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Friday Buzz: An Experiment in Hacking Vulnerability

Associations Now

Hiller, the lead innovation engineer for Aptify, recently conducted an experiment that involved putting a few servers online just to see how long it would take for them to be breached. If you have a strong New York City accent, you may not be taken as seriously as someone with a British accent.

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Destinations Experiment With New Marketing Efforts

Associations Now

The effort aims to increase awareness for Chicago as a business and tourism destination and showcase the city’s technology and cultural industries. “I want them to walk away thinking that Chicago is a really innovative place,” Dylan Rice, director of creative industries and music for DCASE, told the Chicago Tribune.

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Game Plan 2014: Seeing Around the Corners

Association Adviser

Can associations improve their IQ (innovation quotient)? “When I think of innovation, associations are the last group that comes to mind,” said Naylor’s Tompkins. “They’re often waiting for others [to react], or too afraid to take risks to try something innovative or proactive.” ” Stern agreed.

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Membership Wakeup Call for Associations

Association Adviser

If you look back at our most popular reader polls of the past three years it’s interesting to see how your peers’ concerns have shifted from strategy (2010) to communication and innovation (2011) to tools and technology (2012). In response, NYSSA started monthly gatherings at local pubs in New York City.