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Business
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Specialty Wine Retailers Association Expands Amid Industry Changes
In an effort to keep pace with changing technology and business advancements, the Specialty Wine Retailers Association is…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Driver Distraction: Associations Mixed on Agency Guidelines
A new study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found drivers distracted by handheld phones or other…
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FundraisingArticleOver 5 years old
Bipartisan Campaign Finance Bill Aims to ‘Follow the Money’
The Follow the Money Act of 2013, introduced in the Senate last week, would establish a real-time reporting…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
No Delay on Congressional Response to FAA Furloughs
Days after a series of furloughs kicked in, causing long lines at airports nationwide, both the Senate and…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Poll: Small Businesses Support Minimum Wage Hike
A new poll finds that the majority of small-business owners support an increase in the federal minimum wage,…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Twitter Chats: Building Community 140 Characters at a Time
New research suggests Twitter conversations may not boost your follower count, but hashtags and chats can help build…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Online Sales Tax: Senate Nears Vote On Marketplace Fairness Act
On Monday, a bipartisan proposal that would allow state governments to accept online sales taxes from businesses headquartered…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Event Managers, Venue Managers Partner to Benefit Members
Two associations representing venue managers and exhibits and events announced they will come together to cross-promote each other’s…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Grocery Manufacturers Association Takes Nutrition Initiative Online
The Grocery Manufacturers Association’s Fact Up Front labeling initiative gives consumers more information about the foods they buy,…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Groups Petition Supreme Court Over Regulation of Greenhouse Gases
Industry associations petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling approving the EPA’s regulation of…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Online Community Building: Foster A Green Organization. Go Paperless.
How can your organization become sustainable and why? Perhaps online community building might be an option. Also: Some…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Sequestration’s Effects Hit Airports: FAA Furloughs Cause Delays
Long-rumored furloughs at air-traffic control towers in major U.S. cities, including New York, took effect Sunday, causing major…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Poll: Majority of Americans Prefer Some Targeted Advertising
A majority of U.S. web users don’t mind some targeted advertising and prefer free, ad-supported internet content rather…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Study: Extroverts Fail to Meet High Expectations in Teams
New research has found that while extroverts may be viewed as high-performing team players, their contributions to group…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Game On: Increase Your Mobile App Adoption With Competition
Find out how one association implemented a photo-sharing game as part of its mobile event app to encourage…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Affordable Care Act Prompts Association to Give Members Access to Insurance Marketplace
With less than eight months before the full Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, takes effect…
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Why Congress Pulled Back the STOCK Act
Legislation designed to prevent members of Congress from profiting from insider trading was quietly changed earlier this week,…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Proposals Prompt Debate
Would requiring small employers to provide paid sick leave to workers be good or bad for business? As…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Why the Top-Down Strategy is Fading, Fast
Instead of finding your organization on the losing end of an emerging trend, you might find better luck…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Hearing Focuses on Political Activities of “Social Welfare” Groups
The chairman of a Senate Judiciary subcommittee wants to know what the Obama administration is doing to crack…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Editor’s Note: Mixed Signals for Associations
With the mixed signals from the economy, you'll need a little help making sense of it all. That's…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Stayin’Alive: Four CFO Survival Kit Essentials
Feel like you need a CFO survival kit to understand the ins and outs of being an association…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Business Income Insurance: Don’t Get Burned
Or blown away by a tornado or struck by lightning or any other calamity that interrupts business. A…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Associations Can Declare Themselves Tax-Exempt. Should You?
While associations can declare themselves tax-exempt, you should know the pitfalls first.
