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Association Brain Food Weekly: 4.16.21

Reid All About it

This workshop will arm you with tactical strategies that will help you negotiate and defend your organization in the post-shutdown world. In this high-level workshop, attendees will review key contract clauses, negotiation tips, and strategies on how to ensure a strong contract to protect your organization. 1 CMP credit. Host: ASAE.

Revenue 363
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The Case for Treating Your Event Like a Culinary Experience

Associations Now

Have you ever wondered why the United States has recently became so obsessed with food and the people who prepare it? For example, one gives away 5 percent of its profits to animal organizations and allows patrons to bring their pooch to the tap room. That’s still relevant in 2017.

Metro 55
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The 6 Forces Shaping the Future of Meetings

Associations Now

There are now a number of growing tech hubs throughout the United States, where startups grew successful, got bought, and are now spawning a raft of new startups. Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis’ natatorium achieved a 93 percent waste diversion rate when it hosted the 2016 U.S. Olympic diving trials.

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Reinvent What You Do, Not Who You Are

Association Subculture

How structural changes in our economy are moving entire industries out of the United States leaving members out of work and without the appropriate training to move into something else. It's spreading to Indiana, Wisconsin and New York. Am I against choosing talented people to lead our organizations? And now, Detroit.

Detroit 100
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“Nothing ruins a good association like too much money.”

SCD Group

I’ve never forgotten this comment from Indiana soybean farmer Wilf Illingsworth in the 1980s. It speaks to money and associations and other nonprofit organizations. We need nonprofit organizations and foundations willing to challenge the fact that right now America’s celebrated social mobility is only downward.

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Millennial Women: Hear Them Roar

Achieve

Recently, in fact, the United States has appeared to not be very united at all. She served as the Associate Director of Research at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy before coming to Achieve in 2015. However, not all is lost.

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Nonprofit Organizational Culture Eats Big Data for Lunch

Beth Kanter

Why do some organizations struggle to manage their data? Along the way, I interviewed more than 20 nonprofit experts from a wide variety of organizations. Any strategy or plan to use Big Data is likely to be devoured if the culture of an organization is not supportive. So, check out this post and be sure to order a copy today!