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Can Encouraging Bleisure Travel Boost Millennial Conference Attendance?

Associations Now

Indianapolis has joined the bike share revolution with the addition of 29 Indiana Pacers Bikeshare stations downtown. “One of the things people who live here take for granted is going to the Indy speedway,” said Ryan Vaughn, president of Indiana Sports Corp. ” Play up the sports scene. .

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The Group Lobbying the States for a Presidential Popular Vote

Associations Now

The National Popular Vote has long made the case that there’s no reason that states have to stick with the electoral college—and has legislative success stories to show for it. We’re closer than ever to a popular vote in the United States—and a nonprofit might be the reason for the shift.

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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? Three ways to use your attendees’ obsession with good—and local—food and drink to elevate the meeting experience. According to food writer Eve Turow, we have millennials to thank for this new national obsession.

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Supreme Court Ruling Halts “Forum Shopping” in Patent Suits

Associations Now

The ruling, which came about after Kraft Foods sued TC Heartland LLC in Delaware—despite Heartland’s headquarters being based in Indiana—was closely watched by the business world, particularly in the technology space. A Closely Watched Case. innovation and job creation.” ” The Impact Going Forward.

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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. How students can't cope with rising tuition costs without incurring massive debts.

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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.