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Association Brain Food Weekly: 12.15.17

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Indiana SAE ). I shared this one before, but it’s worth sharing again now that Bitcoin is making headlines every week: an explainer on blockchain technology from CB Insights. Although this Harvard Business Review article is written for a corporate audience, the main points apply to associations as well. Business Insider ).

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4 Steps to Assessing Your Membership Management Software Needs

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In the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade , after multiple threats to his life and overcoming impossible obstacles, Indy meets the Grail Knight, keeper of the Holy Grail. This can be a very cumbersome process but is necessary in deriving a complete understanding of your technology needs. Technology Wishlist. Big Picture.

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The 6 Forces Shaping the Future of Meetings

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From what attendees expect as the “new status quo” to how venues—and entire metropolis’—are being forced to upgrade their technology infrastructure. Conferences need to deliver high-level technology content and experiences. Are the main attractions close to downtown hotels? Tech-expectations. Olympic diving trials.

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Association Brain Food: 3.17.23

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The main event was chicken (instead of veal) piccata with steamed asparagus (another menu deviation because, oh my, I knew asparagus in that sauce would be so good and it was) and bucatini amatriciana. . Host: Fridays@4 Speaker: Rochelle Jerry, Vice President of Development and Customer Relations, The Indiana Black Expo Tue 3/28 at 11 a.m.

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5 Tactics To Create An Experiential Event

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One of the ballrooms of the Indiana Convention Center will transform into a special exhibitor space highlighting innovation in agriculture technology to prepare students for jobs of the future. The National FFA is taking advantage of this tactic by launching a new experience for attendees in October in Indy called Blue 365.

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The Great Daylight Saving Time Debate

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While the Energy Policy Act of 2005 [PDF] cited energy savings as a main reason for extending DST—the U.S. moved from seven months of daylight saving to eight under the act— a 2008 study of energy consumption in Indiana found that, because of new demands for heating and cooling, DST actually increased energy consumption.

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