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Association Brain Food: 1.12.24

Reid All About it

They discuss the growth of international online audiences, challenges with online networking and engagement, online content libraries and more. Your sleep and work quality/productivity depend on the right answer. I’m happy to feature it as long as it’s not too product-centric. But the question is: what kind? More info/register.

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Executive Connections: FORO 2007: The Transborder Library Forum

Executive Connections

FORO 2007: The Transborder Library Forum. The result, 16 years later, is a volunteer organization that cultivates a venue for the cooperative exchange of ideas, and the discussion of experiences and efforts concerning the provision of library services in the border regions between the U.S., Executive Connections. Mexico, and Canada.

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Brain Training: How to Harness the Power of Neuroplasticity

Association Success

As Dr. Norman Doidge, a pre-eminent scholar in the field, puts it in his book The Brain That Changes Itself, “[M]ental activity is not only the product of the brain but the shaper of it.” Brain cell connections, as it turns out, function not unlike human muscles – as they work, they get stronger. One example is that of the London cabbie.

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What Do Successful Associations Do Differently to Grow Globally?

GlowGlobally

Over 300 associations took part in the first year research effort that uncovered several major trends and common practices among associations who reported growth in membership and product sales in the last three years. International Member and Product Growth Increasingly Essential to Financial Health.

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Executive Connections: Why SLA Must Consider a Name Change

Executive Connections

  Our founder, John Cotton Dana, wrote that the name Special Libraries Association, “was chosen with some hesitation, and rather in default of a better.”    The terms “special library” and “special librarian” were the lowest-ranking concepts we tested.  Why SLA Must Consider a Name Change. Aurora WDC.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 9.6.19

Reid All About it

The Harvard Business Review describes how the New York Public Library involved employees from 93 branches in innovation communities —could be a good model for chapters. I started this weekly publication because young members of my state SAE lamented not having a big enough PD budget to acquire all the CAE credits they needed.

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Executive Connections: Guest Blog: SLA President Gloria Zamora

Executive Connections

  Other highs included the opportunity and privilege to speak to our members in the United States, Canada and England.  Due to the financial difficulties of the past year, we saw many of our colleagues lose their jobs, and we saw library/information centers close.  Categories. Current Affairs. Television.

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