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How One Association Handled an Active Shooter Incident in Conference City

Associations Now

Those plans were quickly upended, though, when RIMS staff learned that an active shooter was at large about two miles from the conference site, the Georgia World Congress Center. That required multiple points of contact, LaBranche said, from emails to signage at the Georgia World Congress Center.

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Friday Top 5

Spark Consulting

My Top 10 Tips for surviving and thriving at the ASAE Annual Meeting, part 1 of 2, pre-gaming: Download the app (just search for ASAE13 in your device’s app store). Hell, it could be to visit the Georgia Aquarium or Coke World. It could be to start a job search or find a new vendor. But know what you want to achieve.

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Taking the Mobile Event App Leap

Association Adviser

Launch your app ahead of the conference to give attendees time to download and explore. The Result : 12 percent adoption rate (about 360 downloads), 22,000 page impressions, a game plan for continued success and improvement next year, and a few tips for you association management companies out there who might be taking on the same challenges.

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From the Corner Office: Rob Sumner, CAE, Esq.

Association Adviser

An association lawyer for nearly 20 years, Sumner has more than 24 years of experience in association management and has been an active member of the Georgia Society of Association Executives (GSAE) since 1981. Feel free to download the Social Media Policies checklist from our firm, Sumner & Associates, PC. Rob Sumner: It does.

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Nine Characteristics of Online Communities That Work

Higher Logic

You don't have to be an overly-friendly folksy CM like yours truly (you can take the girl out of Georgia, but you can't take the Georgia out of the girl), but you do have to speak as you would to someone in any other interpersonal conversation. Look at library entry views and downloads. You are not a PR robot. Act like it!

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What Associations Need to Know About Technology

Association Adviser

Mobile apps are promising, but we’re still trying to figure out how much revenue you can generate from them, said Tino Mantella, president and CEO of the 19,000 member Technology Association of Georgia (TAG). “I’m surprised that downloading videos got the highest ratings,” said AGC’s Francis.