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After Sandy Hook, Why a Newtown-Based Gun Group Stayed There

Associations Now

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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5 Ways to Make LinkedIn Board Connect Work for Your Nonprofit

Beth Kanter

Build Your Network Before You Need It : Board Connect is free to one person on the nonprofit’s leadership team, but if that person doesn’t have a critical mass of connections (500+ is best, 350 will do), your connections are not going to lead you to a big enough pool of people to find the perfect match.