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Infrastructure Group Warns of Slow Repairs to Nation’s Broken Bridges

Associations Now

Although the number of structurally deficient bridges is down compared to 2017, the pace of improvement has slowed compared to the last five years,” ARTBA stated in a report summary [PDF]. “At ARTBA says federal funding declined by 20 percent between 2003 and 2017.

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Association Community Floods Social Media With Tributes to ASAE’s Graham

Associations Now

President and CEO of ASAE since 2003, Graham died early Monday after a battle with cancer. “I had the privilege of working with John, and he was a great friend, mentor, and supporter,” National Retail Federation President and CEO Matthew Shay, who served as ASAE board chair in 2017 and 2018, said in a statement.

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Daily Buzz: The Benefits of Regulating Email Marketing

Associations Now

Then in 2003, Congress passed the CAN-SPAM Act, which outlined new nationwide standards. In 2017 alone, more than 135 billion marketing emails were sent each day, Richter notes. “It Those federal rules didn’t spell the end of email marketing, Richter writes in Entrepreneur.

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Tapping Into Attendee Expertise For Community Service Projects

Associations Now

For example, at ASAE’s 2017 Annual Meeting & Exposition in Toronto in August, attendees will have the opportunity to support two local organizations : the Toronto Humane Society and the Royal Canadian Legion. They work year-round with the Veterans History Project and, since 2003, have transcribed more than 4,000 interviews.

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What I Learned About Philanthropy, Fundraising, and Social Impact at IFCAsia in Bangkok

Beth Kanter

These are two photos of me and Tharum Bun , a Cambodia blogger I met via our blogs back in 2003. The Resource Alliance has been presenting the NGO Awards in Thailand, India and Vietnam for 10 years, but 2017 marked a substantial change in the award program’s focus and delivery.

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3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofit Professionals To Begin 2018 with Clarity

Beth Kanter

Here’s what I learned from looking over my 2017 professional journal: The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: In 2016, I published “ The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout ,” with co-author Aliza Sherman. In early 2017, we completed a two week book tour. What about you?

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15 Changes in the Learning Business Landscape

Leading Learning

With all the recent talk about the metaverse, it’s easy to forget that the virtual reality program Second Life was introduced in 2003, and the term “metaverse” was applied to it at the time. Most learning businesses, of course, are a long way from rising to that standard. The eXtension of Reality.

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