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CompTIA Study Finds Tech Hubs Where You Wouldn’t Expect Them

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Yes, you’re probably aware that San Francisco or Seattle are tech hotbeds, but what about Huntsville, Alabama, or Lansing, Michigan? Even though they cost more to live in, median salaries are also much higher than in smaller regions; San Francisco’s $110,000 median salary is $43,000 more than Lansing’s $67,000 median.

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Join the “Human Revolution” at Work

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While technology certainly makes it easier to communicate, find information, and conduct business online, the tools we use are also creating detachment among people and the world around us. One example is Lyft, the San Francisco-based ride-sharing company, which encourages passengers to sit in the front seat and get to know their drivers.

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U.S. Chamber of Commerce Heads West To Help Silicon Valley Back East

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Technology industry trade associations and advocacy groups have been popping up left and right and left again over the past few years, all with an eye toward advancing the industry and positioning it a little closer to the folks on K St. in Washington, DC. That trend is starting to come full circle now. The post U.S.

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Mobile Industry Knee-Deep in Efforts to Solve 911 Problems

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Last week, CTIA announced the third stage of efforts by 911 Location Technologies Test Bed LLC , an independent research firm started by the association with the goal of working out the not-insignificant kinks with the system. Location Troubles. How not-insignificant are we talking?

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Could Your Association Thrive in a Remote-First Culture?

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That’s why a lot of associations are located in places near the halls of power, like Washington, DC, or in centrally located parts of the country, like Chicago. And what if not every role, especially not the ones involving technology or creativity, need quite that level of centralization?

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.5.20

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Learn how senior levels professionals from a hotelier, audio visual technology company, and a design agency are working with planners given the new social distancing and CDC advisements. Ian Seidenberg, CSEP, Director of Event Technologies, Encore Event Technologies. Host: ASAE Technology Professionals Advisory Council.

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Internet Association’s Plan to Expand Influence: Focus on the Left Coast

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The trade group’s new office in California, a state often at the forefront of technology issues, puts the association both in the heart of Silicon Valley and in Sacramento—complete with a brand new lobbyist to help influence tech policy in the state. It does, however, have a few key items to focus on off the top.