Reid All About it

JULY 21, 2017

Your weekly list of free webinars and events for the association community… Yesterday I went on an ebook buying rampage thanks to BookBub. You know how it goes: you look at the “Customers who bought this item also bought” section on Amazon and before you know it you’ve clicked “Buy now” several times. Well, that’s what happens to me. What I didn’t buy was any science fiction which, according to Harvard Business Review , “empower[s] us to confront not just what we think but also how we thin

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Spark Consulting

JULY 21, 2017

Did you miss the July 12 webinar my Include Is a Verb co-author Sherry Marts and I presented for the Wild Apricot Experts series on living your talk on D+I? Never fear! The recording is now available: Sherry and I got to as many questions as we could in the sidebar chat during the webinar, but as usual, we missed a few, so we’re answering them below: Question: When holding a free public event, do you post a code of conduct?

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Associations Now

JULY 21, 2017

Associations frequently use advisory boards to develop a meeting’s curriculum or to help identify industry trends and breaking news. But what other roles can these experts play? I was sitting on the bus during my commute earlier this week here in DC when I noticed a sign asking people to join the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s Riders’ Advisory Council.

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Associations Now

JULY 21, 2017

The American Homebrewers Association is making available specific recipes for brewing small batches of popular craft beers. The group notes that many of the original brewers of these beers started out as homebrewers themselves. If you’re into homebrewing, one association’s new guide is something to truly get excited for. This week, the American Homebrewers Association (AHA) announced the launch of a new “commercial clone” guide.

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Associations Now

JULY 21, 2017

Long the home for TV and radio journalists, the Motor City group now welcomes sports journalists across media and will boost initiatives to support emerging professionals aspiring to cover Detroit’s sports scene. A tiger can’t change its stripes, but perhaps an association of people who cover the Tigers can. The Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association, which for nearly seven decades has exclusively served TV and radio journalists, has changed its name and expanded its mission.

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Associations Now

JULY 21, 2017

As Gen Z enters the workforce, leaders may need to adjust how they manage. Also: The hidden reasons behind the lack of women in CEO positions. Move over millennials, it’s Gen Z’s time to enter the workforce. This generation, whose oldest members were born in the mid-1990s, is unique from older generations in a lot of ways, which will have significant effects on management styles.

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Associations Now

JULY 21, 2017

The three firms are working together to start an incubator for travel and hospitality technology, with a planned September launch date. The future of travel is about to be incubated. A new partnership between the well-known startup incubator 1776 , the interactive arm of the global management consultancy Accenture, and the hotel conglomerate Marriott is intended to bring some new ideas to the travel experience.

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