Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

A recent study suggests that leaders who prioritize being charismatic and fun are usually motivated by personality traits associated with unethical behavior, including a need for attention and a desire for power. Anyone who has ever watched The Office knows that being a “fun leader” doesn’t always mean that you’re a good boss. Quite the opposite, really: A little too much fun—along with any personality trait that puts too much focus on you personally—might not be good for your ethical decision-m

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Learn how you can spend more time out in nature and less time managing your association or organization with Parks and Recreation Management Software.

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Brain Food is quick and dirty this week. I haven’t had time since returning on Wednesday night from our Arizona hiking vacation to do any of my usual work on this week’s Brain Food post. Because our North Carolina home is surrounded by trees in rain-soaked ground, I’m preparing for the winds of Hurricane Florence and the inevitable power outage instead of giving my usual attention to this post.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

The American Nightlife Association is aiming big with its latest partnership, which will allow its members to accept different forms of cryptocurrency, such as bitcoin. With an association’s help, you soon might find yourself paying for a night at the pub with a little cryptocurrency. In a new partnership with the decentralized payment system Paytomat, the American Nightlife Association will help build a system for its more than 30,000 member merchants—including nightclubs, bars, and event venue

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Holly Duckworth

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Our world is lacking a certain sense of human kindness. It’s time we demand that civility come back. I read the paper each morning, and drink my coffee often I find myself shaking my head wondering what our world is coming to. Then I laugh, and recognize I must be getting older. I remember my […].

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Creating inclusive teams starts with addressing intersectionality and then making it part of your organization’s operations. Also: how to cancel a conference. It’s no secret that inclusive teams make better business decisions. But creating teams in relation to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) can be difficult when nonprofit leaders are predominantly white , writes Emily Teitsworth in the Stanford Social Innovation Review.

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