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How to Reset Your Board Diversity Efforts

Associations Now

Recent reports suggest that efforts to diversify boards are wobbling. Meanwhile, another report finds that Latinos have been shut out of the boardrooms of major corporations. As board expert Julie Daum told the Los Angeles Times last month: “Are we going to say, ‘I’m blond. How to do that? How to do that?

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Daily Buzz: Wanna Make a Marketing Splash? Bring in a Celebrity

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The Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board has found an unexpected spokesperson—punk rock icon Henry Rollins. The Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board has recruited Henry Rollins to host a five-part video series about the city, Pitchfork reports. How Your Organization Can Stay Relevant.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.21.19

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The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Maggie McGary shares insights from the Community Roundtable’s 10th Annual State of Community Management report and cross-references them with findings from MGI’s Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report. How to Use Ads for Advocacy.

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Add Chapters to Make an Old Association Feel New

Associations Now

Reaching 100 years old is a milestone for any association , and it naturally prompts thoughts about how to reinvigorate the organization as it begins its second century. As we’ve grown, our membership has expanded both in numbers—we now have nearly 7,500 members—and geographic diversity, with members in every state.”.

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Association Brain Food: 12.1.23

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Hilary Marsh explains the why, what, and how of content calendars and how to choose the best one for your organization. Ex Ordo describes how to implement conference and abstract management software for medical, technical, scientific, and academic society events. Conference/abstract management. 1 CAE credit. . –

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Are Exhibitors Opting Out of the Traditional Tradeshow Booth?

Associations Now

When the Entertainment Software Association’s E3 2016 Expo takes place in Los Angeles in June, it will miss one of its largest and longest-tenured exhibitors: entertainment software company Electronic Arts. How will associations make up the lost revenue if exhibitors do start to slowly leave and hold offsite events of their own?

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Traffic Jam: Associations React to Urban Mobility Scorecard

Associations Now

The nation’s roads are more packed now than they’ve ever been, according to a new report out of Texas A&M’s Transportation Institute. Several associations are using the report’s findings to push their message. Associations had some suggestions of their own for how to tackle the commuting conundrum.