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Survey Reveals Top Community Association Manager Challenges

AvidXchange: Association Management

Now, they help businesses in the industry implement technology to effectively streamline and scale operations. Below is a summary of their conversation. Additionally, leveraging automation tools with embedded business intelligence solutions help inform decision-making and ease reporting. Like those are two different things.

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International Women’s Day: How the Meetings Industry Is Doing Its Part

Associations Now

The global meetings industry is predominantly female. In honor of Friday’s celebration of the impact women make worldwide, here’s a look at how the meetings industry is doing its part. Celebrating Industry Leaders. Many industry groups are also doing their part to empower women. According to the U.S.

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The Future of Artificial Intelligence: What the Researchers Say

Associations Now

And as the San Francisco Chronicle recently noted, a major AI conference had to change its name this year because its acronym was considered sexist. Stanford’s study represented the first in-depth analysis of diversity in AI, and the picture was not good: Eight out of 10 AI professors from major schools are male, it reported.

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Marijuana Industry Takes More Steps Toward Viability

Associations Now

With high-profile venture capitalists beginning to invest in legal cannabis businesses and a pot-focused nonprofit credit union launching in Colorado, the industry is gaining momentum on the financial front. For the legal weed industry, the roots of financial growth and stability may be taking hold. A Pot Startup in Action.

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Ryan Davis, CEO of CINC Systems, on Accepting the Unknown

AvidXchange: Association Management

The two discussed Davis’ unique path from news reporter to C-suite executive and how he’s guided CINC Systems through digital transformation and exponential growth. “The Power of Change” features interviews between Praeger and industry leaders who embrace change and use it to their professional advantage.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.5.20

Reid All About it

To be a disruptor, you have to have a kick-ass box of tools and you have to know how to use them. We’re bringing the tribe together to unlock the potential of tools like MOFI’s “YES! Kit” (innovation in a box) and then crowd-sourcing the most impactful tools that people use throughout the Disruptor League. More info/register.

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What Happens When Digital Education Reaches Your Profession/Industry?

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And, what’s coming may well signal competition for very large associations representing industries and professions. Other online ventures include the San Francisco-based New Charter University, which offers business degrees and is designed for working adults, and the non-profit University of the People, which charges no tuition.