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How One Foundation Got Kids Interested in Skiing—With Its Own Ski Park

Associations Now

In the three winters that the National Winter Activity Center has been active, the National Winter Sports Education Foundation’s “living lab” has helped drive a massive interest in the slopes among New York City-area kids. But NWSEF may have found the perfect strategy to draw kids’ attention—and keep it.

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Lunchtime Links: These Hotels Go Beyond Wired Stays

Associations Now

Also: Why your management strategy should resemble Frisbee. Ranking the best high-tech hotels in the world, and more, in today’s Lunchtime Links: Hot high-tech hotels: From Tokyo to San Francisco to New York City, hotels are taking note of guests’ tech needs, and Mashable has compiled a list of the most tech-savvy spots.

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Payment Processor Group Tries To Head Off “Operation Choke Point”

Associations Now

Boosting Compliance Efforts Another association whose members have been directly affected by the federal probe, the Third Party Payment Processors Association, announced this month that it is launching a new compliance management system to ensure processors are up to date on regulatory concerns.

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Social Media and Shiny Object Syndrome

Associations Now

Find out how two association marketers developed a streamlined social media strategy for their national and affiliate offices to complement and enhance their overall marketing plan. It’s tempting to dive right in and begin telling the world everything you want it to know about your organization, but that’s not good strategy.

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Largest International Meetings Expo Comes to USA ? IMEX America.

GlowGlobally

global association strategy, regional planning and local infrastructure to grow your business. Efficient online IMEX appointments system. As MCIs Senior Advisor, Global Development Strategy, I help associations build and execute global growth strategies. GrowGlobally.org. Market & Biz Plan. Membership. Peter Turner.

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Cross-Border Collaboration: Sell Successfully Overseas by Learning the Local Needs

Plexus Consulting

A regional development strategy The Association of Career Management Consulting Firms International (AOCFI), Washington, D.D., The challenges were how best to create a global organization out of a highly fragmented structure and how to enter into new markets where they had no previous presence at all. So how does a U.S.

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Membership Wakeup Call for Associations

Association Adviser

If you look back at our most popular reader polls of the past three years it’s interesting to see how your peers’ concerns have shifted from strategy (2010) to communication and innovation (2011) to tools and technology (2012). In response, NYSSA started monthly gatherings at local pubs in New York City.