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Associations Now: Daily News
July 1, 2016

 

Editor’s Note: In observance of the holiday, Associations Now Daily News will not publish on Monday, July 4. It will return on Tuesday, July 5.

Today's Top Stories

 

Pyrotechnics Association Focuses on Safety

The trade group for the fireworks industry recently launched a new charitable arm to teach fireworks safety. Its goal? To get the message out to kids early on. Read More

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The Association That Gave Iceland's Soccer Team Its Power

A stunning upset of England's national soccer team by Iceland's team caught a lot of sports fans off guard. But that success was no accident; it required a lot of infrastructure planning on the part of a local football association. Read More

The New Social Media Musts

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Setting up a dedicated hashtag for your meeting or event and encouraging attendees to use it is critical, but we all know that’s not enough. Read More

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Don't Redesign All the Time. Instead, Learn To Iterate.

Trying to design effectively for your users? You can't keep blowing up bridges to create a new path. Here's why iterative design is a philosophy for your association to follow, no matter the platform. Read More

 

Embrace Your Most Engaged Members Above All Else

Why one association researcher discounts nonmember feedback in favor of the highly engaged, and how that choice relates to associations' strategic decisions about what segments to engage. Read More

 

 

Meetings Friday

 

How Well Are You Representing Female Voices?

GenderAvenger is asking speakers to pledge to not participate on a panel where women aren’t included. Could your association take that pledge? Read More

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Facebook's Events Play

The massive social network will now curate hot events in a new feature box. Read More

Gather, Engage, Inspire

The National Association of the Deaf’s 53rd Biennial Conference starts in Phoenix next week. Read More

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“The field day demonstrations keep our teams in Westerly and Charlestown in sync. We test our radios locally and long-distance—this keeps our teams sharp.”

John Zabriskie Sr., assistant director of the Charlestown, Rhode Island, Emergency Management Agency, discussing how his agency takes advantage of the American Radio Relay League's National Field Day, which took place last weekend, as a training tool. See Quote

 

 

Jobs

 

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Meetings Coordinator

National Apartment Association

The Meetings Coordinator assists in the day-to-day operations of the meetings department, including database management, registration processing and customer services for NAA meetings, maintaining budget and forecast tracking sheets, website management for various meetings and overall logistical and administrative support for the Meetings Department. … Read More

Planning Manager

National Association of REALTORS®

Manage approximately 30 meetings annually of the Association's short term ad-hoc meetings, ranging from 20 to 1600 attendees, from site selection through billing reconciliation. … Read More

Director, Corporate Events

Aerospace Industries Association

The Director, Corporate Events supports AIA’s Corporate Events division and reports to the Assistant Vice President, Corporate Events and the Office of the President. … Read More

 

 

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