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How to Reset Your Board Diversity Efforts

Associations Now

Recent reports suggest that efforts to diversify boards are wobbling. Meanwhile, another report finds that Latinos have been shut out of the boardrooms of major corporations. As board expert Julie Daum told the Los Angeles Times last month: “Are we going to say, ‘I’m blond. How to do that?

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Daily Buzz: Wanna Make a Marketing Splash? Bring in a Celebrity

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The Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board has found an unexpected spokesperson—punk rock icon Henry Rollins. The Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board has recruited Henry Rollins to host a five-part video series about the city, Pitchfork reports. How Your Organization Can Stay Relevant.

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Send the Right Message About Membership ROI

Associations Now

In the ads, The Daily turns the mic over to journalists who explain how subscribers support their work—whether it’s reporting on a story from the frontlines of Syria or doing the legwork required to file a hefty Freedom of Information Act request. That could be a lesson for the Los Angeles Times to learn. Make it fun.

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Add Chapters to Make an Old Association Feel New

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Launching a chapter network has helped PEN America, a literary organization with almost 100 years of history, recruit new members and reinvent opportunities for member engagement at the local level. The decision comes at a critical time for the organization, which represents writers. “We

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Send the Right Message About Membership ROI

Associations Now

In the ads, The Daily turns the mic over to journalists who explain how subscribers support their work—whether it’s reporting on a story from the frontlines of Syria or doing the legwork required to file a hefty Freedom of Information Act request. That could be a lesson for the Los Angeles Times to learn. Make it fun.

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Association Brain Food: 12.1.23

Reid All About it

Member recruitment. To attract young members , you must recruit in ways that make sense to them. It seems weird to report on Thanksgiving dishes more than a week later, but I feel strangely obliged. From light to heavy, the next night we had cheesy smoked Gruyere chicken. 1 CAE credit. . – 1 CMP credit. More info/register.

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NBA Players Look to Bench Amid Donald Sterling Crisis

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Award Revoked The NAACP had to reverse course over the weekend after it was revealed the association’s Los Angeles chapter had planned to give the Clippers’ owner a lifetime-achievement award next month. “If you’re silent about this, then you’re accepting this,” she said.