Higher Logic

JULY 18, 2016

Have you heard about this new game, Pokémon Go? I hear it’s kind of a big deal.OK, I have to come clean, and this is possibly the most embarrassing thing I could admit in a public forum: in 1999, when the first Pokémon movie came out, my best friend and I dressed up as two of the main characters, carrying a Pikachu, and went to our local movie theater.

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Socious

JULY 18, 2016

Ah, the honeymoon stage. White sand beaches, a gentle breeze, drinks with the little tiny umbrellas. It’s great, until someone makes a mistake and overbooks your hotel or cancels your flight.

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Associations Now

JULY 18, 2016

Embezzlement, violence, and lawsuits are the last things an organization expects. But the Healing Arts Initiative story underscores how simply a culture can get messy. It’s not often that a nonprofit organization provides an object lesson in leadership, financial management, culture, and governance all at once. But the grim, at times horrifying tale of the Healing Arts Initiative is a special case.

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Eric Lanke

JULY 18, 2016

I tried an experiment at our staff meeting last week. Like a lot of organizations, we have a weekly staff meeting, where everyone gets together around a table (eleven of us in-person and two more on the phone and webcam), and we talk about what's important this week. Who's got a deadline? Who needs help with something? Who's got a question for another colleague that they haven't otherwise had a chance to ask?

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Associations Now

JULY 18, 2016

Business travel insiders are not yet worried, but they say factoring in and preparing for risk while overseas is a regular concern in the industry. At least four countries have warned their citizens about traveling to the U.S. after a spate of deadly shootings and an outbreak of civil unrest across the country. The Commonwealth of the Bahamas, a Caribbean nation home to a large population with African heritage, was the first to urge its residents to take care when visiting the U.S. and to avoid

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Associations Now

JULY 18, 2016

In an unprecedented move that could keep the world’s largest country from competing in Brazil next month, the executive board of the World Anti-Doping Agency has called for a full competition ban for Russian athletes, due to an array of scandals. The International Olympic Committee has promised a tough response. The world’s most prominent anti-doping regulatory body has drawn a stark line in the sand—and if the agency has its way, Russia could find itself on the other side.

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Associations Now

JULY 18, 2016

A major trade group for the online lending industry announced last week that it would ramp up its monitoring of bad actors in the sector. The goal? To help raise the good actors. In an example of an industry group taking regulation into its own hands, the Online Lenders Alliance has started policing lender websites after Google moved to block ads promoting payday-loan companies from appearing in search results.

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Associations Now

JULY 18, 2016

While Pokémon Go continues to gain popularity, the game also presents CVBs with a new way to market landmarks and visitors with a new way to explore. As the Pokémon Go craze continues to sweep the nation, organizations are taking advantage of the mobile game to boost their missions and messages. CVBs, for example, are using the augmented reality game—which uses Google Maps overlays to let players walk the streets in search of Pokémon to catch, Pokéstops to gather items, and gyms to battle and le

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Associations Now

JULY 18, 2016

A number of major trade groups are passing on the national conventions—both Republican and Democratic. But they still have a lot going on. Also: Are you making these body-language mistakes? The buzz around this year’s Republican National Convention has been weird, with Donald Trump’s influence in Cleveland putting political mainstays in an odd spot.

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