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Coaches vs. Cancer: Groups’ Fundraising Strategy Eyes New Recruits

Associations Now

Here’s why ACS recruited some of college basketball’s top coaches to their team. In one legendary example, the late Jim Valvano, who coached the North Carolina State University basketball team to an NCAA championship in 1983 and later died from cancer, said, “Don’t give up. If you don’t know how to dream, you’re dead.”.

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The Emergence of the Chief Data Officer: Part 1 of 3

Association Adviser

” Some 19 percent of business leaders expect to recruit a CDO in 2014, while 17 percent foresee a CDO appointment, according to a study by Gartner. Download a complimentary marketing audit template from Christina Motley, LLC by registering here. Learn more at www.christinamotley.com.

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A Collaborative Solution for Engaging More Student Members

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office, after more than 20 years as a member and volunteer with the organization, dating back to his own student days at North Carolina State University. He told me SPE had been spinning its wheels in recruiting student members for all the presumable reasons. Sure enough, students came pouring in. ” he says.