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Nonprofits, School Groups Pick up Fight Against Cyberbullying

Associations Now

That’s according to recent research from the National Center for Education Statistics, which reported recently that three times as many girls (21 percent) reported being harassed using text messages or in online mediums as boys (7 percent). It’s a situation that educators and the groups that support them are watching closely.

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5 Meetings Industry Trends Defining 2017

Associations Now

Sure, we can be in constant contact with those near and far through email, social media, videoconference, and more, but the benefits of face-to-face interaction are still clear. Vancouver, coastal neighbor to Silicon Valley and Seattle, is one such city. Each entity feeds and pushes the other.

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FCC to Accept Applications for Nonprofit FM Radio Stations (Eventually)

Associations Now

For OneAmerica, an immigrant advocacy organization based in Seattle, connecting with the people they are trying to serve can be a difficult task. It’s a technology that, whether people are educated or not, they can listen to and have access to,” she said. It’s a technology that people are familiar with.

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Stay in Touch

AssociCom

I was working on my laptop between sessions at the recent WA-ACTE conference near Seattle when I overheard a nearby conversation: - Did you hear the keynote speech? - James Pullman is WA-ACTE’s Social Media Consultant. Yes, it was excellent. I wish I could get a copy of that presentation. He had the keynote PowerPoint.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.18.18

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Maybe it’s time to get rid of the words “sponsor” and “sponsorship,” and while we’re at it, let’s 86 the old-fashioned mindset that sponsors are members you milk in return for signage and program mentions. Touching a nerve? For The Interested ).

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111 Intriguing Chats for 2011

ChatterBachs

As many of you know, the priority of engaging and connecting is a big one for me- a soapbox- if you will, and I don’t understand those who simply look at social media as a way to promote their agenda, products, and/or services. College Educator. This is my personal list, but please feel free to reference or use it.

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What Smart Associations Do Differently

Association Adviser

In response to this challenge, some associations have made impressive gains in their adoption of technology, particularly in the areas of mobile, social media, video, online learning, connectivity and more. Seattle Seahawks. They don’t even need a computer. TiK ToK(Ke$ha). Rolling In The Deep (Adele). Super Bowl Winner.

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