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Louis, San Diego, Kansas City, Portland, Fort Lauderdale I tried not to take pictures of myself (two, neither of my face) or people in general (very few), my meals (although there are food photos), or my cat (less successful there). MORE
Ascend Learning’s intranet has been so successful that, just a year after launch, basecamp was awarded the Gold PRISM award for Internal Communication by the Greater Kansas City Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). MORE
Attendees at an event held at the Culinary Center of Kansas City wrote personal notes of encouragement to include with food packages that went to three local charities – Mattie Rhodes Center, Lazarus Ministries and Ronald McDonald House. MORE
An Association CEO's Perspective In comments to the Topeka Capital Journal , Tonya Bell, CEO of the Great Smoky Mountains Association of Realtors and a former Kansas resident, offered a local’s perspective on the wildfires. “I MORE
High-profile incidents in recent years, including the suspension of University of Kansas journalism professor David Guth and the cancellation of a speech by noted feminist video game critic Anita Sarkeesian, show up on the Scholars Under Attack map. MORE
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Tuesday, 30 September, EPA will reopen previously closed libraries in Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City and Washington, D.C. Executive Connections. « Are You Mission Critical? Main. | Why SLA Will Not Endorse, or Oppose, a Candidate for Public Office » 26 September 2008. Information Wins at EPA. Each will be staffed with a professional librarian and be open to the public at least 24 hours a week. MORE
Two trucking associations and the Kansas attorney general have teamed up to prevent sex trafficking on the state’s highways, extending a program that is already assisting law enforcement in other states. Kansas is currently reviewing a similar program in Iowa called the Iowa MVE Model. MORE
I would like to wish all my readers, colleagues, and friends a happy new year! I had a fantastic break, including a family vacation in Hawaii, walking, hiking, quiet, and reflection. How about you? MORE
Ascend Learning’s intranet has been so successful that, just a year after launch, basecamp was awarded the Gold PRISM award for Internal Communication by the Greater Kansas City Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). MORE
Located in the Kansas City area, Overland Park features a recently renovated Convention Center, state-of-the-art Soccer Complex, new entertainment district, unique family attractions, over 250 restaurants and world-class shopping. by Mindy Lallier, Senior Sales Manager, Overland Park CVB. MORE
A desire to be centrally located and to improve the association management resources available to them made moving 1,000 miles from Arizona to Kansas an easy decision for the American Holistic Nurses Association. Their destination: Topeka, Kansas—1,000 miles away. “We MORE
As it turns out, the one thing Kansas City, Missouri, was missing in its effort to boost its convention business was a bunch of hotel rooms. We chose Kansas City because it is centrally located, so it will be easy for everyone to get to. MORE
Toto, I have a feeling we''re not in Kansas anymore." There was a time (perhaps when Toto and Dorothy were in Kansas) that associations had a working model that produced the necessary income for the association to exist. Guest Blog by Tom Shay. MORE
I led a great session in Wichita, Kansas this week with some really smart healthcare professionals. MORE
Located in the Kansas City area, Overland Park features a recently renovated Convention Center, state-of-the-art Soccer Complex, new entertainment district, unique family attractions, over 250 restaurants and world-class shopping. By Mindy Lallier, Senior Sales Manager, Overland Park CVB. MORE
Roy coached my alma mater the University of Kansas for many years. There are many lessons we can learn from sports – both positive and negative. Just off the top of my head I am thinking about these – how to build a great team; how to coach, not preach; the virtues of ethical behavior and more. MORE
Last month, NGA announced a pilot program in eight states—Alaska, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, Virginia, and Washington—that will expand access to addiction treatment for offenders in prisons. MORE
Thanks to the Kansas City Society of Association Executives and the Kansas Society of Association Executives for bringing Maddie and me out to both Missouri and Kansas (my first ever trip to Kansas) to speak to their members. MORE
When you live in Denver, it is absolutely a best practice to drive east if you want to get to Kansas City by car. Louis, you will never reach Kansas City (not without involving a boat or a plane, anyway). MORE
With the transition, we expanded geographically into hiring employees from other parts of the US , outside of Kansas City where our office was formerly based. The story of an organization transitioning into the future of work. I work with ARMA International, a completely virtual organization. In the fall of 2016, we transitioned from our brick-and-mortar office with the option for employees to regularly work remotely into a completely virtual environment. MORE
Located in the Kansas City area, Overland Park features a recently renovated Convention Center, state-of-the-art Soccer Complex, new entertainment district, unique family attractions, over 250 restaurants and world-class shopping. By Mindy Lallier, Senior Sales Manager, Overland Park CVB. MORE
The six-week forage tour—which will result in the planting of 50 million wildflower seeds at dedicated areas in Texas, Kansas, Illinois, and Florida—will involve TWS chapter members, as well as other Feed A Bee partners, and incorporate an educational session depending on the partners’ interest. “We MORE
A recent trip through the Kansas City airport highlights three changes that illustrate how – without modification – change creates chaos. Change is all around. Some respond better than others. Association boards and association executives have the Duty of Foresight. MORE
Similarly, the Kansas chapter of the American Planning Association held a two-hour listening party in the hotel bar during the Kansas Planning Conference. You want your conference to be on trend, but there’s something to be said for nostalgia. MORE
The Kansas City chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry hosts micro-involvement events monthly, through a series called New Member Mingles. “In Onboarding is an essential piece of the membership engagement puzzle. MORE
I attended a webinar held by the Georgia Society of Association Executives (GSAE) where Dr. David Renz , Director of the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership at the University of Missouri - Kansas City, spoke in great detail about successfully leading change initiatives. MORE
Paul, Minnesota; Chicago; Kansas City, Missouri; and Phoenix. The most recent event, which took place February 25-26 in Kansas City, brought together 40 employees from The Nerdery and other companies, all of whom put their energy into building websites. MORE
Emily Bibens is Vice President of Woody Bibens and Associates ( www.woodybibens.com ), an association management company with offices in Kansas City and St. What Can Your Association Learn from Chicken Learning? Guest Post by Emily Bibens, CAE Stale PowerPoint presentations. MORE
The head of the NFL Referees Association described as cause for concern the recent spate of incidents in which stars for the Washington Redskins, Kansas City Chiefs, and Jacksonville Jaguars criticized NFLRA members. MORE
This is on par with other state bar surveys taken in Utah, Idaho, Kansas, Oregon, and North Carolina. After a tragedy that served as a wakeup call, the State Bar of Arizona worked to educate legal professionals on workplace safety and was recently awarded for its efforts. MORE
Four years ago, Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., The Big Picture. A big-picture view of issues and trends affecting associations - in Mississippi and nationally. Shawn on Facebook. Shawn on Twitter. Shawn on Google+. Shawn on Pinterest. Shawn on LinkedIn. « The Experience is the Economy | Main. | Why we love our association jobs so much » August 22, 2005. Chief Acceleration Officer. hired Marjorie Smelstor, Ph.D., as their chief acceleration officer. MORE
The American Association of University Women is expanding its AAUW Work Smart program to Kansas City. Its goal: Close the gender pay gap by training 1 million women across Kansas and Missouri in salary and benefits negotiation. MORE
At least that's how it seems to me after I had the chance to be one of the speakers today as Kansas State University's 11th Annual Leadership Seminar Baby Boomers find themselves having to make unexpected choices. Generation X and Millennials expect to find themselves having choices. It's a tremendous difference: Two generations expecting at a young age to have a smorgasboard of opportunities available to them. MORE
Hat tips (HT) to Kansas State University Professor, William Cashin; researcher and educator Joseph Lowman; and West Point’s master teacher Nathanial Watson. “Nobody can’t teach nobody nothing,” says O. Kolstoe, author of College Professoring. MORE
Located in the Kansas City area, Overland Park features a recently renovated Convention Center, state-of-the-art Soccer Complex, new entertainment district, unique family attractions, over 250 restaurants and world-class shopping. By Mindy Lallier, Senior Sales Manager, Overland Park CVB. MORE
As ranchers have been devastated by wildfires in Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas, and Kansas, ICA is working to assist those affected over the past month. MORE
Roughly 80 percent of the state’s hospitals are contributing pricing and quality-based data to the site, MHA spokesman Dave Dillon told the Kansas City Business Journal. MHA did not ask for participation from hospitals on the Kansas side of the city. MORE
In a recent story, The Kansas City Star reported that the Shawnee Mission School District hired a handful of innovation specialists to run grade-school libraries next year. MORE
Late R&B icon Prince did something most of his musical contemporaries could only dream of: He starred in a critically acclaimed hit film that won an Oscar and even spent some time behind the camera as a director. MORE
In reaction to blowback from a controversial tweet written by a University of Kansas professor, the state university system’s board of regents passed a rule last week allowing for the firing of academic staffers who make contentious statements on social media. MORE
Or perhaps it was because Dean Smith attended the University of Kansas, my alma mater, where he learned basketball from the best ever – Phog Allen. We’ve all seen them. Some of us have written them. I’m talking about lists…not grocery lists or to-do lists. I’m talking about the tenets of leadership lists. I love reading other people’s tenets of leadership lists. I like what those lists allow me to learn about the people who wrote them. MORE
This season he volunteered at Watermark Books and Cafe in Wichita, Kansas, helping with restocking, organizing, handselling, and any of “the 1,001 tasks that go on in the busy time of the year,” he says.”. MORE
More details on the issue: The problem: In the wake of the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, late last year, a number of districts in such states as Kansas, Oregon, and South Dakota have considered giving educators the choice to carry weapons on campus. MORE
Kansas Related Topics Associations Now
AUGUST 30, 2018
The American Association of University Women is expanding its AAUW Work Smart program to Kansas City. Its goal: Close the gender pay gap by training 1 million women across Kansas and Missouri in salary and benefits negotiation.
Associations Now
MAY 19, 2014
In reaction to blowback from a controversial tweet written by a University of Kansas professor, the state university system’s board of regents passed a rule last week allowing for the firing of academic staffers who make contentious statements on social media.
Jamie Notter
MAY 19, 2014
Thanks to the Kansas City Society of Association Executives and the Kansas Society of Association Executives for bringing Maddie and me out to both Missouri and Kansas (my first ever trip to Kansas) to speak to their members.
The Big Picture
AUGUST 22, 2005
Four years ago, Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., The Big Picture. A big-picture view of issues and trends affecting associations - in Mississippi and nationally. Shawn on Facebook. Shawn on Twitter. Shawn on Google+. Shawn on Pinterest. Shawn on LinkedIn. « The Experience is the Economy | Main. | Why we love our association jobs so much » August 22, 2005. Chief Acceleration Officer. hired Marjorie Smelstor, Ph.D., as their chief acceleration officer.
Executive Connections
SEPTEMBER 26, 2008
Tuesday, 30 September, EPA will reopen previously closed libraries in Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City and Washington, D.C. Executive Connections. « Are You Mission Critical? Main. | Why SLA Will Not Endorse, or Oppose, a Candidate for Public Office » 26 September 2008. Information Wins at EPA. Each will be staffed with a professional librarian and be open to the public at least 24 hours a week.
Jamie Notter
NOVEMBER 16, 2017
When you live in Denver, it is absolutely a best practice to drive east if you want to get to Kansas City by car. Louis, you will never reach Kansas City (not without involving a boat or a plane, anyway).
Associations Now
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
As it turns out, the one thing Kansas City, Missouri, was missing in its effort to boost its convention business was a bunch of hotel rooms. We chose Kansas City because it is centrally located, so it will be easy for everyone to get to.
MembersClicks
FEBRUARY 2, 2017
I attended a webinar held by the Georgia Society of Association Executives (GSAE) where Dr. David Renz , Director of the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership at the University of Missouri - Kansas City, spoke in great detail about successfully leading change initiatives.
Associations Now
APRIL 14, 2016
Two trucking associations and the Kansas attorney general have teamed up to prevent sex trafficking on the state’s highways, extending a program that is already assisting law enforcement in other states. Kansas is currently reviewing a similar program in Iowa called the Iowa MVE Model.
Associations Now
MARCH 9, 2017
Paul, Minnesota; Chicago; Kansas City, Missouri; and Phoenix. The most recent event, which took place February 25-26 in Kansas City, brought together 40 employees from The Nerdery and other companies, all of whom put their energy into building websites.
Associations Now
JULY 17, 2013
A desire to be centrally located and to improve the association management resources available to them made moving 1,000 miles from Arizona to Kansas an easy decision for the American Holistic Nurses Association. Their destination: Topeka, Kansas—1,000 miles away. “We
Associations Now
SEPTEMBER 10, 2014
As part of a national memorial project, the Kansas Press Association is joining other state press associations around the country in a search for photos of every soldier killed during the Vietnam War.
Cvent Association Tips
AUGUST 28, 2014
Attendees at an event held at the Culinary Center of Kansas City wrote personal notes of encouragement to include with food packages that went to three local charities – Mattie Rhodes Center, Lazarus Ministries and Ronald McDonald House.
Thanks For Playing
JANUARY 3, 2013
Louis, San Diego, Kansas City, Portland, Fort Lauderdale I tried not to take pictures of myself (two, neither of my face) or people in general (very few), my meals (although there are food photos), or my cat (less successful there).
Associations Now
FEBRUARY 8, 2016
Roughly 80 percent of the state’s hospitals are contributing pricing and quality-based data to the site, MHA spokesman Dave Dillon told the Kansas City Business Journal. MHA did not ask for participation from hospitals on the Kansas side of the city.
SCD Group
JUNE 2, 2013
Toto, I have a feeling we''re not in Kansas anymore." There was a time (perhaps when Toto and Dorothy were in Kansas) that associations had a working model that produced the necessary income for the association to exist. Guest Blog by Tom Shay.
Cvent Association Tips
AUGUST 29, 2014
Located in the Kansas City area, Overland Park features a recently renovated Convention Center, state-of-the-art Soccer Complex, new entertainment district, unique family attractions, over 250 restaurants and world-class shopping. by Mindy Lallier, Senior Sales Manager, Overland Park CVB.
Higher Logic
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
Ascend Learning’s intranet has been so successful that, just a year after launch, basecamp was awarded the Gold PRISM award for Internal Communication by the Greater Kansas City Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).
Association Leaders
FEBRUARY 10, 2015
Or perhaps it was because Dean Smith attended the University of Kansas, my alma mater, where he learned basketball from the best ever – Phog Allen. We’ve all seen them. Some of us have written them. I’m talking about lists…not grocery lists or to-do lists. I’m talking about the tenets of leadership lists. I love reading other people’s tenets of leadership lists. I like what those lists allow me to learn about the people who wrote them.
Cvent Association Tips
AUGUST 27, 2014
Located in the Kansas City area, Overland Park features a recently renovated Convention Center, state-of-the-art Soccer Complex, new entertainment district, unique family attractions, over 250 restaurants and world-class shopping. By Mindy Lallier, Senior Sales Manager, Overland Park CVB.
Association Success
DECEMBER 11, 2018
With the transition, we expanded geographically into hiring employees from other parts of the US , outside of Kansas City where our office was formerly based. The story of an organization transitioning into the future of work. I work with ARMA International, a completely virtual organization. In the fall of 2016, we transitioned from our brick-and-mortar office with the option for employees to regularly work remotely into a completely virtual environment.
Associations Now
MARCH 22, 2017
As ranchers have been devastated by wildfires in Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas, and Kansas, ICA is working to assist those affected over the past month.
Associations Now
FEBRUARY 15, 2017
The Kansas City chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry hosts micro-involvement events monthly, through a series called New Member Mingles. “In Onboarding is an essential piece of the membership engagement puzzle.
Cvent Association Tips
AUGUST 25, 2014
Located in the Kansas City area, Overland Park features a recently renovated Convention Center, state-of-the-art Soccer Complex, new entertainment district, unique family attractions, over 250 restaurants and world-class shopping. By Mindy Lallier, Senior Sales Manager, Overland Park CVB.
Higher Logic
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
Ascend Learning’s intranet has been so successful that, just a year after launch, basecamp was awarded the Gold PRISM award for Internal Communication by the Greater Kansas City Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).
Cvent Association Tips
AUGUST 26, 2014
Located in the Kansas City area, Overland Park features a recently renovated Convention Center, state-of-the-art Soccer Complex, new entertainment district, unique family attractions, over 250 restaurants and world-class shopping. By Mindy Lallier, Senior Sales Manager, Overland Park CVB.
Reid All About it
JANUARY 25, 2013
This season he volunteered at Watermark Books and Cafe in Wichita, Kansas, helping with restocking, organizing, handselling, and any of “the 1,001 tasks that go on in the busy time of the year,” he says.”.
Associations Now
JULY 8, 2013
More details on the issue: The problem: In the wake of the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, late last year, a number of districts in such states as Kansas, Oregon, and South Dakota have considered giving educators the choice to carry weapons on campus.
SCD Group
DECEMBER 11, 2016
A recent trip through the Kansas City airport highlights three changes that illustrate how – without modification – change creates chaos. Change is all around. Some respond better than others. Association boards and association executives have the Duty of Foresight.
Associations Now
MAY 16, 2017
Last month, NGA announced a pilot program in eight states—Alaska, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, Virginia, and Washington—that will expand access to addiction treatment for offenders in prisons.
Associations Now
APRIL 20, 2017
Late R&B icon Prince did something most of his musical contemporaries could only dream of: He starred in a critically acclaimed hit film that won an Oscar and even spent some time behind the camera as a director.
Associations Now
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
Similarly, the Kansas chapter of the American Planning Association held a two-hour listening party in the hotel bar during the Kansas Planning Conference. You want your conference to be on trend, but there’s something to be said for nostalgia.
SCD Group
APRIL 25, 2013
Emily Bibens is Vice President of Woody Bibens and Associates ( www.woodybibens.com ), an association management company with offices in Kansas City and St. What Can Your Association Learn from Chicken Learning? Guest Post by Emily Bibens, CAE Stale PowerPoint presentations.
Associations Now
DECEMBER 1, 2016
An Association CEO's Perspective In comments to the Topeka Capital Journal , Tonya Bell, CEO of the Great Smoky Mountains Association of Realtors and a former Kansas resident, offered a local’s perspective on the wildfires. “I
Association Leaders
MARCH 24, 2014
Roy coached my alma mater the University of Kansas for many years. There are many lessons we can learn from sports – both positive and negative. Just off the top of my head I am thinking about these – how to build a great team; how to coach, not preach; the virtues of ethical behavior and more.
Beth Kanter's Blog
JANUARY 4, 2017
I would like to wish all my readers, colleagues, and friends a happy new year! I had a fantastic break, including a family vacation in Hawaii, walking, hiking, quiet, and reflection. How about you?
Idea Architects
MARCH 29, 2007
At least that's how it seems to me after I had the chance to be one of the speakers today as Kansas State University's 11th Annual Leadership Seminar Baby Boomers find themselves having to make unexpected choices. Generation X and Millennials expect to find themselves having choices. It's a tremendous difference: Two generations expecting at a young age to have a smorgasboard of opportunities available to them.
Associations Now
NOVEMBER 3, 2016
The six-week forage tour—which will result in the planting of 50 million wildflower seeds at dedicated areas in Texas, Kansas, Illinois, and Florida—will involve TWS chapter members, as well as other Feed A Bee partners, and incorporate an educational session depending on the partners’ interest. “We
Associations Now
JULY 12, 2016
In a recent story, The Kansas City Star reported that the Shawnee Mission School District hired a handful of innovation specialists to run grade-school libraries next year.
Associations Now
FEBRUARY 1, 2017
The head of the NFL Referees Association described as cause for concern the recent spate of incidents in which stars for the Washington Redskins, Kansas City Chiefs, and Jacksonville Jaguars criticized NFLRA members.
Velvet Chainsaw
JULY 19, 2013
Hat tips (HT) to Kansas State University Professor, William Cashin; researcher and educator Joseph Lowman; and West Point’s master teacher Nathanial Watson. “Nobody can’t teach nobody nothing,” says O. Kolstoe, author of College Professoring.
Associations Now
NOVEMBER 10, 2014
High-profile incidents in recent years, including the suspension of University of Kansas journalism professor David Guth and the cancellation of a speech by noted feminist video game critic Anita Sarkeesian, show up on the Scholars Under Attack map.
Associations Now
AUGUST 28, 2014
This is on par with other state bar surveys taken in Utah, Idaho, Kansas, Oregon, and North Carolina. After a tragedy that served as a wakeup call, the State Bar of Arizona worked to educate legal professionals on workplace safety and was recently awarded for its efforts.
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