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Your Digital Infrastructure Shouldn’t Be Playing Catch-Up

Associations Now

Murphy, the Democratic governor of New Jersey, found himself having to name-drop a supposed “dead programming language” at a news conference. But Murphy’s state suddenly needed a lot of help with it, because New Jersey’s unemployment systems rely on COBOL. That’s how open source works, of course.).

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.8.21

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Inspired by Priya Parker’s The Art of Gathering , WBT Systems describes how to close a conference in a meaningful way instead of ghosting your attendees. As a keynote speaker and consultant, he had “to make permanent business adjustments and develop new opportunities based on the world reality that is emerging.” 1 CAE credit.

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Better Emergency Alerts: How Associations Are Helping Bolster Warning Standards

Associations Now

One of the biggest problems with the traditional emergency alert system—the one that appears on television—is that it’s not specific enough. And it’s been coming to a head in recent weeks, amid an outbreak of tornadoes throughout the country—some of which struck as far east as New Jersey. The problem? Next-Gen TV Tech.

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State Dealers Groups, Tesla Motors Find Room for Compromise

Associations Now

Despite a tone that has been anything but pleasant in recent months, the icy relationship between auto dealers associations and Tesla Motors began to thaw last week, with compromise deals in two states and the potential that the most talked-about battleground, New Jersey, might reverse course.

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State Dealer Groups, Tesla Motors Find Room for Compromise

Associations Now

Despite a tone that has been anything but pleasant in recent months, the icy relationship between auto dealer associations and Tesla Motors began to thaw last week, with compromise deals in two states and the potential that the most talked-about battleground, New Jersey, might reverse course.

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Coronavirus Updates for Association and Events Professionals – What You Need to Know

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New York – 19.5 New Jersey – 8.9 Here’s the Biggest Thing to Worry About With Coronavirus (source: NY Times) March 12, 2020 – […] Italy, especially Northern Italy, has a solid health care system. million – started Thursday. million – effective Sunday evening. Illinois – 12.7 million – started 5 p.m. Louisiana – 4.6

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Daily #COVID19 Updates for Association and Events Professionals – What You Need to Know

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New York – 19.5 New Jersey – 8.9 Here’s the Biggest Thing to Worry About With Coronavirus (source: NY Times) March 12, 2020 – […] Italy, especially Northern Italy, has a solid health care system. million – started Thursday. million – effective Sunday evening. Illinois – 12.7 million – started 5 p.m. Louisiana – 4.6