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The Innovation Line That Divides Associations

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A new study on innovation from Marketing General suggests that there’s a distinct line separating associations that are innovative from those that aren’t. One paragraph in Marketing General’s new survey of innovation in the association space really stands out. Is there some middle ground here?

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Could Your Association Thrive in a Remote-First Culture?

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But what if this desire for a central location, both in terms of office and locale, comes at the cost of innovation? The syndicates were in New York City, and both the relationships and logistics involved were important to the comic artists. (A And the tech world runs into this problem a lot, too.

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Report: Nonprofits Increasingly Challenged to Compete on Salary

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Job opportunities at nonprofits are growing, but the pay often isn’t enough to bring in new recruits, according to a new report. Nonprofits in the New York City and Washington, DC, areas in particular are experiencing growth, and even slight pay increases, as they try to keep up with corporations.

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Funding Initiative to Support Black-Owned Businesses Hits the Local Level

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cities: Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis, New York City, and Raleigh, North Carolina. Community organizations in each city will collaborate with a nearby Community Development Financial Institution —banks, credit unions, and other institutions participating in a U.S.

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Does Wall Street Have Too Much Influence Over Nonprofit Boards?

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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. The report, by Ohio University’s Garry W. Why’s that? Well, those board members want to see results. financial industry.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.12.17

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The community will be thankful when Tagoras publishes the survey report later this year. . Presenter: Whitney Johnson, expert on disruptive innovation and personal disruption. Host: Community IT Innovators. – ASAE Technology Section Roundtable: Digital Transformation (New York City). Host: Hubspot.

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“A Frenzy of Giving”: #GivingTuesday Donations Approach $50 Million

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In its own statement , Blackbaud reported a 15 percent increase in the number of nonprofit organizations that processed a donation (to more than 4,300) and a 50 percent increase in the volume of online transactions. DonorPerfect reported 857 organizations processed 9,302 online transactions, for a total of $1.44 million in 2013.