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Should Associations Care About Blockchain?

Spark Consulting

Credentialing (degrees of all types, licenses, certifications, certificates, digital badges) is possibly, next to cryptocurrency, the most mature application of blockchain technology (and it’s certainly far more beneficial from a social good perspective). ” Which will be the topic of my next post in this series.

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Members Hire Strategic Solutions

Potomac Core

Factors including Coronavirus Disease , supply chain disruptions , political polarization , innovative technologies, cyber threats, trade policy, shifting consumer attitudes, & workforce shortages all complicate markets. Uncertainty is palpable and it makes sustainable growth difficult. Julia Hamm.

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Review: When Millennials Take Over

Spark Consulting

Fortunately, the Millennials, the generation born between 1982 and 2004, can help us. Their basic thesis is that the environment in which our organizations operate has changed – we have to move faster, with less hierarchy and more sharing of information, and learn how to be digital native institutions. Sounds hard, right?

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Happy Birthday to Us

Virtual

First, the birthday of Virtual itself – July 6, 2014 marks 15 years, and we are grateful to have been a part of many global technology movements that have since transformed the lives of consumers and altered how businesses function. We’ve had a good run, sticking to our roots as a technology-focused association management company.

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How Members’ Website Expectations Have Changed (And How You Can Keep Up)

Higher Logic

Advances in technology and web design have changed what we expect from the internet and the websites we use every day. Don’t remember what Facebook was like in 2004? A great website five or ten years ago wouldn’t meet the cut today. Think about Facebook’s early design, for instance. It was text-heavy and clunky.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.4.22

Reid All About it

in agreement because that’s what I did and I haven’t applied for a job since 2004. A weekly conversation about meeting and event technology, including software, hardware, and audiovisual for in-person and online events. Host: Brandt Krueger, founder Event Technology Consulting. Host: Association Women Technology Champions.

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Winning Lessons from the World of Sports

Virtual

Having technology troubles? Your members want to know what will happen in 2014, not what happened in 2004. Consider that with your Board selection process. Are you considering merging with a group? Bring on a Board member who has done some work with bringing two organizations together. Bring on a tech-savvy board member.

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