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Optometric Association Offers Free Lyft Rides to Eye Exams

Associations Now

And to promote better vision care, AOA is teaming with the ride-hailing service Lyft to get more people to their nearest optometrist for an eye exam. Under the partnership, a free round-trip ride, up to a $25 fare, will be offered in 10 cities: Charleston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Memphis, Miami, New York City, St.

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Benchmarking and its Application to Your Member-based Organization

YourMembership

News + Press. Management Team. For instance, a marketing association can survey its membership to find out what vice presidents of marketing in New York City earn; how much their departmental budget is; and the components of their marketing mix. Chambers + EDCs. Corporate + Social. Education + Alumni.

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Are We All Generalists in Association Culture?

Association Success

When my enlistment in the Air Force ended, I landed a role as a Systems Administrator on a major contract, where I ended up being in charge of 20-25 person teams. My team and I were exceeding performance expectations, and meeting our SLAs - I felt like a rock star! In the midst of a ‘what now?’

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Advocacy and Governance 2.0

Association Adviser

Learn how a small, dedicated team got the initiative through Congress. . Fewer associations serving as voice of industry or source of legislative, regulatory news. Source: Association Adviser Communication Benchmarking Survey 2011-216. Just last week, Hedberg and team addressed the U.N. 1 info source.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.12.17

Reid All About it

If you work for a membership organization, please participate in the Association Learning + Technology survey. The community will be thankful when Tagoras publishes the survey report later this year. . – ASAE Technology Section Roundtable: Digital Transformation (New York City). More info/register.

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No, Nonprofit Boards Aren’t Ineffective

Associations Now

A new Stanford survey delivers some serious criticism of nonprofit governance. In the past month, the New York City college Cooper Union has attracted the scrutiny of the state’s attorney general, Eric T. Note, too, that the survey measures “experience” by “the number of additional boards they serve on.” [PDF]

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The Innovation Line That Divides Associations

Associations Now

A new study on innovation from Marketing General suggests that there’s a distinct line separating associations that are innovative from those that aren’t. One paragraph in Marketing General’s new survey of innovation in the association space really stands out. Is there some middle ground here?