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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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Internet Association Hires Christina Martin In Latest Expansion Of Executive Leadership Team

InternetAssociation

Martin brings more than two decades of strategic communications, government relations, and grassroots advocacy expertise to IA, having held leadership positions at several industry trade associations. She is a graduate of the University of Kansas. ###.

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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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How Nonprofit Grocery Stores Are Filling the Gap

Associations Now

With grocery store chains leaving markets behind without any alternatives, nonprofits are increasingly filling in the gaps. Jubilee Food Market , a Waco, Texas, grocery store that was converted to a nonprofit model, has proven successful enough at receiving donations that it has a staff of more than 70.

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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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Incorporating the Old With the New at Events

Associations Now

Earlier this month Alex Plaxen, director of marketing at EventRebels, wrote about harnessing the power of nostalgia at your events. It’s a great sponsorship opportunity, one offered by both the Produce Marketing Association and the Louisiana Library Association. Turns out I’m not the only blogger in the meetings space to consider this.

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