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Could Your Association Thrive in a Remote-First Culture?

Associations Now

A notable exception to this rule was Peanuts , whose creator Charles Schulz lived most of his professional life in Minnesota and California.). San Francisco and Silicon Valley are pretty much the poster children of this cost-of-living problem, to the point where some startups are literally moving away.

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Tuesday Buzz: Fighting Fire With Fire

Associations Now

The campaign, which recently finished up in San Francisco and San Diego, is now focused on two Minnesota-based hipster hotbeds: Minneapolis and Duluth. “The most important thing we want is for people to think our events are cool,” Rescue Executive Director Jeff Jordan noted.

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Opt-Out, Not Opt-In: California Passes Tough Kill-Switch Law

Associations Now

While it’s not the first such measure— Minnesota beat California to the punch by a few months—the crucial difference is that this legislation requires the technology to be turned on as the default setting.

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CTIA’s Voluntary “Kill Switch” Plan Gets Mixed Reviews

Associations Now

But with steps being taken at the state level— according to CNN , Minnesota’s legislature may be close to passing a bill mandating kill switches on smartphones—the tide appeared to be turning. The CTIA’s announcement drew praise, but it wasn’t universal. California State Sen.

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Study: Why Business Travel Costs Vary Significantly by City

Associations Now

Per the report, nearly all of the other states in the top 15, with the exception of Minnesota, are coastal, with a particular lean on the Northeast and West Coast. But their reasons for being expensive differ significantly, per the report.

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111 Intriguing Chats for 2011

ChatterBachs

augieray - Augie Ray; San Francisco; Sr. cagedether - Daryl Pereira; San Francisco; Web and Social Media Manager at IBM. Paul, Minnesota; I believe senior-level mtg & event planners need a better way to connect with each other, so I created SPIN – The free Senior Planners Industry Network.

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The Intersection of Systems and Network Leadership

Beth Kanter

Janne Flisrand, a network weaver based in Minnesota who I met last month at a gathering of network designers and weavers here in San Francisco , recently shared a reflection from a similar meeting of network weavers in Minnesota — all from different networks with different purposes and scale.

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