020: Taking an International 17,000 Attendee Conference Virtual in Under 8 Weeks

Achurch

This year’s convention was scheduled to take place in San Diego, June 8-11, 2020. The following gives some tips and takeaways BIO learned hosting BIO Virtual: Price Accordingly The registration cost of attending a virtual event should not necessarily be the same as the in-person one.

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Community NOW Day 3: Education sessions motivate and prepare attendees

Ungrated

Education Session: Covering Your Assets Communities need to have a process driven approach that links investments and reserves,” says Nico March with the March Group in San Diego. She says the tight market has caused a “mass exodus” from the traditional insurance marketplace with communities scrambling for coverage.

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Best Benefit Ever: Bank on It

Associations Now

MBA announced the union at its 102nd Annual Convention and Expo in San Diego. On top of the educational courses they can attend through MBA , members can take advantage of discounts from Freddie Mac on special training courses and members-only webinars on a variety of market topics. Stevens said in a statement.

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Dealing With a Data Breach? Follow This Advice.

Associations Now

The Direct Marketing Association this week offered its members a useful guide that tells them what to do if a worst-case scenario happens. Marketers deal with a lot of data, and in the age of the cyberattack, keeping it secure isn’t exactly easy. Often, these breaches have hidden costs that ripple through related sectors.

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Membership and Chapter Growth is a Team Effort at AGC of America

Association Adviser

Association Adviser: How have membership marketing programs for AGC of America evolved? Jeff Wilson: Chapters have historically been the primary marketer of membership in part because much of the construction industry operates on a local level. One serves San Diego and one serves the remainder of the state.

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