Aaron Wolowiec

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Aerial of downtown Detroit Riverfront Photo Credit: Vito Palmissano. Hosted by the Greektown Casino-Hotel in Detroit, the theme is “What’s Working?” Despite bad press, Detroit offers countless examples of what’s working. Likewise, Detroit is not the ‘black eye’ of America and Motown magic continues to attract business.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The reason the company has managed to hold on for so long has much to do with its ever-evolving data strategy. It offers a great example for associations to follow. It came from Detroit. A Rare Example. It’s still going strong. And it didn’t come from Silicon Valley, either. OnStar is important in another way.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 7, 2018

The industry is surging thanks to advanced-automation and robotics technologies: Look no further than Amazon’s warehouse robots , which can now pick, pack, and ship an online order to your door. For decades, RIA focused mainly on the auto industry in Detroit. That’s what the Robotic Industries Association is starting to see.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 11, 2015

In a Sunday panel at the ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition in Detroit, Geary noted that he respects the value of technology but said he has become less knowledgeable about tech as he gets older, relying on his younger staffers to keep him abreast of important trends and stepping in when he needs to get a stronger handle on a given issue.

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Beth Kanter

JULY 30, 2012

Regardless of your budget, this session will leave you in a better position to secure leadership buy-in by getting inside the head of a seasoned nonprofit leader, as well as offer concrete insights on how an established organization is able to use technology to better meet their mission. Stop pushing and leave time for interaction.

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Association Subculture

MARCH 25, 2013

Narcissism is not a business strategy. For example, Michigan has been systematically removing elected city councils and boards and replacing them with appointed (not elected) "financial managers." And now, Detroit. Our beloved Detroit is in danger of losing its soul. I mean, what could be wrong with competence?

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