Higher Logic

MAY 25, 2016

The sharing economy is big these days, with new companies popping up -- and fading away -- almost daily. And there’s big money to be made, both for the companies providing the platform and for the people using them -- think of Uber and Getaround for transportation, AirBNB for accommodations and LendingClub for loans. Lyft is in this same group and, although significantly smaller than Uber, is still a unicorn (a private company worth over a billion dollars).

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Mariner

MAY 25, 2016

I just wrapped up another great session with chapter leaders – Financial Executives International this time. As I do at each of these, I come back with great ideas to try. Two that really resonated with me.

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Associations Now

MAY 25, 2016

The Specialty Coffee Association of America uses its new flavor wheel to get everybody in the supply chain speaking the same language. Every industry has its own lingo—terms that are unique to the mechanics of the business. Which is fine, so long as the conversation is limited to a small group of insiders. It’s not so fine for communicating with a lot of different constituencies.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 25, 2016

Learning: it is probably one of the most misunderstood and misapplied concepts today. Many of us assume learning results from attending a class. We believe that our brains are like sponges that just absorb whatever it hears or sees. We presume that learning is a byproduct of listening to a lecture. We’ve even given names to this type of learning: auditory learning and passive learning.

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Associations Now

MAY 25, 2016

How moving away from a cookie-cutter approach with the classic presentation platform can help improve your event. Plus: What to do with your webinar audience. Microsoft’s PowerPoint is an old-school tool for conference speakers. While it has been a reliable presentation method, many associations have fallen into the habit of using a uniform template that appears outdated and is unpleasant for attendees to look at.

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Associations Now

MAY 25, 2016

Associations might not be excited about coming changes to rules for overtime pay, but inside the debate lies a perhaps unexpected lesson about the choice to raise your association’s membership dues. Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a new rule for determining which American workers are eligible for overtime pay, set to take affect December 1.

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Associations Now

MAY 25, 2016

$ 12B The amount that travelers are expected to spend during Memorial Day weekend, according to research by the U.S. Travel Association. According to The Hill , the group also notes that 38 million Americans will travel more than 50 miles this weekend, and that air travelers will spend more ($990 per person), on average, than their road-tripping counterparts ($220 per person).

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Associations Now

MAY 25, 2016

The departure of the major ride-sharing startups, still smarting over a failure at the ballot box, has left a hole in the Texas capital for people looking for a cheap ride. One of the firms hoping to fill it in Austin is doing something unusual for an app of its nature: organizing itself as a community-driven nonprofit. The failure of a ballot measure backed by Uber and Lyft led the two companies to leave the market in Austin, Texas.

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