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Statement On The Passage Of The Arkansas Online Marketplace Consumer Inform Act

InternetAssociation

Washington, DC – Today, the Arkansas House of Representatives passed the Online Marketplace Consumer Inform Act (SB 470). Internet Association’s Senior Vice President of State Government Affairs Robert Callahan released the following statement urging Arkansas Governor Hutchinson to veto SB 470: .

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Arkansas Realtor’s Murder Is “Big Reality Check” for Real Estate Associations

Associations Now

Last Thursday, Arkansas Realtor Beverly Carter went missing after showing a property to a prospective buyer in a rural town. The incident has raised serious questions about the safety of real estate professionals, who often work alone and make their contact information publicly available. She missed both. Safety is the No.

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How An Informal Nonprofit Employee Champion Program Can Benefit A One-Person Communications Dept.

Beth Kanter

Perhaps you can relate to this chart from Gerard Matthews , Communications Director of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. He created an informal employee champion program. He launched the informal employee champions program with a fellow interning at his agency. Are you an one-person communications department?

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After Agent’s Murder, Realtor Association Offers New Safety Resources

Associations Now

Last September, real estate agent Beverly Carter’s body was discovered in a shallow grave outside of Little Rock, Arkansas, on the last day of Realtor Safety Month. It was a harsh reminder of the potential risks that real estate professionals, who often work alone and openly advertise their contact information, face while on the job.

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Association Brain Food: 5.19.23

Reid All About it

Get a first look at research data and learn about strategies that associations believe are critical to success, principal challenges facing association strategy as the sector continues to change in relation to current events, and how to access and filter the Looking Forward Dashboard for the specific information and reports you need.

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Social Media and Disaster: Hospitals On Facebook

KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

Facebook became a gathering place - a communication hub - a way to share important information with a large number of other people who had no other way to communicate with one another. The hospital can inform their staff on how to report in when phone lines are down.

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Drone Journalism: Media Groups Raise First Amendment Concerns

Associations Now

Last month, Brian Emfinger, a storm chaser and videographer, used an unmanned vehicle to cover the aftermath of the damage caused by a tornado in Arkansas for local television station KATV. But until formal rules are in place, the FAA says, such uses are unauthorized. .”