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 Association Trends November 2002 |
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Technology, You're in the Driver's SeatWidespread, inexpensive access to technology clearly underlies some of the most important forces driving social, organizational and economic change in our times. As individuals we are now accessible to each other no matter where we might be on the globe 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. As a consequence of technological efficiencies, the US economy is ever more productive, even in times of increasing unemployment. And technology- enhanced networks have enabled the creation of "virtual" organizations of all kinds and empowered individuals in ways that our ancestors could only have dreamed. [More] |
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Association Trends October 2002 |
Associations
Can Help Ensure Government is Well-Deserved Since Plato first addressed the subject in "The Republic," wise observers of the human condition the world over have noted that, for better of for worse, societies tend to have the governments they deserve. Anyone who feels inclined to denigrate the action or inaction of the federal government should pause and ask if they are not simply getting the government they deserve. [More] |
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Association Trends October 2002 |
Associations
Could Profit from Global Opportunities One of the many lessons learned as a consequence of 9/11 is that no one in the developed world can afford to overlook the plight of the impoverished countries whose struggling economies and governments provide a natural breeding ground for extremists. The US government, along with governments of developed countries around the world, have pledged record levels of financial support for education and training programs designed to give the world's poorest countries the know-how to build and maintain agricultural, financial, health, political and social infrastructures [More] |
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Executive Update May 2002 |
How
Technology Changes the Management Landscape The same technology that has driven economic globalization has empowered people in ways that could never before have been imagined. It is possible now for one woman accessing the Internet from her home computer in Vermont to mobilize world opinion on the need to ban the use of land mines and succeed so well that she ends up winning the Nobel Peace Prize. On the other hand, a handful of terrorists aspiring to take the world back to the Middle Ages can deftly use 21st-century technology to stun and temporarily immobilize the world's most powerful nation. Whether for good or evil, technology has empowered the individual to accomplish things that took much more time and many more people to do 20 years ago. [More] |
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Association Management May 2002 |
Key Ingredients
To Globalization Success There seem to be more ways to fail than to succeed when it comes to developing and implementing globalization strategies. Fortunately, an experienced base - consisting of both successes and failures - is emerging to reveal certain patterns from which we can learn. Following are some actions that, performed well, will give associations a better chance of establishing globalization efforts that work. [More] |
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Association Trends March 15, 2002 |
You Can Still
Make the Case to Go Global Polls taken in the US since Sept. 11 indicate more than a majority of Americans see the need for and importance of globalization. Yet, it is mystifying how association executives, who have front row seats to the impact of globalization, remain as mute and inexpressive as tree stumps during board meetings when globalization is discussed. [More] |
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| USAE January 2002 |
SHRM
Interactive Sessions and Volunteer Network Support Growing Annual Conference Maintaining and enhancing a personalized focus as a large conference grows is often a challenge for associations. Every organization wants growth, but not at the expense of quality learning and networking experiences for attendees. That's the challenge faced recently by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the largest nonprofit organization of its kind in the world and the global voice of the Human Resource profession. [More] |
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