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Listening to teachers to support students impacted by COVID-19 

Candid

To get students back on track, we need to get resources immediately into classrooms, stop shifting the financial burdens of education onto teachers, and enable teachers to engage with students in innovative ways. From there, teachers requested the learning materials they needed, and we vetted and sent supplies directly to classrooms.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 7.21.17

Reid All About it

LMS provider WBT Systems writes about instructional design innovations that associations could borrow from “ModPo” and a few other award-winning MOOCs. Presenter: Patti Shock, academic consultant, The International School of Hospitality, and professor emeritus, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 1 CMP credit. More info/register.

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How an Association Helped Put Craft Beer in the Smithsonian

Associations Now

is a story of immigration, urban change, technological innovation, and evolving consumer tastes,” the museum said in a press release announcing the showcase, which opens October 25 within the permanent “Food: Transforming the American Table” exhibition. “The history of brewing in the U.S.

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Golden State collaboration: CAI California chapters discuss year ahead

Ungrated

Chapter executive directors and board leaders from San Diego and Sacramento to the Pacific Ocean, the Sierra Nevada, and everywhere between discussed the new issues communities are facing—rising insurance rates, supply chain delays, and safety concerns—to the recurring such as drought, wildfires, and legislative issues. .

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How Much Should Associations Care About Blockchain?

Associations Now

Nevada passed a series of laws designed to encourage the use of blockchain in the state, including the creation of a regulatory sandbox and a law that explicitly allows companies to use a blockchain to store public records. But even with the hype successfully deflated, they argue that “the blockchain story is just beginning.”

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Growth and expansion: CAI chapters adopt new programs and services

Ungrated

Through flexibility, sharing, innovation, and the implementation of new ideas, we’ve accomplished so much. Many chapters reported an increase in sponsorship sales and registration fees leading to pre-pandemic revenue streams. Chapters are what make CAI great.

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Digital Construction Week acquired by Diversified Communications

Event Industry News

The reputation which the Diversified team have as an entrepreneurial, innovating company in the sector, and their passion for branding, marketing and above all customer experience, is well known. This will be a really exciting journey and is great news for our market.”.