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Report: Diversity, Advocacy Issues Create Problems for Museum Boards

Associations Now

A new report by the American Alliance of Museums suggests that diversity issues are a significant challenge for museums, particularly in regards to their boards. But the report suggested that one area where museum boards particularly struggled was with diversity. Louis earlier this month and had a diversity-related theme.

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Associations Boost Economy

SCD Group

Associations based in St. Louis region have payrolls of $200 million plus. So, I was pleased that the St. Louis Institute for Association Leadership (STIAL) asked to conduct an economic study of associations based in the St. Louis region. Louis based associations. Most of these recognize St.

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Dueling Boards for One Nonprofit: Would You Do this for Your Association?

SCD Group

That’s what has happened with “big five cultural institutions” in St. Louis (Zoo, Art Museum, Science Center, Botanical Garden & History Museum). Louis Post-Dispatch (P-D) has been running a series of articles about the Missouri History Museum (MHM) “gone wild” in going around its politically-appointed commissioners.

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SCD Group: Interpreting data differently results in different.

SCD Group

Look at these three uses and one story from just the last couple of weeks: #1 St. Louis Post-Dispatch Bernie Miklasz used the following in a story (6/14/12) about the challenges to St. Louis Cardinals rookie manager Mike Matheny. After I wrote this post, Steve Giegerich, the jobs reporter for the St.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.7.21

Reid All About it

WBT Systems read through four recent research reports to discover what association execs and members are saying about the pandemic’s impact on associations, the future outlook, and their take of innovation—I especially liked those findings from Mary Byers. Leonard Toenjes, CAE, President of AGC of St. Research on associations.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.14.21

Reid All About it

Even though data from our 2021 Training Trends Report tells us that in-person training will make a return, more courses will likely remain virtual. Get a glimpse into questions company leadership must ask themselves when considering the future of their workers and workplace environments. Leonard Toenjes, CAE, President of AGC of St.

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Association executives: Would staff-led evaluations produce better results?

SCD Group

She recently came to St. Louis (to help in our office move) right after finishing “parent-teacher conferences.” As the quarter closes, each child prepares a report (portfolio) on what she has achieved along with samples of her work. I still wasn’t satisfied that the process was effective.