Reid All About it

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Leading Learning released The Virtual Conferences Report 2021. Here are a few tidbits: 1% of participants report that registrations for their virtual conference either met or exceeded expectations. The report covers much more, including what self-described successful organizations are more likely to do. Sponsorship sales.

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Beth Kanter

DECEMBER 28, 2018

We are tracking reports, articles, and new items about AI and Social Good. State of AI in 2018 Report: The AI NOW Institute , which is affiliated with New York University and is home to respected AI researchers with Google and Microsoft, released a report describing the state of AI in 2018 that highlights some worrying trends.

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Associations Now

JUNE 4, 2019

“We already request certain contact information, travel history, family member information, and previous addresses from all visa applicants,” a State Department statement said , according to The New York Times. “We The new rule would require visa applicants to share five years of social media activity with the U.S. government.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Massive insurance company mergers will diminish competition and have harmful consequences for patients across the country, according to a new study from the American Medical Association, which is urging federal regulators to proceed with care as they review the proposals. —currently under antitrust review by the U.S. .—currently

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 14, 2014

A coalition of music industry players is pushing for legislation in New York that would provide tax credits to in-state music professionals. New York has a tradition of supporting the arts through tax credits, but they’ve largely benefited filmmakers. Now the music industry wants a piece of the action.

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JUNE 22, 2017

A few ideas turn into action, while other potentially effective proposals end up on the cutting-room floor. New complications in global travel are creating sticky situations for corporate travel managers. The New York Times reports on how companies are handling employees’ travel concerns. Start with research.

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Associations Now

APRIL 26, 2017

Organizations that focus on the importance of data are concerned about proposals to limit the budget of the agency that counts every person in America every 10 years. “It’s very easy to open a new business in New York City, but putting it in some small town in West Virginia is much more difficult,” Fienberg said.

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Associations Now

APRIL 6, 2016

This month, the city council of San Jose is expected to consider a proposal to change the way it handles late fees at its libraries. million at the San Jose Public Library alone, the New York Times reports. One council member, Pierluigi Oliverio, has proposed a two-week fine-amnesty program for those with late materials.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Dave Lutz of Velvet Chainsaw Consulting applies the principles of product management to virtual/hybrid conferences and comes up with several ideas for repackaging and rebroadcasting session content that will deliver member value and/or new revenue. Host: New York Society of Association Executives. Membership recruitment.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Tired of watching their local economies struggle as officials scrambled to provide alternatives to disappointed tourists, political leaders in Arizona, Colorado, New York, South Dakota, and Utah agreed to fund the reopening and operation of National Park Service parks attractions shuttered on October 1 due to the partial government shutdown.

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

WBT Systems proposes a different doable solution: host your in-person conference first and your virtual conference later. MGI’s 2020 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report found a correlation between innovative associations and membership growth. Host: New York Society of Association Executives (NYSAE). Or will they?

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

2021 Nonprofit Cybersecurity Incident Report. Smart organizations combine LMS progress reports with data from other systems to predict, measure and improve business results. Host: New York Society of Association Executives. Nikki Golden, CAE, Strategist, Association Laboratory. Wed 2/17 at 3 p.m. 1 CAE credit.

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Associations Now

JUNE 19, 2013

Impact on Research The distinction between captive and wild chimpanzees was intended to allow the National Institutes of Health to continue to use the animals for research purposes, but recent studies have found that it was unnecessary to use chimps to study human diseases, The Washington Post reports. The Proposal. The reaction.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

When it comes to net neutrality rules, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is looking for a way to make everybody happy and, once again, finding its proposed strategy fails to live up to that ambition. “Given the existence of a clear, and much less complicated path. , ” Telecom Groups Threaten. .

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Associations Now

APRIL 29, 2016

Consider the Young Farmer Network of Southeastern New England. As Alternet recently reported , the group got its start with a set of get-togethers among farmers in the region, whose work is often isolating. New York passed a similar law last year, according to a Stateline report , and Wisconsin is considering passing one of its own.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Not a High-Flyer Speaking of air-travel annoyances, a proposal by the Federal Communications Commission to allow people to make phone calls during flight drew a strongly negative reaction last week , with the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA in particular criticizing the idea. A new report from the U.S.

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MAY 1, 2014

“If the FCC is serious about protecting the open internet, it needs to do its due diligence and seriously explore all available options, and that requires asking real questions about reclassification in the upcoming notice of proposed rulemaking,” she wrote. . Maybe the second try will make it an easier sell.

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JANUARY 9, 2014

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) says its latest efforts, first reported on by Politico this week, are focused on creating a nationwide GMO labeling standard. The Environmental Working Group suggested that GMA’s proposed voluntary standard would limit future efforts to implement mandatory labeling at the state level.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

An FAA panel is finishing its research into whether allowing use of electronic devices is feasible, The New York Times reports. is interested in privatizing air-traffic control, Nav Canada , the nonprofit corporation built around that country’s system, is an example that has worked effectively, Bloomberg reported.

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Associations Now

APRIL 7, 2014

James Boyd’s death exposed a gap in New Mexico law, critics say. Most states have a variation of New York’s 1999 “Kendra’s Law.” Time for a Legislative Response? It’s like if we stopped treating heart disease until people had heart attacks,” Honberg told the Times.

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AUGUST 2, 2013

Those reports might seem foreign in parts of the country where the housing market has been slower to recover. It would buy the homes for 80 percent of their current market value, Reuters reports, write the mortgages down, and help the homeowners refinance at the new amount.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Los Angeles city officials are trying to get ahead of the next “big one” and save lives, but the costly upgrades needed for wooden and concrete buildings make a proposed retrofitting plan a big ask, associations in the city note. It’s a big task, earthquake-proofing the country’s second-largest city.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 20, 2013

A proposed law targeting ethically questionable sites that post arrest mug shots easily passed in the New Jersey General Assembly on Thursday, but journalists’ organizations and open-access advocates worry that it will have wider consequences. Mug shots are big business, and New Jersey’s General Assembly wants out.

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JULY 24, 2013

Postal Service lost last year, according to Reuters, which reports that dwindling volume and payments to a healthcare fund for retirees are to blame. “The idea that somebody is going to walk down to their mailbox in Buffalo, New York, in the winter snow to get their mail is just crazy.” $ 16B The amount the U.S.

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Associations Now

JULY 2, 2014

The law raised consumer privacy issues for DMA’s members and added reporting requirements that DMA says burden interstate commerce. The proposed Marketplace Fairness Act would address the issue by requiring companies to apply sales taxes to goods purchased out of state.

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Associations Now

JULY 2, 2014

The law raised consumer privacy issues for DMA’s members and added reporting requirements that DMA says burden interstate commerce. The proposed Marketplace Fairness Act would address the issue by requiring companies to apply sales taxes to goods purchased out of state.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Ricardo Galli, cofounder of the Reddit-like site Menéame and a member of Spain’s Pro-Internet Coalition , has suggested he may leave the country to keep his popular news aggregator going. There’s a risk, but the probability of us disappearing is minimal.”. One question, however, is how effective this law will be in the long run.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The Colorado Beverage Association scored a victory on Tuesday after voters in the ski-resort town of Telluride turned down a ballot proposal to tax sugary drinks. We’ll have regular evening updates as counties report voting results.” The measure failed by a 68 percent to 32 percent margin. It’s only a matter of time.

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Associations Now

JULY 15, 2013

But after reports emerged that low-wage earners have to pay high fees to use the cards, the Senate started asking questions. “We oppose legislative or regulatory proposals that place limitations on the types or number of fees that can be charged. One thing it does not recommend, however, is limiting fees on the prepaid cards.

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Guilt by Association

JUNE 9, 2009

With sadness, I saw last night that the main union at the Boston Globe voted narrowly to reject the New York Times’ proposal to cut $10 million from the paper’s costs by cutting salaries, reducing benefits and other costs. It’s not a new idea, but it’s sound. The union members were angry.

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JUNE 7, 2013

On Wednesday, The Guardian blogger Glenn Greenwald revealed in an exclusive report that the National Security Agency (NSA) had ordered Verizon to give the government access to metadata from phone records for its Business Network Services products. Time magazine has a good breakdown of the document and exactly what it means.).

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Associations Now

JUNE 4, 2014

A study from Stanford University found that a proposed ban on purchasing sugary drinks with food stamps would cut the obesity rate among people ages 18 to 65. But another report, from the Illinois Public Health Institute , argues that people would simply buy sugary drinks with their own cash instead.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Of the 1,500 such bills that have been introduced in the 12 months since, according to The New York Times , 109 have passed—with nearly two-thirds of the laws loosening restrictions, according to a graphic produced by the paper. “It used to be if you had a cop on the campus, people would see it as something wrong with the school.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Gox exchange reported the theft of millions of Bitcoins, the exchange’s owners blamed deep-seated flaws in the Bitcoin software. Work with authorities: On Wednesday, Bloomberg reported that immediately after accepting Karpeles’ resignation, the Bitcoin Foundation shared a document with the U.S.

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Beth Kanter

DECEMBER 13, 2012

First, no trains, buses, or planes moved to or from New York City. Then, one of his cousins texted directions based on a new smartphone application called “Waze,” which crowdsources data from nearby drivers to create real-time traffic and road reports and find the best routes. I wanted to get them to safety.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 14, 2015

According to a USA Today report, board members who challenged Mayer quickly stepped down, and “ most [board members] who were recruited by Mayer know little or nothing about Yahoo , media or the future of internet businesses… And most board members aren’t insightful enough to understand whether a proposal can or cannot be executed.”

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 10, 2013

propose, cosponsor, or advocate for legislation adding associations to the list of potential Eligible Training Providers under the WIA. Japan and Finland ranked number one and number two in average scores in all three fields.).

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