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NOVEMBER 18, 2016

On today in 1883, time zones launched in the United States. Prior to the time every major city had a "noon stick" where the sun being overhead set the time for noon and time was extrapolated from there. Who cared if Boston was a few minutes earlier than New York when the two were days apart on horseback. The railroads changed all that. And industry came together--albeit with heavy hand by the Vanderbilts--to solve the problem.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

The term “mass personalization” may seem paradoxical. But for your meetings to continue to thrive, you must deliver personalized experiences to a large group of people. Every other month, I anxiously await the arrival of my Stitchfix box. If you’re not familiar with Stitchfix, it’s a personalized online styling service where five clothing items and accessories—handpicked for you by a stylist based on your budget, taste, and lifestyle—are delivered to your doorstep on the date and at the frequenc

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

I was wondering why there are so few webinars next week, and then it dawned on me – it’s Thanksgiving week! What? Already? I’m glad I figured that out before scheduling work for myself on Thursday. To make up for the lack of webinars, here are some good reads for you, starting with one of the best posts I’ve read on website user experience. Orbit Media provides 40 “painless tactics” for improving your website so you can hold on to visitors and move them along a path to action.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

With a new network of land preserves, the North American Butterfly Association hopes to further support the continent’s populations of endangered butterflies. The North American Butterfly Association began a new stage in its work to preserve the continent’s butterflies through the launch of its Butterfly Habitat Network (BHN). To support its conservation mission, NABA wants to purchase plots of land throughout North America, strategically chosen based on the locations of butterflies that are end

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NOVEMBER 18, 2016

I remember waking up on 9/11 (2001) watching the twin towers fall and knowing deep in my gut our world had changed forever. I woke up on 11/9 (2016) watching Mr. Trump give his acceptance speech knowing in a different way, our world had changed forever. If you follow me on social media you know I made a deliberate and intentional choice to stay off social media that day.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Take care when communicating with your members during the stress-filled final weeks of the year. Also: Airbnb expands from rooms to experiences. With the weeks of the year closing in, your members may be stressed out. They’re not necessarily sick of you, but they may be feeling the pressures of holiday stress and end-of-year projects. So perhaps they aren’t thinking about you as much?

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

In the wake of new guidance from the Federal Reserve, which suggests that aspects of Visa’s implementation of chip card technology may be illegal, a coalition of retailers has called on the card processor to fix issues with EMV’s controversial rollout. With new guidance from the Federal Reserve working in their favor, retail associations want answers regarding the migration to EMV chip card payment technology that their members have been working to comply with for more than a year.

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