Reid All About it
OCTOBER 21, 2016
If you’re looking for a way to contribute to the association community, I’ve got one for you. Tagoras , a consulting and education firm specializing in the market for lifelong learning, invites you to participate in a survey that will help our community better understand how membership organizations use or don’t use social technologies to deliver learning.
Associations Now
OCTOBER 21, 2016
Could exhibiting costs be keeping smaller companies and startups from your tradeshow? Some thoughts on wooing these exhibitors, who may offer ideas and innovations that your members need to be successful long term. Even though some associations are assessing whether hosting large-scale tradeshows with aisles of booths is the right strategy to serve their members, the traditional expo floor is a staple that is likely to stay around for a while for many organizations.
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Jamie Notter
OCTOBER 21, 2016
Just wanted to make sure that if you've found your way to my blog here that you realize I now do all my blogging over on the WorkXO blog. I'm keeping this blog here because it obviously has all the posts I've written, even back to when it was the "Get Me Jamie Notter" blog, dating back to 2005! But make sure you head over to the Culture Chat blog on WorkXO and stay up to date with my current writing (as well as posts from my partners, Charlie Judy and Maddie Grant!).
Associations Now
OCTOBER 21, 2016
During the 2016 edition of IMEX America, stakeholders announced steps to further safety endeavors within the meetings industry through the launch of a new council. The council extends the events industry’s ongoing collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security. At this week’s IMEX America , in Las Vegas, the topic of security was top of mind for attendees—something reflected by a new industry council introduced this week.
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Effective Database
OCTOBER 21, 2016
In my experience, when associations make a database system change, staff will sometimes talk about how the old system used to work. They’ll say things like “In the old system, we could add a new individual record in two minutes; now it takes five.” Or “In the old system it was really easy to pull a list of committee members, just by selecting a checkbox; now it takes ten steps.” Or other words to that effect.
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Associations Now
OCTOBER 21, 2016
AARP has teamed up with the University of Illinois to open a lab to develop new technologies to improve quality of life for the 50-plus population. To drive innovation in technologies that can benefit people as they age, AARP and the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) have joined forces. They held a grand opening of their joint innovation venture, the Tech Nest, last week at the university’s Research Park, a tech hub where many other organizations and corporations reside.
Associations Now
OCTOBER 21, 2016
Virtual access won’t cannibalize your conference. It may even help it grow. Just a few years ago, it was novel when conference attendees shared the proceedings with outsiders via tweets. Now, technology has evolved to the point where live-streaming sessions over the internet is one of the biggest tech developments for conferences. People like Jean Riley, senior event manager with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics , are taking advantage of it.
Associations Now
OCTOBER 21, 2016
Do your third-party vendors have too much access to your data—and what sort of risks does that open up? Also: The head of the Internet Association reflects on the group’s start. It’s often necessary for third-party vendor networks to have access to your data. The problem is, this creates a point of weakness for many organizations. DelCor, in fact, suggests that third-party vendors are responsible for nearly two-thirds of all data breaches at corporations.
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