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For the people who work with associations from outside them: sponsors, industry partners, consultants, donors, media and retired professionals.
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Groups Boost Opposition Against Comcast Merger
With the company’s proposed $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable under regulatory scrutiny, associations and advocacy groups…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
School Nutrition: Groups At Odds Over Fruit and Vegetable Servings
Both the School Nutrition Association and the United Fresh Produce Association are working to ensure kids eat healthfully…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Swim Lessons: Pool and Spa Group Unveils Overhauled Learning Strategy
With APSP University, the Association of Pool and Spa Professionals aims to educate a very diverse industry, and…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Does the Americans with Disabilities Act Apply Online?
The Americans with Disabilities Act, which predated the rise of the internet, doesn't explicitly apply to the web.…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Best Benefit Ever: A Promotional Boost for Memoirists
Members of the National Association of Memoir Writers have a new opportunity to promote themselves and their work.
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
.Bank on Security: Trade Groups Hope New Domains Boost Safe Banking
A coalition of financial-industry groups is about to launch what might be the most exclusive top-level domain on…
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Waze: Police, Privacy Groups Spar Over App’s Police-Locator Tool
Waze, the popular traffic and navigation app, has come under fire recently for a feature that lets users…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Brought to you By… Coffee
Associations play direct and indirect roles in bringing the products, services, and activities of daily life to people…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Sweet Deal: Trade Group Helps USDA Revamp Maple Syrup Grading System
After the International Maple Syrup Institute realized that the grading system was confusing, it petitioned the USDA to…
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Study: Sustainability Becoming Priority for Corporate Travel Bookers
New research from the Global Business Travel Association finds that most European companies require some kind of sustainability…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Associations Refresh Regulatory Push After White House Drone Incident
While the optics of a drone crashing near the White House didn't exactly look all that great for…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
FCC Warns Hotels: Don’t Block Wireless Hot Spots
In an enforcement advisory released Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission emphasizes that the blocking of wireless signals at…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
New Association Hopes to Close Gender Gap in Construction
Women in Construction, a new trade group launching in the Buffalo, New York, area, hopes to build a…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
FCC Robocall Initiatives Put Business, Advocacy Groups at Odds
Consumer advocates are urging the commission to reject requests from the banking industry to allow so-called robocalls to…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Visual Effects Association Throws in Towel and Ceases Operation
Unable to raise enough money to support its legal case fighting to end international subsidies affecting the visual…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Conference Circuit: Education Technology Advocates Cross Digital Divides
A Boston accelerator brings community members together to discuss ways to improve and expand use of technology to…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Restaurant Group Cooks Up First-Ever Industry Competency Model
With guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor, the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation developed a tool to…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
U.K. Music Venues Form Alliance to Stop Closings
A number of concert halls have banded together—with the support of London’s mayor and the U.K. music industry’s…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Tennis Foundation Volleys Help to Vets
The U.S. Tennis Association Foundation is expanding its relationship with the Department of Veterans Affairs, pitching the game…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Ride-Sharing: The Latest Battleground for Uber and Lyft? The Airport
Trade groups representing both airports and taxi companies say that ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft should not…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Pharmacists: The Missing Link to More Cost-Effective Healthcare?
A new report from the National Governors Association argues that states could help their residents' healthcare dollars go…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Friday Buzz: Google Glass is Dead, At Least for Now
The heavily hyped wearable-computing device goes off the market after a run that drew excitement and criticism in…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
GAO Report: Facility Fees Should Stay On Airline Tickets
The Government Accountability Office’s new report says that although airports should have more flexibility in raising facility fees,…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Marriott Reverses Course on WiFi Blocking
In response to guests' demands, the hotel giant says it will no longer block wireless hotspots in its…
