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Advocacy
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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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Like Its Industry, Catalog Mailers Association Has Had Ups and Downs
Less than a decade old, the American Catalog Mailers Association has experienced the kinds of successes and struggles…
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Is Minimum-Wage Opposition Beginning to Soften?
Increases in the minimum wage have traditionally been nonstarters for nonprofits and business groups, but some organizations at…
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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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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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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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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Thursday Buzz: Social Smarts from the State of the Union
How one association used a diorama to push its advocacy messages during the State of the Union address.…
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Charlie Hebdo: “Je Suis Charlie,” American Booksellers Proclaim
A group representing independent booksellers is helping its members obtain copies of the latest issue of French satirical…
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Cartoonists Show Solidarity After Paris Massacre
Wednesday’s mass shooting, which targeted the staff of the French satirical newspaper, led cartoonists groups worldwide to stand…
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How Five Associations Went From Adversaries to Allies
In what is being called a historic agreement, several associations recently worked out a deal to create closed-captioning…
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Tuesday Buzz: Was KONY 2012 a Cautionary Tale?
Invisible Children, the nonprofit behind the mega-viral video that drew attention to Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony, scales…
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Advocacy Group Goes Airborne to Challenge Organic Farming Practices
With a recent investigative report featuring a series of aerial photos, the nonprofit Cornucopia Institute has drawn attention…
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Greek Life Advocates, UVA at Odds Over Rolling Stone Controversy
Fraternity and Sorority groups are demanding that the University of Virginia lift a suspension on all Greek Life…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Heading to Congress? Follow These Tips for Meeting With a Lawmaker
A new survey of more than 450 legislative staff reveals some preferred protocol for planning and conducting meetings…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Power of A: Salad Days
Giving kids healthier choices in the lunch line.
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Vaping Industry in Tough Fight Over e-Cigarette Bans
With cities and states around the country considering how to regulate e-cigarettes, the American Vaping Association is making…
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Associations Disagree on President’s Immigration Tactics
Although trade groups appear to be largely supportive of a solution to the immigration issue, some groups are…
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Block By Block, PETA Uses Minecraft to Re-Create Headquarters
In a bold (but not unheard-of) strategy, the animal rights group recently launched its own ‘animal utopia’ on…
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Maine Nonprofit Group Takes on Governor’s “Misleading” Comment
After Maine Gov. Paul LePage described nonprofits as "takers, not givers" and suggested they should be taxed, the…
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International Paruresis Association Aims to Alter the Conversation
Its protest of a DirecTV commercial has netted the International Paruresis Association some negative coverage in the media.…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Advocacy Campaigns: Election Day Lessons You Should Actually Heed
Why real people matter in advocacy campaigns, from elections on down. Also: making the case for gamification.
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Time for Associations to Get Proactive on Feds’ Meeting Attendance
With the cloud of meetings scandals and wasteful spending still hovering over several government agencies, associations continue to…
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Environmental Group Launches Online Nutrition Resource
With its new food database, the Environmental Working Group hopes to make it easier for consumers to understand…
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Kaci Hickox: Groups Pressure Governors on Ebola Quarantines
After Doctors Without Borders nurse Kaci Hickox became the public face of an Ebola quarantine that she suggested…
