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Report: Terror Risk Tops Safety Concerns for Business Travelers

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A new Global Business Travel Association report reveals that many business travelers’ biggest safety concern is terrorism, despite the fact that other risk factors, such as theft or street violence, are much more likely. The post Report: Terror Risk Tops Safety Concerns for Business Travelers appeared first on Associations Now.

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We Remember: Organizers Expect 40 Million to Join 9/11 Day of Service

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Push to Extend 9/11 Care Act New York state lawmakers are getting ready for what they predict will be a “tough fight” to extend a law that provides healthcare and compensation to first responders and other workers who were sickened by toxic air during cleanup and recovery at the sites of the 9/11 attacks.

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Stacked With Talent: Is Cup Stacking the Sport of the Future?

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Founded in 2001 by the co-owners of Speed Stacks, which makes cups and related accessories, WSSA has quickly turned a hobby born from a California Boys & Girls Club into a competitive sport that receives media coverage and is now a worldwide phenomenon at schools and elsewhere.

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American Astronomical Society Takes Steps to Tackle Sexual Harassment

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The astronomy community was stunned earlier this month by the revelation that University of California, Berkeley, professor and well-known astronomer Geoff Marcy was the subject of a six-month internal investigation that found he had committed a series of sexual harassment violations between 2001 and 2010.

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Coronavirus Updates for Association and Events Professionals – What You Need to Know

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COVID-19 Impact Quadrant (source: Moengage Covid Report) April 24, 2020 – With a vision to bring such information to the fore, we set out analyzing data trends of more than 1.5 This report contains data primarily from North America, India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Adams, on the news show “Meet the Press.”

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Would Outsourcing Benefit Most Associations?

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Here’s Tom’s account: In 2001, Ford Motor Co. Here’s Tom’s account: In 2001, Ford Motor Co. For years, the bane of most Ford dealers was the auto maker's Rube Goldberg-like system for getting cars from factory to showroom,” BusinessWeek reported in its July 19, 2004, issue. And Ford Motor Co.

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Daily #COVID19 Updates for Association and Events Professionals – What You Need to Know

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COVID-19 Impact Quadrant (source: Moengage Covid Report) April 24, 2020 – With a vision to bring such information to the fore, we set out analyzing data trends of more than 1.5 This report contains data primarily from North America, India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Adams, on the news show “Meet the Press.”