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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Highlights: 2013 Association Social Media Report
A new study highlights what social networks associations are adopting and the amount of activity various associations are…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Senate Presidential Appointees Deal Skips Nuclear Option
To avert Majority Leader Harry Reid's threatened change to filibuster rules concerning presidential appointments, Senate Republicans agreed to…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Location, Support Network Prompt Holistic Nurses’ Big Move
A desire to be centrally located and to improve the association management resources available to them made moving…
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FundraisingArticleOver 5 years old
Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association Helps First President Get His Library
The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, originally founded to help save and preserve the estate of George Washington, worked…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
What Red Bull Can Teach You About Content Marketing
How to turn your brand story into action. Also: A new tool helps users find content based on…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Study: Business Travel Spending Projected to Rise
The Global Business Travel Association is projecting that spending on business travel will increase 4.3 percent this year…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
GMO Labeling Legislation Gets Bipartisan Push in Congress
With momentum building in favor of labeling genetically-modified products at the state level and in the private sector,…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
No Letters Left: Game Ends for National Scrabble Association
The National Scrabble Association, which helped shepherd the game’s public profile for decades, closed its doors after game…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Study: Great Recession Made Teens More Socially Conscious
New research from the San Diego State University and the University of California, Los Angeles found that the…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Trade Group Defends Prepaid Wage Cards Amid Senate Scrutiny
With reports of hourly employees being hit by high fees from ATM-style cards used in lieu of paychecks,…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Baucus Signals Openness to Revenue-Neutral Tax Reform
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus is reportedly open to revenue-neutral tax reform but says no final decisions…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
What You Can Learn From Free Slurpee Day
Free Slurpee Day offers a free lesson is smart marketing. Also: How to weed out advertising in your…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
SEC Lifts Advertising Regulations on Hedge Funds, Equity Firms
While the decision by the Securities and Exchange Commission to allow private securities firms to advertise was welcomed…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Meat Industry Groups Sue Over USDA Labeling Rules
Eight trade groups in the meat industry, including the American Meat Institute, have sued the U.S. Department of…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Advertising Groups Struggling to Self-Regulate Native Advertising
If advertising groups continue to have trouble self-regulating native advertising, the Federal Trade Commission might be forced to…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Making the Most of Engagement Data
A new survey suggests there’s a great divide in how much engagement data some nonprofits measure compared to…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Jay-Z’s ‘Holy Grail’ Sparks Change in RIAA’s Award Rules
The Recording Industry Association of America updated its rules for certifying gold and platinum digital albums in light…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Study: Gen Y Women See More Gender Equality at Work
Although pay inequities persist, younger women in the workforce are more likely than their older female colleagues to…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Social Media Roundup: The Art of Printed Brochures
In this day and age, having a digital presence for your business is almost mandatory, but don’t forsake…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Now it’s the States’ Turn to Grapple With Swipe Fees
In the latest round of conflict between retailers and financial institutions over interchange fees, a number of states…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Associations Weigh In on FCC Plan to Loosen Indecency Restrictions
The Federal Communications Commission has been inundated with public comments about its plan to ease restrictions on profanity…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Association Challenges Google’s Bid for .App Domains
As part of its application to operate .app domains, Google would set restrictive criteria defining the industry and…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Guns in Schools: School Districts, Associations, Insurers Square Off
While some school districts are trying to allow educators and other employees to carry guns on campus, insurance…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Bitcoin Foundation Faces Scrutiny in California
The Bitcoin Foundation, which represents advocates of the hyped-but-controversial online currency, isn’t finding its presence welcome in California.…
