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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.21.19

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Maggie McGary shares insights from the Community Roundtable’s 10th Annual State of Community Management report and cross-references them with findings from MGI’s Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report. Wed 6/26 from 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

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Report: Major Hotel Chains Hit by Long-Term Data Breach

Associations Now

reported that it suffered a nine-month breach of its credit card system in 2013 that affected restaurants and lounges at 14 hotels it manages belonging well-known chains, including Marriott, Holiday Inn, and Starwood Hotels and Resorts. More details: What happened: White Lodging Services Corp.

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Your association website probably isn’t accessible — but should be

Association Success

The most recent example came in October when the Supreme Court refused to take up an appeal by Domino’s, which faced a lawsuit from a blind Los Angeles man who argued the chain pizza restaurant is responsible for providing an accessible website. . Basically, the entire web is broken right now and needs to be fixed,” McKee said. .

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Friday Buzz: Monitoring Employees’ Social Statements

Associations Now

” A separate content management system for employee social activity may not be the solution for your association, but the core issue remains: How far should your association go to prevent employee social activity from creating negative impressions? .” Los Angeles Times reporter Saba Hamedy takes a look.

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Association Brain Food: 12.1.23

Reid All About it

Impexium recommends proving you’re an organization they can trust, delivering benefits they value, and having processes and systems that facilitate member referrals, new member onboarding, testimonials, social presence, and member feedback. It seems weird to report on Thanksgiving dishes more than a week later, but I feel strangely obliged.

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Thursday Buzz: Lena Dunham Gives Indie Bookstores Her Support

Associations Now

. “Even though my professional comfort zone tends to extend no further than my own bed and personal stash of carbohydrates, I’ll be emerging from under my comforter to hit the floor of Book Soup in Los Angeles on Saturday, November 26, to join the bookselling fun,” Dunham quips in a letter about her role with ABA and Indies First.

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New Association Wants To Make Driving An Electric Vehicle Easier

Associations Now

Announced last week at the Los Angeles International Auto Show, the ROEV Association will work to adopt and promote interoperability standards for public electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in the United States. There’s a new association working to make it easier for people to charge their electric cars.