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4 Tech Rollout Lessons From the Iowa Caucuses Disaster

Associations Now

Whether it was a busted app or a lack of training, the Iowa caucuses ran into severe problems Monday night when the Democratic party used a mobile app for the first time to report results. All eyes were on the Iowa Democratic caucuses on Monday night. The saga offers lots of lessons on training, planning, and vendor management.

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What Can Associations Learn From Social Clubs?

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One person keeping an eye on the trend is Leigh Zeitz, a past president of the Kiwanis Rough Risers in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and webmaster for the club’s blog. The Wing features small perks like free WiFi and coffee, comfortable couches and workstations, a library system, and lockers and showers stocked with free products.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.18.21

Reid All About it

WBT Systems offers the wisdom of Stoic philosophers like Marcus Aurelius and Seneca on topics pertaining to life inside and outside of associations, such as lifelong learning, change management, leadership, making the best of crappy situations and living in the now. Sue Ramsett, Vice President and General Manager, KWQC TV-6, Davenport, Iowa.

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Make a Plan Now for a Professional Development Day During the Holidays

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Or, if competition is a factor, you could group members from non-competing markets into circles, for example, one member each from Oregon, Utah, Iowa, Texas, Ohio, Georgia, Maine, and Hawaii. This blog post was originally published on the Association Learning Blog by WBT Systems.

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Make a Plan Now for a Professional Development Day During the Holidays

.orgCommunity

Or, if competition is a factor, you could group members from non-competing markets into circles, for example, one member each from Oregon, Utah, Iowa, Texas, Ohio, Georgia, Maine, and Hawaii. This blog post was originally published on the Association Learning Blog by WBT Systems.

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How Associations Are Responding to Hurricane Matthew

Associations Now

GoServ Global, an Iowa-based group organized to “rescue the vulnerable” in the island nation, suffered extreme damage to most of its Haiti facilities, the Des Moines Register reported last week. “We Electric systems call in reserves. Tragedy in Haiti While the U.S.

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Report: Goodwill Locations Hit By Credit-Card Breach

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The charitable nonprofit group reported evidence that its payment systems were recently attacked and announced an investigation. and Canada, with no centralized point-of-sale system. One security expert noted that Goodwill will likely need to spend money intended for jobs programs to upgrade its point-of-sale systems.