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How One Foundation Got Kids Interested in Skiing—With Its Own Ski Park

Associations Now

In the three winters that the National Winter Activity Center has been active, the National Winter Sports Education Foundation’s “living lab” has helped drive a massive interest in the slopes among New York City-area kids. But NWSEF may have found the perfect strategy to draw kids’ attention—and keep it.

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Ebola: How the Meetings Industry Is Responding

Associations Now

Here’s a look at how the meetings industry is responding to mounting fears. Other industry associations moved to mitigate panic and increase transparency about what they were doing to minimize exposure risk. Please share your strategy in the comments. When you first hear Ebola, you may not think of meetings.

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The Importance Confidence Plays In The Workplace with Susan Marshall of The Backbone Institute

Association Mavens

She has been assisting leaders in public and private sector industry, non-profit agencies, and public education for nearly 30 years. Susan is the author of “How to Grow a Backbone: 10 Strategies for Gaining Power and Influence at Work.” Contact Susan.

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Does Wall Street Have Too Much Influence Over Nonprofit Boards?

Associations Now

A new report about the makeup of nonprofit boards suggests that the financial industry is gaining a bigger role in nonprofits—and that’s causing changes in the way such groups are run. financial industry. Why’s that? Well, those board members want to see results. The report, by Ohio University’s Garry W.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.12.17

Reid All About it

The new CIO is more than a technology manager. They have an adeptness for business strategy and more. Hear from tech leaders in the industry and get ready to talk about the evolving expectations of the CIO 3.0 – ASAE Technology Section Roundtable: Digital Transformation (New York City). 1 CAE credit.

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Keys to Association Career Success

Association Adviser

” As Christine Smith , president of online career center provider Boxwood Technology , explains in today’s leadership profile , “Success usually doesn’t come from one single great ‘thing’—it’s doing a lot of little things well every day.” Hank Berkowitz, Naylor, LLC. ” Pretty simple. .”

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Cross-Border Collaboration: Sell Successfully Overseas by Learning the Local Needs

Plexus Consulting

A regional development strategy The Association of Career Management Consulting Firms International (AOCFI), Washington, D.D., Apart from the usual linguistic and cultural differences, AOCFI quickly was forced to recognize that the employment markets its industry served were different from country to country.