E-Interview with Theresa Engler
By Denman Wall

This month, our interviewee is none other than Theresa Engler, Executive Director of the Deep Foundations Institute, where she leads a team of professionals who serve the deep foundations and excavations sector – a critical topic of concern in our region given the vast construction in the area...

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Unifying Your Information Technology
By Withum Digital

Organizations are demanding a technological foundation that enables flexibility, agility, and visibility. Cloud computing is the accepted business architecture of today and tomorrow, and with it, organizations are free to focus on innovation, rather than be burdened by the maintenance of hardware and software...

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News From The Non-Profit Sector

• Keys to Successful Advocacy: The Role and Value of Coalitions
  Source: Association Adviser
  Coalition-building is not easy, but neither is the slog also known as government relations and policymaking.
• Job Hunt Services Your Young Professional Members WANT
  Source: MemberClicks
  Your youngest members – especially recent graduates – probably have one thing predominantly on their mind: Find. A. Job!
• Get Out the Vote: Maximize Member Participation in Board Elections
  Source: Associations Now
  When it comes time for your members to vote for their volunteer leaders, do they take the time to cast their ballot? Elections are an important member engagement opportunity.
• 8 Tips to Write Emails Your Association Members Will Open
  Source: Higher Logic
  How do your association’s email metrics stack up? Regardless of how great your content is, if your members aren’t opening your emails, your message isn’t getting out there...

Member News

NYSAE member Doug Brown CAIA, CBC, CDIA, CVIA, Chairman and CEO, Paradigm Associates LLC, shares why he is a member of NYSAE and why you should consider joining the organization...

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Association Executive Book Shelf

Book reviews by Raphael Badagliacca.

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
by Shoshana Zuboff
(2019, Hatchette Book Group)

Some authors are particularly adept at creating meaningful phrases to describe new phenomena. Soshana Zuboff does that right from start in the title of her book with the words, “surveillance capitalism.” The text of this nearly 700-page book begins with the definition of those two words: “a new economic order that claims human experience as the free raw material for hidden commercial practices of extraction, prediction, and sales.”

Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World
by Clive Thompson
(2019, Penguin Press)

To lead any organization today, you must know something about technology. You may not need to know how to code, although even a modest amount of experience in this area clarifies the mind, but you do need to know what software coding can achieve. Since there will no doubt be software coders on your staff or in your employ as contractors, it will help you be a better leader to know their mindset. This book will tell you that...

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