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Improve Your Association?s Value with Reverse Mentoring or Co-Mentoring

Smooth The Path

Take reverse-mentoring for example. Philip Tedesco, CEO of the Rhode Island Association of Realtors , noticed that when they got the Past Presidents’ Council together with the Young Professionals Network, there was more than just a one-way dialogue. New members might be well versed in new technology and new systems.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 7.9.21

Reid All About it

The training of frontline (public-facing) employees has traditionally been the purview of a company’s HR department or, as with alcohol service training, for example, outsourced to a for-profit specializing in that niche. Are your technology capabilities aligned with your mission? Office myth. Would fresh clams be better?

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A Case for the Association Summer Internship

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technology/computer skills. In another example, the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association deployed a multimedia initiative focused on bringing more millennials into the workforce. There also will be assignments involving government affairs/lobbying, research, and office administration. excellent writing skills. •

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Prescription for Social: Group Issues Online Guidelines for Doctors

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As new technologies and practices, such as social networking, are embraced, it is paramount to maintain the privacy and confidentiality of patient information, demonstrate respect for patients, ensure trust in physicians and in the medical profession, and establish appropriate boundaries,” ACP stated in a position paper. “But

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Wake Up to Educating the Future Workforce

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Emerging technology is shifting our workforce toward intellectual capital and changing the ways we educate both students and adults. In the Thursday opening general session, an attendee asked futurist Dr. Michio Kaku about the threats of emerging technologies. For example,when you buy stocks today, does a stock broker broke stocks?

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How Associations Are Embracing Apprenticeships

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Check out a few examples of associations big and small offering such programs for their respective industries. The National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) recently announced updates to its apprenticeship program that include more elements of technology —the largest update to the long-running program in its two-decade history.