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How AAA’s New Car-Share Service Thinks Beyond Ownership

Associations Now

The service, a product of AAA’s innovation lab A3Ventures—“A3” is a great way to slacken up “AAA,” by the way—allows residents in the California cities of Oakland and Berkeley to pick up a car wherever one might be located, drop it off in a specific zone within the city, and grab a different car later on. We exist to create value for members.

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Forget the Job Interview, Play a Video Game

Jamie Notter

As the article states at the beginning, this is kind of the message that Brad Pitt’s character was bringing to the Oakland A’s organization in the movie, Moneyball. I’m starting to work with organizations to apply the ideas from Humanize to experiments with human resource solutions. Managing People'

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Moneyball For Conferences: You Want Your Meeting to Mean Something

Velvet Chainsaw

We just won twenty games in a row , said the fictitious Peter Brand, advance scout for Oakland A’s. said Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane. The Oakland A’s baseball team did not have a winning record. As Paine points out, the problem facing most organizations is not a lack of data. And what’s the point?

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The Happy Healthy Nonprofit Book Tour: You Are Invited To Join Us

Beth Kanter

If you don’t already have our book , it is full of best practices and examples from nonprofit leaders around the world sharing their secrets on how to make self-care a habit and more importantly how to embed into their organization’s culture so there is sustainable energy to do good work. Tue Jan 31 – OAKLAND 6pm-8pm.

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NFL. Rams. Association Governance.

SCD Group

All association professionals need to remember this mantra: “It’s their organization not yours!” along with San Diego and Oakland (other franchises seeking to move.) depending on the organization. Last week, the National Football League’s Board of Governors voted to authorize the (Cleveland/Los Angeles/St.

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Prince’s Quiet Philanthropic Legacy

Associations Now

There are people that have solar panels on their houses right now in Oakland, California, that don’t know Prince paid for them. In the past few years, Prince donated both time and money to #YesWeCode, a nonprofit organization that brings technology opportunities to underprivileged youth.

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As Coffee Loses Its Punch, Tea Association Steeps In Industry Growth

Associations Now

And Wendy’s just added tea to its menu this month, as its first ever organic option. But as Reem Rahim, cofounder of Numi Organic Tea in Oakland, California, notes, the changes in palate go even deeper than that, with consumers embracing a limitless number of flavors, natural organic tastes, and flavors from around the world.

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