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HB2 Costing North Carolina Business, Convention Bureaus Warn

Associations Now

Two major convention groups say that event planners have taken steps to move their events from North Carolina in response to the state’s controversial LGBT law. It’s not just Bruce Springsteen and Pearl Jam announcing cancellations of events over North Carolina’s controversial LGBT law.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 10.14.16

Reid All About it

Our home, property and lives were spared from the storm, unlike so many in North Carolina. The training industry is a huge enterprise representing approximately $160 billion in North America and over $355 billion globally. What portion of this market do associations claim and should your organization be a part of it?

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Starting Chapters? In 2019?

Mariner Management

But that’s not the story over at PEN America , a literary organization with nearly 100 years of history. They launched new chapters in six focus regions: Austin, Birmingham, Detroit, Piedmont North Carolina, Tulsa, and Dallas/Fort Worth. Pen America will provide support and cheer from the sidelines.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.27.20

Reid All About it

You’ve probably seen stories about distillers in your area who are now producing hand sanitizer—I know they are in my part of North Carolina. You can find your local food bank on the Feeding America website. The farmers market had baby Brussels sprouts. Organizer: ASAE Marketing Professionals Advisory Council.

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Help Millennials Get Jobs: Offer Online Learning & Career Resources

WBT Systems

According to the 2018 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report from Marketing General Incorporated (MGI), the median basic annual membership dues is $212. Use content marketing to attract your target audience. AARP uses content marketing to connect to a different generation. The state of millennial membership.

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EEOC Complaint Says Targeted Facebook Job Listings Are Discriminatory

Associations Now

The complaint—filed on behalf of three named women, the Communications Workers of America, and a class of millions of female job seekers nationwide—claims that Facebook and nine employers discriminated against women in targeted job postings on the social network.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 2.3.17

Reid All About it

“I was showing the America I knew and observed to others who might not have noticed.”. If you want to keep up with the mergers, sales and acquisitions in the association technology market, subscribe to Ben Martin’s theNIRD.org. Presenters: Jennifer Morales, director of communications, Infectious Diseases Society of America.