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Electronic Security Association to World: Our Industry Has Jobs

Associations Now

The group that represents the security industry is working to highlight the sector’s increased need for employees—and it’s doing so by pointing out that entry-level jobs in the field don’t require a degree. That’s why the industry is working to play up its lower barrier to entry. You don’t need a college degree.

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Connecting Brands, Clearing Inboxes, and Cultivating Employee Engagement with an Intranet Community

Higher Logic

Ascend Learning uses 12+ brands to deliver custom products and services to high-value industries like healthcare. Ascend Learning’s intranet has been so successful that, just a year after launch, basecamp was awarded the Gold PRISM award for Internal Communication by the Greater Kansas City Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).

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Connecting Brands, Clearing Inboxes, and Cultivating Employee Engagement with an Intranet Community

Higher Logic

Ascend Learning uses 12+ brands to deliver custom products and services to high-value industries like healthcare. Ascend Learning’s intranet has been so successful that, just a year after launch, basecamp was awarded the Gold PRISM award for Internal Communication by the Greater Kansas City Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).

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How to Make Valuable Face Time With New Members

Associations Now

According to Marketing General Inc.’s s 2016 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Repor t [PDF], a majority of associations surveyed are sending new member communications in the form of email welcomes or welcome kits. The pairings are marketed as a career mentorship, and it’s helped to incentivize meeting attendance for younger members.

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A New Type of Conference Education

SCD Group

The sessions were scheduled and marketed as the educational component for the convention and sales pitch sessions were discouraged. Emily Bibens is Vice President of Woody Bibens and Associates ( www.woodybibens.com ), an association management company with offices in Kansas City and St. The response was overwhelmingly positive.

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Location, Location, Location: Destination Drives Current and Future Attendance

Associations Now

The Dallas CVB, Kansas City CVB, and Experience Grand Rapids are three of the many destination marketing organizations that have made participation in the program a priority. Along those same lines, the Canton Stark County Convention and Visitors’ Bureau has its STAR Frontline Training Program.

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111 Intriguing Chats for 2011

ChatterBachs

It should also be noted that the list reflects my interests: associations, events, travel, tech, government, education, social media, communications, marketing, public relations, and jobs. Analyst of Social Computing & Interactive Marketing @ Forrester, tracking Social Media, Twitter, Influence & Facebook & WOM. Wine lover.