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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Social Media Roundup: Let Your People Speak for Your Brand
A brand-first approach doesn't work so well on social media. Fortunately, plenty of humans work for you behind…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
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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Texas Automobile Dealers Association Lawyer Subject to Deposition
In a decision involving the Texas Automobile Dealers Association, the Texas First Court of Appeals ruled that the…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Monday Buzz: How to Benefit From the Government’s Green Initiatives
The federal government's renewed focus on environmental issues presents associations with a huge opportunity—if they can seize the…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Social Networks Aim for Business Users (A.K.A. LinkedIn’s Turf)
LinkedIn remains atop the social networking heap, but now more than ever, it’s finding itself facing new types…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
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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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Friday Buzz: New Media Lessons That Associations Should Heed
How nonprofits can keep a place at the table, even as the media world constantly changes. Also: Even…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
New Commercial Windship Group Has Wind in Its Sails—Literally
The International Windship Association hopes to make a fresh pitch to the commercial shipping industry, asserting that wind-powered…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
Thursday Buzz: Give Your Heroes Some Breathing Room
Heroes have a great story worth latching onto, but if you force them to live up to the…
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Conscious InclusionArticleOver 5 years old
Diversity: Speaker Series Showcases Different Roads to Success
To educate members of Atlanta’s commercial real estate community about the struggles and successes of some the industry’s…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Advocacy Group: Is Google Too Powerful for Its Own Good?
A new Public Citizen study argues that the search giant’s influence over the political sphere is worth raising…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Wednesday Buzz: Drop Facebook Like a Bad Habit?
A top research firm makes the case that it may be time to put more energy into internal…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Status and Time: Two More Member Motivations
Some association members want to keep up with the Joneses, while others are looking for experiences that reward…
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How Bad Is the World’s Chocolate Problem?
Recent headlines about the declining fortunes of cocoa producers are making chocolate lovers a bit uneasy. But we’re…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Best Benefit Ever: Cash Advances for Small-Business Owners
The Credit Management Association is giving members who are small-business owners a financial leg up.
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Chew on This: Texas Beef Council Aims for Millennials
With the beef industry struggling to break through to a younger audience, industry marketing groups are working extra…
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Most Americans Aren’t Vigilant in Monitoring Their Digital Reputation
A recent Pew Research Center study looked into how Americans view digital privacy and how they are, or…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
NBA, Gaming Group Push to End Illegal Sports Gambling
With a new partnership on the horizon, the American Gaming Association and National Basketball Association look to chart…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Cardiology Group Forges Ties With DC-Based Startup Incubator
The American College of Cardiology is one of many associations teaming up with the startup accelerator 1776. Beyond…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
GOP Leaders Aim to Renew Tax Extenders in Lame-Duck Session
As they prepare to take the reins in the Senate in January, Republican leaders say there's something the…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Streaming Video Group Launches, but Key Players Are Missing
The Streaming Video Alliance, a new trade group focused on developing industrywide standards and best practices for video-streaming…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Retailers Push for Uniform Data-Breach Notification Law
Forty-seven states have data-breach notification laws on the record, but retailers and merchants groups say those laws are…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Food Waste Alliance Touts Industry’s Progress
According to new research released this week by the Food Waste Reduction Alliance, the industry is seeing success…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Online Sales Tax Bill Faces House Setback
Despite the wide support from retail groups, House Speaker John Boehner says he won’t bring the Marketplace Fairness…
