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You’ve Got to Read This: October 11, 2011

Reid All About it

This is such a cool idea from Mike Brown at Brainzooming: assign extreme creativity makeover roles to everyone on your project team. Standard press releases are often misdirected, irrelevant and boring. Here are some creative alternatives to sending a press release from Claire Celsi at Ragan’s PR Daily.

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Wildlife Society, Bee Protection Program Team Up

Associations Now

The Wildlife Society and the Feed a Bee program have teamed up to make and keep life sweet for honey bees. The Feed a Bee program is tackling a really important need for pollinators by conducting plantings across the nation this fall,” TWS CEO Ken Williams said in a press release. “At

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Engineering Associations Team Up To Support Black Engineers

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Through the partnership, NSBE and ASCE also plan to increase awareness of the profession through public-outreach projects such as Dream Big , an IMAX film about engineering scheduled to be released in 2016, and the film’s related educational initiative. “As engineering profession.”.

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Managing the Communications Plan for Your Association’s Virtual Event

Protech

Once your leadership team has decided to go virtual, there’s one group of people that must be looped in immediately : your staff. . In your weekly event team meetings, high l ight the announcements that are pertinent to the entire association, the n follow-up on the specifics. So, let’s break it down further. .

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A Look at the Event Industry’s Tech Skills Gap

Associations Now

The top five are data management (47 percent), live streaming (34 percent), event apps (32 percent), registration/event management software (30 percent), and project management systems (29 percent). What tools are most difficult to manage? What’s Next?

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Four Steps to a Better Member Toolkit

Associations Now

Your project team can get sidetracked or delayed. Keep in mind that you’ll need volunteers who can commit to a project that typically takes about three months to complete. One way that I like to do that is by being upfront with the member and mapping out a three-month timeline to complete project.”. Toolkits to Try.

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Hotel Industry Embarks on Pilot to Prevent Food Waste

Associations Now

Teaming with the World Wildlife Fund and The Rockefeller Foundation, the American Hotel & Lodging Association will offer support to its members as part of a pilot program that looks to stop food waste before it starts.