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Five Millennial-Friendly Benefits to Offer Your Team

Associations Now

A piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer noted how this workplace trend was growing , with many organizations putting in a rule where people could dress however they liked, as long as they weren’t taking part in a client meeting. Increasingly, many organizations are embracing this approach.

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In Loving Memory of My Mom, Ruth D. Kanter (My Mom)

Beth Kanter

My mother was born before the days of the Internet, social media, computers, and mobile phones and found technology a huge challenge – both frustrating and a little intimidating due to a lack of training and skills development. She was a generous and compassionate person and often helped people with fewer resources.

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Why Strategic Training Matters for Capacity Building

Leading Learning

Yet it’s easy to lose track of the mission when you’re in the thick of an accounting audit or a human resources review. Instead, check out the resources at the Association for Talent Development (formerly known as the Association for Training and Development). Make training fun. Yes, it’s a clichĂ©. But, yes, it’s important.

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Thursday Buzz: Smooth Flying in the Future?

Associations Now

Ready, set, takeoff” may be a possibility, all thanks to a new algorithm by engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) designed to prevent planes from needlessly idling to maximize fuel savings and minimize passenger frustration. “In Imagine if sitting on the runway before taking off was eliminated altogether.

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Develop Your Skills: 5 Resources for Nonprofit Professionals

Achieve

Evolving technology, accelerated by a public health crisis, has opened more education and training options at a lower cost and at a wider range of levels and subjects than ever before. . Using these resources, you can easily indulge your interests as a nonprofit professional, taking your career in directions you never imagined.

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Survey: Size Matters When Running An Association Today

Associations Now

Human Resources. Eighty-three percent of respondents reported having no human resource professionals on staff, while 7 percent reported having one full-time staff member in this role. Technology Management. For more on the technology-related findings, check out Ernie Smith’s blog post from this week.

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Association Brain Food: 6.24.22

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. A weekly conversation about meeting and event technology, including software, hardware, and audiovisual for in-person and online events. Host: Brandt Krueger, founder Event Technology Consulting. Leadership training. More info/register.

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