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Associations at Odds Over Proposed Massachusetts Ban on Noncompete Clauses

Associations Now

percent of chief executive contracts included such a clause in 2010. Deval Patrick (D) proposed legislation in April that would ban the practice of keeping employees from working for a competitor under most circumstances. Such agreements are common for CEOs; 78.7 Massachusetts Gov. Where Industry Groups Stand.

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Eric Lanke: Bucking the Trend

Eric Lanke

Membership retention, membership recruitment, sponsorship, annual meeting attendance, attendance at other education seminars, advertising, product sales, and volunteer participation. After peaking in 2009 or 2010, every issue shows fewer and fewer people expressing concern. Provocative Proposals for Change. Except one.

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How the Mighty Fall - Associations at Risk - Part 2 of 5

Association Subculture

Wednesday, February 24, 2010. The leaders who focus on “more” often judge staff and volunteer performance on new member recruitment numbers rather than current member retention. skip to main | skip to sidebar. How the Mighty Fall - Associations at Risk - Part 2 of 5. How will we weather this storm? How long will it last?

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Successfully Embracing Change is a Team Effort

Association Adviser

JS: We needed to recruit more members; membership growth hadn’t been addressed in a significant way in some time. The board that hired me in 2010 understood better than anybody the financial challenges the association had. In 2010, we had nine full-time employees; now we’re at 17 FTE in eight years.

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Successfully Embracing Change is a Team Effort

Association Adviser

JS: We needed to recruit more members; membership growth hadn’t been addressed in a significant way in some time. The board that hired me in 2010 understood better than anybody the financial challenges the association had. In 2010, we had nine full-time employees; now we’re at 17 FTE in eight years.

Team 61
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Successfully Embracing Change is a Team Effort

Association Adviser

JS: We needed to recruit more members; membership growth hadn’t been addressed in a significant way in some time. The board that hired me in 2010 understood better than anybody the financial challenges the association had. In 2010, we had nine full-time employees; now we’re at 17 FTE in eight years.

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Association Law Blog: Top Ten Signs of a Dysfunctional Board

Association Law

Monday, January 25, 2010. Last Minute Proposals - if important or controversial items of business are handled via last-minute (read: sneaky) proposals when there is no true emergency, the board is probably being manipulated. It may have difficulty recruiting quality members. ▼ 2010. (9). Search This Blog.

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