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Thursday Buzz: Leadership Lessons From Donald Trump (Really)

Associations Now

Outside interests can have disastrous effects on how people perceive your leadership. Side projects and outside interests are generally OK, but in your role as a leader, what you say outside of the office still reflects on what happens while you’re actually at work. Also: A wholehearted Whole Foods apology.

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Teach Your Members and Staff Leadership by Showing Them the World

Associations Now

How supporting international volunteer work within your organization can teach leadership skills that your members and staff will rely on for a lifetime. I traveled with a small nongovernmental organization, 108 Lives , a project of the Three Jewels Outreach Center in New York City. The benefits are huge.

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Rubin “Hurricane” Carter’s Path to Association Leadership

Associations Now

After leaving the association in 2004, Carter launched Innocence International, a nonprofit that collaborated with AIDWYC with the goal of assisting other similar groups, such as the New York City-based Innocence Project. Rafay and Burns were convicted in 2004 of a crime in Washington state. .

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.12.17

Reid All About it

– Association Leadership Study: What Makes up a High-performing Board. Hear about the results from a comprehensive two-part qualitative and quantitative benchmarking study on association leadership. 50% of technology projects fail—the technology moves forward, but the organization does not. 1 CAE credit. 1 CAE credit.

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Synergy in the Boardroom: From Chaos to High Functioning

SCD Group

Board members were personally responsible for specific projects and/or functions, many of them pet projects developed with little input, vetting or Board approval. ASAE14 ASAE association boards association executives association leadership SCD Group Why Boards Fail' This year, Kellen is celebrating 50 years in business.

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Lunchtime Links: These Hotels Go Beyond Wired Stays

Associations Now

Ranking the best high-tech hotels in the world, and more, in today’s Lunchtime Links: Hot high-tech hotels: From Tokyo to San Francisco to New York City, hotels are taking note of guests’ tech needs, and Mashable has compiled a list of the most tech-savvy spots. It’s taken some years to catch up to guests’ tech requirements.

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Page One: 9 Ways CMA’s SEO Strategy Builds Brands

CMA Solutions

At CMA, we offer a “Thought Leadership” service that combines blog writing with media relations to support on-page SEO and off-page SEO. At CFO Consulting Partners, a financial accounting-advocacy firm with offices in Princeton, New Jersey and New York City, we delivered the Thought Leadership service with great success.