When you think of a Scantron sheet, do you get a little bit of test anxiety?  Just picture all those rows and rows of empty bubbles, with your yellow #2 pencil poised in test-taking position in a room so quiet that mundane noises like pencil scratches on paper and chair squeaks seem to occupy a permeant place in the front of your brain.

We live in a fast-paced world. With information coming at you from every angle throughout the day, how do you get a message across to your members and partners in a way that will stick? Infographics are not a new phenomenon, but they have been gaining popularity recently as a visually appealing way to disseminate important information in the association world and beyond.

We are living in a world today where financial information is open to the public. Even small fraudulent transactions could be tweeted or shared in the public space, which can damage the reputation of nonprofit organizations.

In this blog series, Amy Hille Glasscock and Meredith Ward, both senior policy analysts for the National Association of Chief Information Officers (www.nascio.org), discuss the life and times of AMR policy staff.

Hi there dear readers! You may have seen Part I and Part II of our award winning and critically acclaimed blog entries, Policy Talk with Amy and Meredith. And, because we give the people what they want, we’re back for more. This time we are chatting with Matt Oyer (read Oh-Yur), Education Policy Analyst for the National Association of State Procurement Officials, about his role with the association.

NASPO, NASCA Co-Host State Government Partner Associations at AMR Management Services Headquarters
In late January, seven state government partner associations came together at AMR Management Services headquarters to discuss 2016 policy priorities and identify intersection of common issues. Co-hosted by AMR client partners – the National Association of State Procurement Officials and the National Association of State Chief Administrators - the attendees included:

• National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO)
• National Association of State Facilities Administrators (NASFA)
• National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers (NASACT)
• National Association of State Technology Directors (NASTD)
• National Association of State Personnel Executives (NASPE)
• National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO)
• National Association of State Chief Administrators (NASCA)