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Winning Lessons from the World of Sports

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In Boston sports, these are “the good old days.” In honor of Boston sports, here’s what our four teams can teach associations: From the Red Sox: “Know your role.” When a ball is hit up the middle in baseball, you never see the shortstop and second basemen collide as they both go for it.

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Nonprofit: Just a Tax Status

Virtual

If there’s one thing I’d like to change about working with nonprofits of all kinds, it’s the belief that nonprofits are somehow the “minor leagues” of organizations—that it’s ok for them to have deficits in leadership, operations or strategy that you wouldn’t see in a for profit corporation. That’s a load of hooey.

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Winning Lessons from the World of Sports

Virtual

In Boston sports, these are “the good old days.” In honor of Boston sports, here’s what our four teams can teach associations: From the Red Sox: “Know your role.” So they’re pretty low on the Boston sports pecking order at the moment.

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November 1963 Through the Lens of the Internet Age

Virtual

A critical break in the Boston Marathon bombing case came from the examination of footage from the cameras outside Lord and Taylor’s department store. Mobile Technology Association Management Company Experience Leadership' Today, video cameras exist throughout many public spaces.

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Friday Buzz: How McDonald’s Scored Big With Its Corporate Event

Associations Now

Also: An association management pro looks to his hometown sports teams for inspiration. Association management advice, courtesy of our Boston sports teams [link] #assnchat #redsox #bruins #patriots #celtics. Being Boston-based, it only makes sense that Virtual, Inc., Love Your Hometown Teams.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.25.22

Reid All About it

Because I used 3 pounds of boneless pork shoulder (aka Boston butt), I doubled the marinade/sauce ingredients—and added a hefty amount of spicy sambal oelek to the mix. How are Societies Managing their DEI Initiatives? Many societies are currently focusing on DEI initiatives with their membership, leadership, and their staff.

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Trust is key to success

Association Leaders

Several years ago the Forum Corporation of Boston, Massachusetts, conducted a study of two groups of salespeople. We found it very interesting, and no surprise that the study cited in the story found that people who are trustworthy and kind succeed in life. Hope you enjoy it too.