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Visit U.S. Coalition Urges Congress to Reauthorize Brand USA

Associations Now

billion in visitor spending and $5 billion in tax revenue since fiscal year 2013. Chamber of Commerce, and several other travel and business organizations—points out in the letter that “Brand USA’s future has been unintentionally placed at risk” by a 2018 budget caps agreement that diverted the organization’s revenue from VWP fees.

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School Nutrition Association Plays Key Role in Lunch Compromise

Associations Now

A 2010 law that changed the rules for what is allowed in school lunches has been a major point of contention in the education world, but it appears that a compromise has finally been reached. The 2010 law required that all food offerings with grains be whole-grain rich. Delaying sodium rules.

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Compare Association Management Software Platforms

GrowthZone

Founded in 2010, the platform is built on the Salesforce CRM. The platform includes fundraising initiatives, membership, member portals, communities, microsites, meetings, events, eBusiness, revenue accounting, reports, dashboards, training, and continuing education management with multiple upgrades a year.

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Proposed Bill Aims to Cut Federal Travel Expenses Via Videoconferencing

Associations Now

calls on the Office of Management and Budget to create a plan to use videoconferencing in order to reduce travel expenses by 50 percent from 2013 levels, or by the greatest amount OMB finds feasible, by 2017, according to The Hill. Michael Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), Cosponsored by Reps. John Barrow (D-Ga.), Julia Brownley (D-Calif.),

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Higher Logic's Rob Wenger Announces New Role as Executive Chairman, Welcomes Kevin Boyce as New CEO

Higher Logic

2017 : We bought four companies and some great new products, and we’re so happy to count Saratoga Springs, Mesa, Portland, and all our remote teammates as members of the Orange Army. Most recently, he was the chief operating officer of Ellucian, where he directly managed over 2,000 employees and more than $700 million in revenues.

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For Manufacturers, For-Profit: Jason Moss of the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance Supports Members through Networking and Education

Association Adviser

JM : Well from 2008 to 2010, our national economy tanked and our group’s size had plateaued. In January 2017 I brought on my first staff member, and now I have two full-time and a couple of part-time staff. AA: Where does your revenue come from? AA: What happened next? My team and I discussed how to keep this organization going.

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The Market for Adult Lifelong Learning

Leading Learning

In 2017, The Economist declared lifelong learning an “economic imperative,” and it has hardly been the only publication in mainstream and business presses to insist on the importance of learning in a world where the scale, scope, and speed of change seem much higher than ever before.