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Celebrate Women’s History Month with these innovative leaders

Nimble AMS

This year, the United Nations declared the International Women’s Day theme to be “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality.” The UN chose the theme to highlight what women have accomplished in the technology sphere and the steps needed to achieve gender equality in digital spaces.

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911 Outages Show Need for System Upgrades, Group Says

Associations Now

Accessibility Challenge The failure of many 911 systems to stay up to date has also created an accessibility problem: Many such systems are difficult for functionally deaf Americans to use, Mother Jones recently reported. “The old U.S. Separately, ongoing technical problems in Dallas are said to have led directly to a tragedy.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 9.17.21

Reid All About it

Instead of getting caught off guard like last year, they suggest preparing for anti-digital bias, making a virtual Plan B (but a better version than last time), investing in the right technology, and aligning your org chart and skill sets to the new reality. Host: Brandt Krueger, founder Event Technology Consulting. Integration woes.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 9.24.21

Reid All About it

Yet they’re also expected to select event and website technology. Billhighway has a better answer: chapter-in-a-box technology that keeps all HQ and chapter data in one place and doesn’t force volunteers to become chapter technologists. Host: Brandt Krueger, founder Event Technology Consulting. Software requirements.

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Greening the Economy

Plexus Consulting

In hopes that “greening the economy” may be a much-needed stimulus, employers are not only investing in new technologies but also seeking workers with an environmental background in education, training, and technical skills. Jobs in conservation and pollution mitigation are increasing in many states.

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Retailers Push for Uniform Data-Breach Notification Law

Associations Now

Data from IT governance association ISACA found that 94 percent of American consumers were familiar with the breaches reported over the past year. As it stands, 47 states, the District of Columbia, and several U.S. percent of data breaches in 2013, compared to 34 percent for the financial services industry.

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TSA’s Fee Changes Are Causing Headaches

Associations Now

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, came after A4A and the Travel Technology Association had repeatedly asked TSA to delay the fee changes so that they could ensure proper implementation. ” Requests for delays ignored: The suit, filed in the U.S.