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Thursday Buzz: One Way to Respond When Celebrities Criticize

Associations Now

At this year’s SXSW conference , Mark Cuban, the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team, said that he would not want to be a CPA right now because advances in automation technology don’t bode well for the future of that profession. Seeing her big opportunity, Patterson boldly approached the SharkTank star in person.

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Can Disruptive Innovation Benefit Associations?

SCD Group

Rather than sitting around and talking about negative trends or "fussing" about Millennials, two businesses within these industrie shave refocused and created innovations designed to re/engage participants and recruit new ones. If you represent publishers/printers, how are you adjusting to digital technology?

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 11.4.16

Reid All About it

– 4 Hot Technology Trends Driving Change in Events Today. Keep up with the exciting tech disrupters that planners are adopting to bring engagement and productivity to their meetings and conferences: beacon technology, drones, Snapchat, and augmented/virtual reality. Host: PCMA and Dallas CVB. Tue 11/15 at 2 p.m.

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