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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.

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Google Doubles Down on Holiday-Season Nonprofit Giving

Associations Now

Roughly $5 million of Alphabet’s donation will be dedicated to schools targeted by the educational giving platform DonorsChoose.org, many of which will be receiving products like Chromebooks and other types of learning-focused technology. In other words, no strings.

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Where in the World are the Innovators? ? GrowGlobally.org

GlowGlobally

San Francisco/Oakland, USA; Taipei, Taiwan). Over the past 30 years I have served three associations (ASAE, MPI and IEEE Computer Society) as a leader of business, product and partnership development. Product Mgmt (13). GrowGlobally.org. Market & Biz Plan. Membership. Public Affairs. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. MARCOM (20).

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Page One: 9 Ways CMA’s SEO Strategy Builds Brands

CMA Solutions

For Amerlux, a lighting manufacturer in Oakland, New Jersey, we built a media relations campaign to generate more sales leads for its interior and exterior products. The voluntary program establishes third-party certification of card manufacturers’ assertions that a product is an environmentally preferable alternative.

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3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofits That Can Boost Professional Success

Beth Kanter

Our book tour starts at the end of January, so if you are in San Francisco, Oakland, Boston, NYC, or Washington, DC, please join us. When I look back on 2016, it was a very rich and productive year. And, I expect no less in 2017. What about you? What will you accomplish in 2017?

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Trainer’s Notebook: Finding Inspiration and New Ideas for Facilitation Techniques

Beth Kanter

In some instances, you might need a longer amount of time to do this exercise, but the way this was facilitated with 50 people was highly productive and efficient. I always learn something from his participatory style, humor, and techniques. The full group report out facilitated discussion and refinement of the ideas.

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Big Data: Big Headache or Big Opportunity for Associations?

Association Adviser

” Melia said never waste an opportunity to get good feedback from your members, but do it in short digestible bites, such as by adding a question to your dues bills, product shipments or annual conference surveys. Ask how your product and service can fill those unmet needs. ” Benefits of research.

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