Renny Fagan is the president and CEO of the Colorado Nonprofit Association, which has 1,300 member nonprofit organizations across the state. The Association provides knowledge, resources and advocates for the...
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For the first time since the 1940s, people of retirement age outnumber teens and young adults in the workplace. Today, you are just as likely to work with a Baby...
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At the recent American Society of Association Executives’ Great Ideas 2018 conference, association professionals from around the country met in Colorado Springs to discuss key challenges and opportunities facing their...
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This photo of my daughter, Charlotte, was taken shortly after Barack Obama was elected president in 2009. The caption to the drawing says Charlotte, who was five years old, wishes...
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SXSW isn't all learning. There are plenty of fun things to do and explore, too. Here were some of our faves: New office gadget? .@morriseysusan we’re going to need a...
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When students and parents walked out of a vigil last night that had been planned in remembrance of Kendrick Castillo, the student who was tragically killed in the recent shooting...
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Our last trend from SXSW focuses on voice-enabled devices like Alexa or Google Home. The head of Alexa video and the VP of Comcast Research and Development (editorial note: Comcast...
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Equality, and particularly its impact on minorities and women, was a consistent theme at #sxsw2018. From workplace equity to the role that the tech and marketing industries must play, from...
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The social impact generation (i.e., Millennials and Gen-Z) don’t just want products and services that meet their needs; they’re demanding that brands also have a positive social impact. As private-sector...
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There is a believability crisis. It isn’t new; but over the past year-and-a-half, it certainly has worsened. Claims of “fake news” and “alternative facts” are just a symptom of a...
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By the end of 2021 more than 70 million U.S. households will have a voice device in their home (e.g., Amazon Alexa, Google Home, smart speaker). To put that in...
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Trend Two: Dissolving Traditional Gender Identities Facebook’s global content strategist and its director of insights marketing presented proprietary research it conducted on its user base to identify and understand how...
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According to the 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer, the industry standard for measuring consumer trust, only 48 percent of the general population in the United States trusts advertising, falling from 58...
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This report focuses on: Telling More (and Better) Stories Storytelling has been a recurring trend for several years. (SE2 has been talking about it for 20 years.) What was different this...
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Integration of bots, artificial intelligence and rich communication services may signal the end of the website and app era…
Big ideas from this year's South By Southwest This year’s recap of SXSW takes a different approach than previous years. Inspired by Rohit Bhargava, the author of Non-Obvious: How to...
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Kelly Brough is president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, which represents 3,000 companies and their 300,000 employees. Previously she directed an internationally recognized leadership program, served as...
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While only 7 percent of high school students currently smoke cigarettes, one in four Colorado adolescents vapes nicotine. See how we kicked off a youth movement to end youth vape use.
In recognition of International Women’s Day yesterday, we gave shout-outs to SE2 friends who are working to change their communities and our state. We think it’s worth thanking them again...
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In today’s digital world, anybody with a smartphone is a content creator. TikTok, the trending app where users record and upload 15- to 60-second creative video clips set to music,...
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