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COVID-19 Expected to Fuel the Next Wave of Innovation

Associations Now

While the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in loss of life and economic uncertainty, some are pointing to a silver lining: a surge of innovation. “If If the history of pandemics is a guide, this contagion, like all others, will spark a wave of innovation,” argued Kumar Mehta, innovation researcher and founder of Bridges Insight, in Forbes.

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Campaign Shares Pennsylvania Public School Success Stories

Associations Now

The Success Starts Here campaign, organized by the Pennsylvania Schools Boards Association, seeks to raise positive awareness of the public school system. Last week, the Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA) launched its Success Starts Here campaign to share success stories from the state’s 500 school districts.

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This Is the Perfect Time to Question What an Association Is

Smooth The Path

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: 4.12.19

Reid All About it

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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Mike Liptak Joins Internet Association As Director, Federal Government Affairs

InternetAssociation

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.”. He is a graduate of Grove City College in Pennsylvania. ###.

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ASAE Announces Passing of CEO John H. Graham IV, FASAE, CAE

Associations Now

During his tenure, which began August 1, 2003, ASAE more than doubled its membership and developed a wealth of innovative products and services to benefit association professionals and their partners. The Graham family will hold a private service for John in Pennsylvania and a memorial service in Washington, DC, will follow.

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2018 Building Associations Momentum Award Winners

GrowthZone

The competition recognizes innovative programs, events, and ideas that challenge the status quo. The GrowthZone AMS 1st Annual Association Momentum Awards Competition for Construction Trades and Building Associations yielded extraordinary results, with entrants submitting details of their most inventive and forward-thinking programs.