Association Navigator

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Innovation is a corporate buzz word, but it’s also a fundamental element in any successful and growing organization. I saw this book on a friend’s home office desk this summer in Connecticut. I’m thinking about innovation in the context of managing associations and non-profit enterprises.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 21, 2017

Could your organization benefit from learning Google processes? Some of the out-there choices include taking your team spelunking in the Canadian Rockies or praticipating in a plane-crash survival course in Connecticut. But CMSWire says that organizations still haven’t nailed down optimized workflows. Team-Building Times 10.

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Associations Now

MAY 22, 2017

When kids are deciding to learn an instrument, the accordion is probably not their first choice—creating an industry challenge the Connecticut Accordion Association is trying to overcome. These allow members, or even nonmembers, to more deeply connect with the organization through the meaning inherent in their stories.

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AMG

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Today, 12 states have statutes that allow for remote or virtual meetings, six states initially enacted emergency powers that allow associations to meet virtually with both Connecticut and North Carolina passing and enacting state statutes since the start of the pandemic. For a full list, visit at www.caionline.org/virtualmeetings.

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Associations Now

APRIL 1, 2019

A great example of this: During the “Mad Men” era of the 1950s and 1960s, many newspaper comics (among them, Beetle Bailey , Hagar the Horrible , and Nancy ) were made in the same region of Connecticut , in part due to its fairly close proximity to the syndicates that published and distributed the comics.

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Association Adviser

JANUARY 6, 2014

Martin Roth is a principal, of Norwalk, Connecticut-based INCON Research, Inc., which provides on-site computer and network support for small businesses, individuals and not-for-profit organizations in Fairfield County, Connecticut. The video runs about 26 minutes, but it’s very instructive.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

It was just one highlight from a great week for learning if you’re an association professional in the Northeast, with three conferences taking place in the span of three days: NYSAE’s event on Wednesday, the New England SAE’s Annual Management Conference on Thursday and Friday, and the Connecticut SAE Annual Conference on Friday.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

But crowdfunding has become an increasingly popular way for entrepreneurs, artists, and organizations to generate and gain support from communities and customers. Kickstarter also announced it will donate 5 percent of its after-tax profit to support arts and music education, and to back organizations fighting to end systemic inequality.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

The National Shooting Sports Foundation, which has called Newtown, Connecticut, home for two decades, says it considered moving its headquarters after last year’s school shooting, but staff members urged the leadership to stay in town. Here’s why. The gun control debate hadn’t had a flash point quite like Newtown before.

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Associations Now

APRIL 3, 2013

Volunteers continue to be vitally important to nonprofit and philanthropic organizations in this country. Washington, DC, ranked highest at $34.04, followed by New York ($28.73), Connecticut ($28.26), and Massachusetts ($27.43). Last year saw a 35-cent increase to $22.14 an hour compared to 2011.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Facebook pages aren’t what they used to be , as far as organic reach goes. The animal-shelter volunteer, who writes the updates for the Karuna Bully Rescue , in Naugatuck, Connecticut, launched a Change.org petition a few days back, requesting that Facebook modify its algorithm strategy to better accommodate nonprofit groups.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

If these organizations were forced to pay property taxes, [it] would undoubtedly result in staffing cuts that would diminish services for vulnerable populations and reduce programs that Maine residents rely on and value. Tax-exempt organizations in the state said the proposed property tax could have devastating effects.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

The Grocery Manufacturers Association and other industry groups have banded together amid the heated debate over labeling foods that contain genetically modified organisms. With the fight over genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in foods continuing to mount, major food-industry groups are joining forces to tackle the issue.

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Associations Now

MAY 9, 2014

An incident in Hartford, Connecticut , around the scene of a fatal car crash drew an FAA investigation of its own this year. 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.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Six ways to get your organization’s subject matter experts to start thinking like content marketers. ( Learn the six principles of good survey design, how to create a survey strategy that collects the data you actually need, and how to analyze the data objectively so you can make meaningful changes in your organization.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 4, 2013

A recent Government Accountability Office report noted that the majority of commuter lines are run by nonprofit organizations with public money, and that, thanks to the economic slowdown, there is an “overall lack of federal funding available to make investments.”. In May, two trains collided on a stretch of track in Connecticut.

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Beth Kanter

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Recently we started asking umbrella organizations, such as legal and nursing associations for help recruiting board members. Many of these organizations have programs that match their members with board opportunities. It allows your organization to search for professionals to join your board.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Next week, in honor of Veterans Day, the organization will run its “Buddy Check” program, which encourages American Legion members to call or personally visit fellow or former Legionnaires, with the goal of making sure that the organization is looking out for those who served.

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Associations Now

APRIL 16, 2013

The New York City Council recently reached an agreement on a paid sick-leave bill similar to ones found in Washington, DC, San Francisco, Seattle, and the state of Connecticut, though it has not yet voted on the measure. Many of these elected officials are pursuing the kinds of mandates that are going to drive up the cost of employment.

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Associations Now

APRIL 28, 2014

There are no conditions on Vermont’s efforts to regulate genetically modified organisms: Unlike other Northeastern states, where GMO labeling laws are contingent on what their neighbors do, Vermont will go it alone when its law goes into effect in 2016. But not everyone’s happy with the outcome.

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Associations Now

JUNE 16, 2014

It’s official: The food industry is suing Vermont over its first-in-the-nation law mandating the labeling of foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs). ” Connecticut and Maine have passed their own GMO-labeling laws, but those are contingent on their neighbors in New England passing similar measures. .

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Associations Now

JANUARY 9, 2014

A leaked discussion draft by the Grocery Manufacturers Association suggests creating a national (albeit voluntary) labeling standard for foods containing genetically modified organisms, but activists say the association is clouding the issue. But environmentalists and organic food groups say the association has an ulterior motive.

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ChatterBachs

JANUARY 4, 2011

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ChatterBachs

DECEMBER 26, 2012

I would like permission to reprint this in the Connecticut Society of Association Executives newsletter minus the Thanksgiving lead in. The best organizations with I have worked or been a customer have employees who care enough to take responsibility for the whole experience, cobwebs and all. Thanks, Lorna. Greg Melia : Great post.

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Associations Now

APRIL 20, 2020

The bad news is that New Jersey—along with other states, including Kansas and Connecticut —have unemployment systems so out of date that they rely on this old programming language, one that is so vintage that it hasn’t been taught in universities for decades. So they stick with the devil they know.

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Associations Now

MAY 23, 2013

Whoever is chosen can pick an organization or nonprofit to collect donations for, with ARTBA matching total employee contributions. Trying to pick a charitable organization for your association to sponsor or donate to? The organization is also “crowd-sourcing” charitable donations. Why not let staff choose?

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Associations Now

JULY 16, 2013

A bill that would require the labeling of foods that contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has bipartisan support, and something else: a major food-industry backer. And one natural-products group is endorsing it. The Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act, introduced in April by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Rep.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Think of former Connecticut senator Chris Dodd, now head of the Motion Picture Association of America ; general Wesley Clark, co-chair of Growth Energy , an ethanol industry trade group; or former South Carolina senator Jim DeMint, now head of the Heritage Foundation. ” Is it a smart move for every organization?

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 12, 2014

“Both organizations are leaders within their industry segments and recognize that by working together we can help to ensure our respective customers will have safe experiences,” ABA President and CEO Peter Pantuso said in the news release. But for such a strategy to work, Pantuso notes, there have to be high standards.

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AssociationChat

JUNE 28, 2020

American Medical Association Opposes US Suspension of WHO Funding (source: Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security) April 15, 2020 – “During the worst public health crisis in a century, halting funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) is a dangerous step in the wrong direction that will not make defeating COVID-19 easier.

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AssociationChat

APRIL 15, 2020

American Medical Association Opposes US Suspension of WHO Funding (source: Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security) April 15, 2020 – “During the worst public health crisis in a century, halting funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) is a dangerous step in the wrong direction that will not make defeating COVID-19 easier.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 3, 2017

That appears to be a conclusion the Democratic National Committee and other party-related organizations have come to. Last month, the chair and chair-elect of the Democratic Governors Association—Connecticut Gov. Sometimes, the same old strategies don’t make sense anymore. Many party officials are seeking a shift in strategy.

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