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Effort Empowers Kansas City Women To Effectively Negotiate Salaries

Associations Now

The American Association of University Women is expanding its AAUW Work Smart program to Kansas City. Its goal: Close the gender pay gap by training 1 million women across Kansas and Missouri in salary and benefits negotiation. The gender pay gap in both states highlights the needs for such a program.

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A Year in Photos

Thanks For Playing

Louis, San Diego, Kansas City, Portland, Fort Lauderdale I tried not to take pictures of myself (two, neither of my face) or people in general (very few), my meals (although there are food photos), or my cat (less successful there).

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Best Practices Suck

Jamie Notter

When you live in Denver, it is absolutely a best practice to drive east if you want to get to Kansas City by car. Louis, you will never reach Kansas City (not without involving a boat or a plane, anyway). We get so wrapped up in devising beautiful answers that we fail to see the broader context. Context matters.

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Academic Groups Blast Social Media Policy for Kansas Faculty

Associations Now

In reaction to blowback from a controversial tweet written by a University of Kansas professor, the state university system’s board of regents passed a rule last week allowing for the firing of academic staffers who make contentious statements on social media. University groups say the rule violates speech rights.

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Leadership Lists

Association Leaders

Or perhaps it was because Dean Smith attended the University of Kansas, my alma mater, where he learned basketball from the best ever – Phog Allen. Perhaps it was because of Michael Jordan and that unbelievable shot he made as a freshman in the National Championship game. Read the blog posting here.

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Lessons Learned from March Madness

Association Leaders

Roy coached my alma mater the University of Kansas for many years. They are NOT however good and healthy reactions. They are NOT examples of “Gracious Losing” One of my favorite coaches in the NCAA is Roy Williams. I have always thought of him as a ‘class act’ Yesterday, he proved it to the world.

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Culture Slides

Jamie Notter

Thanks to the Kansas City Society of Association Executives and the Kansas Society of Association Executives for bringing Maddie and me out to both Missouri and Kansas (my first ever trip to Kansas) to speak to their members.