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Out of Bloom: Lessons from a Nonprofit’s Demise

Associations Now

A nonprofit startup called inBloom, backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was supposed to change the education landscape by embracing big data. Part of the problem may be that the technology was ready before the public was. But many parents didn’t like that idea, and the organization announced its shutdown this week.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 8.2.19

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… The 11 th edition of MGI’s Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report is now available for download. How do you decide which delivery method is best for a new educational program ? How to Make Your Strategy Select Your Technology.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 8.9.19

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Our annual family beach vacation is next week—the same time as the ASAE Annual Meeting & Expo (#ASAE19). Here are the educational events scheduled for next week—plus social events going on at ASAE Annual in Columbus. Host: MemberClicks.

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

AssociationChat

They also talk about the impact of the global health situation on the Association market and how technology can help the industry become more sustainable in the future. With large technology vendors moving their events completely on-line, we believe the stage is set for a new normal moving forward when it comes to in-person events”.

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

AssociationChat

They also talk about the impact of the global health situation on the Association market and how technology can help the industry become more sustainable in the future. With large technology vendors moving their events completely on-line, we believe the stage is set for a new normal moving forward when it comes to in-person events”.

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Kids and Kickstarter: The Rise of PhilanthroKids and Kid Crowdfunding!

Beth Kanter

The media has dubbed this generation – “ Qwerty Monsters ” who send hundreds of text messages a day and don’t even like to use their phone for calls (and with two teens in my house, I can attest this is true). But it is more than the technology, it is also their passion to do good in the world. Well, Braeden is one of them.