Associations Now

OCTOBER 7, 2016

3.3 % The anticipated year-over-year growth in retail sales in physical stores during the upcoming holiday season, according to a report released this week by the International Council of Shopping Centers. The association projects that shoppers will spend an average of $683.90 on holiday purchases.

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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

AUGUST 14, 2018

It’s just the beginning,” said Amazon’s Ardine Williams, a vice president of human resources operations, in comments reported by The Seattle Times. This is just five. How is your association using apprenticeships to draw in new workers for the industry?

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The Tech Town Index, a new report from the association, finds a surprising geographic diversity among tech hot spots, helped along by both booming college towns and maturing local tech economies. Yes, you’re probably aware that San Francisco or Seattle are tech hotbeds, but what about Huntsville, Alabama, or Lansing, Michigan?

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Associations Now

APRIL 20, 2015

The debate continues after a Seattle company raises its minimum salary sky-high. Last week, Seattle-based credit-card-processing company Gravity Payments suddenly announced that it would raise its minimum salary to $70,000. Fast Company reporter Lydia Dishman asked several experts for their perspective.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 9, 2017

“Conventions driving innovation in … demand sectors deliver companies and associations to a city’s doorstep,” according to the report Defining Conventions as Urban Innovation and Economic Accelerators from Skift for Meetings Mean Business. Meetings and conventions are a part of this innovation mix. Case in Point: Vancouver.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 5, 2012

As Post reporter Robert O’Harrow, Jr. Here’s a performance they did for Seattle radio station KEXP – check that station out too. Most of us know better than to click on links in spammy or suspicious emails or tweets, but we’ll always be easy marks when an email appears to come from a colleague. Enough gloom and doom. Happy Friday!

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

The report notes that medical complications are rare but possible with tattoos and that buyer’s remorse isn’t cheap—laser removal of a tattoo costs anywhere between $49 and $300 per square inch affected.

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Associations Now

MAY 10, 2016

For the seventh straight year, the American Booksellers Association is reporting a membership surge. Teicher admits, however, that the pressure of increased minimum wages in some parts of the country, such as Seattle , are putting pressure on what has traditionally been a low-margin industry.

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Associations Now

APRIL 1, 2019

The issue is this: These industries have focused on certain regions of the country—tech in Silicon Valley and Seattle, media in New York and DC—a model that made more sense when physical limitations made it harder to spread out.

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Associations Now

JULY 5, 2017

Vancouver, coastal neighbor to Silicon Valley and Seattle, is one such city. According to a recent report from the Startup Genome and the Global Entrepreneurship Network , Vancouver ranks No. And all of that can be at a planner’s fingertips for programming purposes (think dynamic keynote speakers, for example).

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Associations Now

MARCH 2, 2015

For now, Microsoft’s efforts are focused on nonprofits within its native Washington, such as Washington FIRST Robotics , Food Lifeline and the Seattle Aquarium. Google’s messaging and video service, Hangouts, will also be receiving some revamps, as reported by The Verge. Breakup of the Day. Other Good Reads.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 19, 2015

If new reports of a shortage of up-and-coming chefs are true, “Restaurant Impossible” could take on a whole new meaning in kitchens across the country. The American Culinary Federation is working on getting new talent into the pipeline and helping restaurants hire those up-and-comers.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

business leaders in Seattle last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping downplayed American concerns over a draft law that would subject foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) operating in China to greater scrutiny. Speaking to U.S.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 2, 2013

Those reports might seem foreign in parts of the country where the housing market has been slower to recover. The city plans to use its power of eminent domain to seize some of those loans and allow homeowners to keep their homes, a strategy being considered by two dozen other cities, including Seattle and North Las Vegas.

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Associations Now

APRIL 26, 2016

The deals with the chain are often so good— Retail Dive reports a markup rate of just 15 percent on its bulk items—that renewals of annual memberships stand at 90 percent. As Fortune reported last week, this will entitle clients to a 20 percent discount on its meals and kits. The reason? Handout photo). Delivering a Discount.

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Executive Connections

JUNE 24, 2008

I hope you had an opportunity to see the advertisement that appeared in the Wall Street Journal before and during the 2008 Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO in Seattle promoting the role of information professionals. Will you be reporting on the feedback you've received on the ad? SLA Says It "Big". When the much smaller Assoc.

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Associations Now

JUNE 6, 2014

But Kyle Stokes, a reporter for Seattle-area news and jazz outlet KPLU and an MJ Bear fellow at the Online News Association (ONA), says you should be willing to give them a chance. Also: Not everyone’s day is created equal. You hate comments on your blog.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 23, 2015

According to data in ASAE’s 2012 Benchmarking in Association Management report, registrations account for a median of 50 percent of meeting revenue at associations, exhibitions account for 27 percent, and sponsorships account for 17 percent.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 7, 2019

A big city or coastal locale might seem like the best way to draw in attendees, but a new report shows that those locations often come with a big additional cost. 2019 Cost of Business Travel Report [registration], the rest of the list paints a more telling picture. So, where are these expensive locales?

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Beth Kanter

MARCH 25, 2012

Note from Beth: I hosted a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference that took place recently in Seattle. And we released a report recently that shows foundation funding for advocacy, community organizing and civic engagement has a return on investment of an astonishing $115 to $1.

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Associations Now

APRIL 1, 2013

As a result, the issue has blown up in a number of areas of the country, most notably Seattle.) News and World Report , Ingley went further, arguing that the devices law enforcement officials would like to use are imperfect for consistent surveillance due to the short periods they would actually work, around 15 minutes.

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Beth Kanter

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The report offers a couple of key findings: Nonprofits very much want to be able to understand their performance and are taking steps to do so. The report ends with some reasons why there might be a disconnect. Is your organization using performances assessment or outcome based measurement to measure progress towards goals?

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Beth Kanter

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. During the facilitated discussion session at GEO’s National Conference in Seattle it was my great privilege to convene a group of brave pioneers.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Attendees faced 19 inches of snow and thousands of cancelled flights into and out of the city’s airports, yet more than 10,600 managed to show up— not a major decline from the 12,207 who went to the 2014 Philadelphia meeting and really close to the 10,981 who attended the 2013 meeting in Seattle. But, enough with all this winter talk.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 19, 2016

Meanwhile, a guy from Seattle named Ben Haggerty was preparing his next big career move. Haggerty, whom you might be more familiar with as Macklemore, used Medium to announce the name of his latest album with his creative partner, Ryan Lewis: This Unruly Mess I’ve Made.

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Executive Connections

APRIL 9, 2008

Following a number of widely reported financial scandals at public and private corporations, and non-profit organizations in recent years, governments throughout the world have sought to tighten controls.

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Beth Kanter

MARCH 18, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Just this week, a report released by NYC startup incubator Bikkurium focused on what it will take to scale capacity. Photo by Tsmall. So, let the myth busting begin.

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Beth Kanter

MARCH 14, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Flickr Photo by AnEye4Pictures. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. Some of the findings about Learning in Public?

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Reid All About it

MAY 18, 2018

I’ve been transcribing my March 2001 journal from when I traveled via Amtrak Coast Starlight sleeper car from LA to Seattle… Did you know the Coast Starlight and Pacific Surfliner go right along the California coast? Reporting from Meetings Today Live! The Guardian ). I mean right along , nothing between the tracks and the ocean.

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Beth Kanter

MARCH 16, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Less onerous reporting requirements. Flickr Photo Jakob Montrasio. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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Beth Kanter

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

I spoke to a group of nonprofit in Seattle a few weeks ago at Pyramid Communications who found the advice for taking incremental steps towards improvement very useful. It’s still scary to set quantifiable goals for a project and report on whether we reached them. The CWRF model has been adopted by nonprofits. Work intervened.

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Beth Kanter

MARCH 14, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Flickr Photo by Andy Beal. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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Beth Kanter

OCTOBER 31, 2012

All of these platforms have been profiled at our recent Social Media for Nonprofits conferences, which is about to produce its final US program of the year in Seattle on 11/5, before we head to New Delhi on December 5, and then back to New York City, Silicon Valley, Vancouver, plus most other major US markets in 2013.

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Beth Kanter

MARCH 19, 2012

Note from Beth: I hosted a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference that took place last week in Seattle. Flickr Photo by Mburpee. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. Fulton’s talk was timely.

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Executive Connections

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

states have no news outlet with a single Washington-based reporter covering their Congressional delegation.  And on March 18 the Seattle Post-Intelligencer will stop printing, although it may survive as an online site. Now, with the rumors surrounding the Seattle Times, worry about the larger cities as well.

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Associations Now

JUNE 18, 2013

Social currency: When it comes to global causes, social influence can be just as valuable as money, said Julie Dixon, deputy director of Georgetown University’s Center for Social Impact Communication, at a recent TEDxChange event in Seattle [video]. Social media gives everyone with a computer the power of influence.

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