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Interview with an Expert Series: Tracy King

Blue Sky eLearn

Tracy has taught communication studies at multiple academic centers to students around the world. I started experimenting with Blackboard and Moodle when I was teaching communication courses at a St. Paul liberal arts university back in 2000. How did you get involved with eLearning?

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 9.18.20

Reid All About it

Going Virtual: What We’ve Learned Supporting 2000+ Virtual Events in 6 Months. Communicating Through a Crisis. Crisis communications has gone from an occasionally mentioned discussion point to now a trending topic. Host: Ed Rigsbee, CAE, president at Rigsbee Research. Fri 9/18 at 1 p.m. Wed 9/23 at 12 p.m. More info/register.

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Get Your Intellectual Exercise

Reid All About it

Here’s one about the findings of a study that followed 2000+ students through four years of college. “. large numbers (of students) didn’t learn the critical thinking, complex reasoning and written communication skills that are widely assumed to be at the core of a college education.

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The World of Opportunities for AMCs: A YM Perspective

YourMembership

In early 2000, we were focused on state and local chapter associations, which we viewed as being underserved by the association management software (AMS) providers of the day. This week YourMembership.com is “on the road” in Tempe, Arizona attending the 2014 AMC Institute Annual Meeting. They have enjoyed remarkable growth with this strategy.

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A new face, a new format and all things ORGPRO

Aaron Wolowiec

Kristen Parker Digital Communications Manager. First, I’m delighted to announce that Kristen Parker has joined the Event Garde team as our digital communications manager. Since 2008, Kristen has worked as a communications manager for Michigan State University, serving in the university’s central public relations office.

Michigan 100
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The Young Professional – Tracking down the Future Leaders of Your Association

Association Adviser

Part 4 of our 2017 Association Communications Benchmarking Study series. This year, more than 50 percent of associations said that engaging young professionals is one of their Top 5 communication challenges. With so many distractions, young professionals today could benefit from focused communication. Segment your content.

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How to Address Sinking Engagement

Associations Now

But that’s still above or at the percentage between 2000 and 2013. But so can better communication of the purpose of their work. That notion of communicating purpose is something that associations can extend to their members as well. If we want people to be happy about coming into the office, we have to make it valuable.”

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