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ALN Newsletter 9 August 2022

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The likely passage of the Inflation Reduction Act places increases emphasis on federal asset leadership and asset management prior to the ALN’s A Culture of Value – Power from Associations on Friday 16 September at the National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW. Contribute to the discussions on how to best create value for the Nation. A block of rooms is available on Thursday 15 September at Hotel Hive, 4 blocks from the National Academy of Sciences. To get the special r...
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Test Registration page – A Culture of Asset Leadership

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The ALN will have an all-day, in-person event at the National Academy of Sciences Building in Washington, D.C. on Constitution Avenue with engaging keynotes, topical panels, executive speakers, and more. Our planning committee is organizing dynamic programs, including an Association Dinner on Thursday 15 September and other educational activities. We will announce details as they are finalized. If you want to sponsor activities or volunteer to assist, please email info@AssetLeadership.net.
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ALN Newsletter 5 July 2022

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For those of you in the U.S., we hope you had a relaxing 4th of July weekend with family and friends. For those of you in Canada, we hope you had a relaxing Canada Day weekend with family and friends. For all the rest of you, we also hope you had a relaxing weekend with family and friends. Now, it is time to look forward to being together in person with our work friends. “A Culture of Asset Leadership – Power from Associations” is the theme for upcoming activities, with a highlight being an ...
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A Culture of Value: Sustainable Infrastructure

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Properly applied, asset management can make a world of difference in dealing with the many problems we are facing together as one global community. Highlights, video recordings, and presentation slides from an all-day, in-person event at the National Academy of Sciences featuring engaging keynotes, topical panels, executive speakers, and other educational activities. Featured Highlights https://youtu.be/1DQaATSn6Tg https://youtu.be/2UaMQit2tus https:...
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ALN 2022 Spring Summit: Microgrid Asset Leadership

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Microgrids are local energy grids that may connect to, and disconnect from, traditional wide-area electric grids. Microgrids are valued for power reliability at critical infrastructure, such as hospitals, water treatment plants, in disaster recovery areas, and after armed conflicts, like in Ukraine. A structured approach to asset management combined with Microgrid innovation will help leaders understand how to gain dramatic benefits in support of mission sustainability. ALN Micr...
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People Are Not Assets – Roundtable

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It is common for organizational leaders to say, “Our people are our most important assets.” While well-meaning, assets are things - tangible and intangible. The contributions of people are the intangible assets that are being referred to in the misguided phrase above. The patents, copyrights, and other intellectual property of people are assets, not the people themselves. https://youtu.be/Djn-7vzVBMs https://youtu.be/3Q9BOvVdE_0 Opening Statements https://youtu.be/2Fy_s...
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