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Membership Q&A: Don’t Leave Us!

Spark Consulting

Your conference is in Seattle, and he lives in Seattle. Increasing numbers of my clients are reporting problems retaining mid-career professionals. Assuming it’s not due to outside forces like leaving the industry, members lapse because what you’re charging exceeds the value of what you’re providing.

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5 Meetings Industry Trends Defining 2017

Associations Now

Meanwhile, meeting planners are also grappling with a host of new trends—because, of course, every industry evolves. Vancouver, coastal neighbor to Silicon Valley and Seattle, is one such city. According to a recent report from the Startup Genome and the Global Entrepreneurship Network , Vancouver ranks No.

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How Associations Are Embracing Apprenticeships

Associations Now

Check out a few examples of associations big and small offering such programs for their respective industries. Associations are well-suited to offer these kinds of apprenticeships as a way to attract new kinds of workers to their respective industries. Apprenticeships are growing in importance. Labor Department. This is just five.

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Recent Disasters Keep Spotlight on Infrastructure Report Card

Associations Now

Damage from recent tornadoes, sinkholes, and other events have drawn public attention to the American Society of Civil Engineers’ quadrennial “Report Card for America’s Infrastructure.”. Then there was the water main break in Chevy Chase, Maryland , a DC suburb, that occurred on the same day ASCE’s report was released.

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Trade Group: Malls Consider High-Tech Solutions to Security

Associations Now

3.3 % The anticipated year-over-year growth in retail sales in physical stores during the upcoming holiday season, according to a report released this week by the International Council of Shopping Centers. That has trade groups in the shopping industry keeping an eye out for new strategies. on holiday purchases.

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Why Tech Marks the Spot When it Comes to Meeting Planning

Associations Now

You have a choice: You can hold your conference in a city that is building a culture of innovation in a bid to attract startups and cutting-edge industry, or one that’s not. Northern neighbor to Silicon Valley and Seattle, Vancouver has also earned a reputation as a tech hub. A bit of a no-brainer, right? Case in Point: Vancouver.

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Nonprofits, School Groups Pick up Fight Against Cyberbullying

Associations Now

A recent report finds that cyberbullying is on the rise, particularly among young girls. That’s according to recent research from the National Center for Education Statistics, which reported recently that three times as many girls (21 percent) reported being harassed using text messages or in online mediums as boys (7 percent).

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