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6 steps to handling crises better in 2021

In April of 2020, right as the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning to have major impacts on America, the Centers for DIsease Control and Prevention created the Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication (CERC) Overview for COVID-19. Designed to assist the...

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Why your organization should embrace the ‘stop-doing’ list

I recently attended a workshop titled “Reduce, reuse, recycle: How to do more with less content in 2021” that was designed to help attendees prepare...

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What associations can learn from Google

Many people are now moving away from college degrees and focusing on trade schools or hands-on apprenticeships, which for some makes college degrees...

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Dollars and Sense: What is an association member worth?

The truth is, each member of your association is clearly worth more than the dues they pay. They provide man hours, word-of-mouth marketing, and...

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What associations can learn from Substack

I signed up last week for a newsletter tailored to chihuahua owners — I got a new puppy — and while I began getting super informative content about...

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How to deal with personal stress when your professional life invades your home

We’ve all heard of taking your work from home, but what about when you’re working at home?

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Why associations shouldn’t take their data at face value

As we continue through our Strategic Foresight Sprint, a member-exclusive series in which we learn together about how to forecast trends before they...

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The pros and cons of workshop platforms

As we draw increasingly closer to the one year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is shocking how much has changed. Organizations and businesses...

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How to host virtual meetings in a time of screen fatigue

Meetings are a crucial aspect of the work your association does and likely a primary source of revenue. Annual meetings, trade shows and expos are...

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