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Amid Rural Broadband Weak Spots, Nonprofits Offer Last-Mile Help

Associations Now

A More Controversial Proposal Ideas for better rural broadband are coming from the for-profit space as well. Last month, Microsoft proposed utilizing unused television signals to create a path to internet access for underserved rural areas.

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Eric Lanke: Trust and Association Nextpeditions

Eric Lanke

Provocative Proposals for Change. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. He blogs regularly on leadership issues, thinks too much about the books he reads, and is the author of several works of fiction. All perspectives are his, not his employers. View my complete profile. Subscribe to This Blog. Subscribe by Email. Subscribe in a reader.

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Eric Lanke: Issues with Member Engagement

Eric Lanke

Provocative Proposals for Change. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. He blogs regularly on leadership issues, thinks too much about the books he reads, and is the author of several works of fiction. All perspectives are his, not his employers. View my complete profile. Subscribe to This Blog. Subscribe by Email. Subscribe in a reader.

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Eric Lanke: A False Sense of Closure

Eric Lanke

Provocative Proposals for Change. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. He blogs regularly on leadership issues, thinks too much about the books he reads, and is the author of several works of fiction. All perspectives are his, not his employers. View my complete profile. Subscribe to This Blog. Subscribe by Email. Subscribe in a reader.

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Guest Blog: Major Event Growth – A risky business to be in?

Event Industry News

The Swiss city of Berne withdrew its proposal to host the 2010 Winter Olympics after voters rejected a proposal of public funding. In 2001, the Ryder Cup at the Belfry was postponed for a year in the aftermath of 9/11, an attack which led the IOC to begin to take out cancellation insurance. It is a lamentably repetitive tale.

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Education Associations Approve of Senate’s No Child Left Behind Rewrite

Associations Now

The last time that happened, in 2001, a little thing called No Child Left Behind (NCLB) went into effect. We are now closer than we have been in the last eight years to producing a new law as both Houses of Congress have passed ESEA reauthorization proposals,” the letter stated. The path to this moment, however, was varied.

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What a “Grexit” Would Mean for Associations

Associations Now

The 18 other nations who share the European currency set a final deadline of Thursday for the Greek government to submit a proposal to get itself out of debt. Barring a last-minute intervention by the powers who sit high on Mount Olympus, Greece appears to be headed for the door, as far as the Eurozone is concerned.