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COVID-19 Expected to Fuel the Next Wave of Innovation

Associations Now

While the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in loss of life and economic uncertainty, some are pointing to a silver lining: a surge of innovation. “If If the history of pandemics is a guide, this contagion, like all others, will spark a wave of innovation,” argued Kumar Mehta, innovation researcher and founder of Bridges Insight, in Forbes.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 4.12.19

Reid All About it

To make many of the changes Mike suggests, you need more than technology, you need staff with an innovation mindset. WBT Systems identifies ten traits of an innovation mindset to cultivate at your association if you want to turn innovative ideas and strategies into reality. Weaver, Website Manager, Pennsylvania Bar Institute.

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Campaign Shares Pennsylvania Public School Success Stories

Associations Now

The Success Starts Here campaign, organized by the Pennsylvania Schools Boards Association, seeks to raise positive awareness of the public school system. Last week, the Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA) launched its Success Starts Here campaign to share success stories from the state’s 500 school districts.

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Associations, Apprenticeships, and the “Toolbelt Generation”

Spark Consulting

” As his first executive order after taking office, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro eliminated the unnecessary four-year degree requirement for 92% of state jobs in the commonwealth.

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Thanks For Playing: Friday Top 5

Thanks For Playing

In about two hours Ill be on my way to Pennsylvania for the weekend. The Grassroots Innovation Leader. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thanks For Playing. Seeking community in associations since 2008. 11 May 2012. Friday Top 5. While it is Mothers Day weekend and my mom does live in PA, thats not the only reason Im headed there.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 12.11.20

Reid All About it

Presenters: Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, the Black Swan Group and the Nonprofit Leadership Association. Presenter: Lori Pugh Marcum, Head of Meeting Innovation, Meeting Professionals International. More info/register. Host: Credly. Wed 12/16 at 1 p.m. More info/register. Host: Pathable. Fri 12/18 at 12 p.m. –

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This Is the Perfect Time to Question What an Association Is

Smooth The Path

I live in a fairly rural, farm town in Pennsylvania, so imagine my surprise when a relatively new company a few miles away from my home office made national news. Eight Oaks Farm Distillery has been growing a following for their spirits, but in light of the COVID-19 virus, the owners stopped production and started making hand sanitizer.