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How to Reset Your Board Diversity Efforts

Associations Now

How to do that? The study, Closing the Gaps , explores efforts among educational and healthcare nonprofits in the Philadelphia area, and identified a few bright spots: Women trustees and trustees of color have increased between 2019 and 2022, but diverse board chairs are rare, and some boards remain exclusively white.

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Conference Circuit: Studying Society

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The American Sociological Association ’s 113th Annual Meeting begins this weekend in Philadelphia. More than 5,000 researchers, educators, practitioners, decision-makers, and students involved in the scientific study of society will make their way to Philadelphia this week to share knowledge and new directions in research and practice.

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Bagel-Eating Contest Aims to Draw Attention to Start-Up Bagel Group

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David Brunelli of Philadelphia walked away from the National Bagel Association ’s second-annual National Bagel Eating Contest in New York with a $500 cash prize and the title of “National Bagel Eating Champion” for gobbling down 11 bagels in eight minutes. Its CEO wants the contest to one day bookend the group’s annual conference.

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Daily Buzz: America’s First Coin Returns Home

Associations Now

The American Numismatic Association’s “Numismatist of the Year” identified the United States’ first coin—and now it’s returning to Philadelphia thanks to an association meeting. Also: How to extend the life of event content. Called the “Plain Obverse Quint,” the coin was given to the U.S.

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Ringing the Bell for Member Engagement

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I focused on it in my presentation “How to Build an Online Community” and received a lot of interesting feedback from those association professionals attending. Being in Philadelphia I couldn’t help but think of the Liberty Bell as an analogy for the challenge of driving member engagement.

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The golden years: How to help residents gracefully age in place

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Simpson is a manager of 55-and-older communities in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Sundance residents learn about services available to help them, how to care for their loved ones, as well as how to care for themselves. Dwayne Taylor is the general manager of 2101 Cooperative, a high-rise in Philadelphia.

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Co-Creation: The Value is in the Process

Association Success

Ideas and decisions for how to spend the money are generated through sessions and online forums run by and for citizens. My hometown of Philadelphia wrote the book on this as it attempted to deal with the fallout of the financial crisis. And co-creation can help right the ship when citizens are furious over an executive decision.

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