How groups are boosting the networking value of meetings
Research shows attendees want more ‘structured' opportunities to interact at association events; not leaving connections to chance Table talk: The University Professional and Continuing Education Association featured roundtables as part of its 2018 annual conference. Photo: UPCEA/Julia Zhogina
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Feb. 1, 2019By Martin Berman-Gorvine
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Tech policy group ITI recruits Oxman as chief executive
Seven-year CEO of Electronic Transactions Association will join larger group Feb. 25Oxman The Information Technology Industry Council announced Jan. 24 that Jason Oxman—current CEO of the Electronic Transactions Association—would become the group's next top executive at the end of February.
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SHRM pledge promotes second chances for convicts
Taylor Associations and companies representing more than 60 percent of workers have committed to increase opportunities for the formerly incarcerated, according to Johnny Taylor, CEO of the $139 million-revenue Society for Human Resource Management. The largely untapped population can be a source of labor in a tight market, he said.
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Barnes to lead HFSA
Barnes John Barnes has been named CEO of the $4.5M-revenue Heart Failure Society of America, making permanent the interim position he was appointed to last year. He is discontinuing his consulting business, Barnes Association Consultants, which he ran for the past five years. In 2016 and 2017, he was interim executive director at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
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Baker gets nod to lead ASLRRA
Baker Chuck Baker will become president of the $7.3M- revenue American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association effective Feb. 4, replacing Linda Bauer Darr, who left the association last July to become president and CEO of the American Council of Engineering Companies.
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