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Protecting community: Board members and managers show the value of crisis leadership

Ungrated

The board of directors at the Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue condominium in Seattle adopted regulations to only allow outside family members access to the community. includes 717 single-family homes amidst three golf courses, several lakes, restaurants, and recreation centers. The Addison Reserve Country Club in Delray Beach, Fla.,

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Pi Day Hits a Landmark Anniversary for Number Crunchers and Pastry Lovers

Associations Now

The Downtown Seattle Association, for example , is holding multiple pie-eating contests on Thursday, with prizes for the winners. The Tau Beta Pi Association, an engineering society, is running a membership and fundraising challenge this week—with values set in multiples of Pi, of course.

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Reads of the Week: October 5, 2012

Reid All About it

My course would be interesting and challenging no matter what, but UPenn professor Al Filreis and his posse of TAs have made the #modpo experience even more enriching than I ever imagined. Here’s a performance they did for Seattle radio station KEXP – check that station out too. And you know what? This could be serious. Happy Friday!

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5 Meetings Industry Trends Defining 2017

Associations Now

Meanwhile, meeting planners are also grappling with a host of new trends—because, of course, every industry evolves. Vancouver, coastal neighbor to Silicon Valley and Seattle, is one such city. But the conference city must be worthy of their tourist dollars, of course. ROI is a consistent question.

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Government Shutdown Puts Damper on Association Meetings

Associations Now

CES, of course, isn’t alone on this issue—many events this month, especially in the scientific world, have faced challenges with attendees and speakers having to drop out because of the shutdown. As a result, some of our scheduled CES 2019 programming and speakers will change.”.

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Tuesday Buzz: And the Web Goes Wild

Associations Now

Downtown Seattle. A master’s course in thinking differently: Priceonomics takes a good, hard look at the AeroPress, an unusually effective invention that turned the coffee world on its head. Associations big and small are up for a Webby Award this year, and you can vote for them, too. With Art Philadelphia. Other Great READS.

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Executive Connections: SLA Says It "Big"

Executive Connections

I hope you had an opportunity to see the advertisement that appeared in the Wall Street Journal before and during the 2008 Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO in Seattle promoting the role of information professionals. I realize, of course, that it hinges on sponsor support. SLA Says It "Big". When the much smaller Assoc.

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