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Mike Liptak Joins Internet Association As Director, Federal Government Affairs

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Commenting on the newest addition to the IA team, Golden noted, “Mike’s proven ability to tell tech’s story of innovation, transformation, and empowering consumers will be an asset to IA and the perfect compliment to IA’s talented, driven Government Affairs team.”. There is new leadership, new vision, and palpable new energy.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 4.12.19

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To make many of the changes Mike suggests, you need more than technology, you need staff with an innovation mindset. WBT Systems identifies ten traits of an innovation mindset to cultivate at your association if you want to turn innovative ideas and strategies into reality. Weaver, Website Manager, Pennsylvania Bar Institute.

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This Is the Perfect Time to Question What an Association Is

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I live in a fairly rural, farm town in Pennsylvania, so imagine my surprise when a relatively new company a few miles away from my home office made national news. Eight Oaks Farm Distillery has been growing a following for their spirits, but in light of the COVID-19 virus, the owners stopped production and started making hand sanitizer.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 12.11.20

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These realities have created an opportunity to revisit established norms, ethics and practices and necessitate a new look toward best practices of leadership behavior. Leadership Buy-in: Modeling Commitment to Affect Change. Presenter: Lori Pugh Marcum, Head of Meeting Innovation, Meeting Professionals International.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 04.19.19

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While listening to speakers and fellow attendees at digitalNow , I kept thinking associations are their own worst enemy when it comes to innovation. This week’s post at WBT Systems resonates with that line of thought: they explore nine barriers to association innovation. Weaver, Website Manager, Pennsylvania Bar Institute.

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Association Brain Food: 9.15.23

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Creating Room for Innovation by Letting Go of Legacy Programs Whether it’s a magazine that no longer makes sense, a pet project of a former chief elected officer, or a program that has significant for-profit competition, it is up to the chief staff executive to keep these programs alive or build support for making necessary changes.

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Association Brain Food: 1.13.23

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Hear about membership trends and leadership traits that served organizations well during the pandemic. Learn how to spark innovation moving forward, think more creatively and more intentionally when developing everyday member outreach programs, and recenter members and membership staff on the “why” of the organization. 1 CAE credit.

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