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APRIL 12, 2013
I’m excited to again speak to University of Alabama law students about opportunities in the association world. Partner Mike House is the organizer of Alabama’s government relations program that brings students to Washington for a semester to work and study. After graduating from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1993 I worked on Capitol Hill. courtesy of [link].
Association Navigator
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
Spring Hill College is a liberal arts school located in my hometown, Mobile, Alabama. It’s the oldest college in Alabama, the first Catholic college in the Southeast, and the third oldest Jesuit college in the United States. There are about 1,300 students – more than half of them are from outside Alabama, and the current freshman class is the largest first year class in the school’s history. Uncategorized Alabama Small Business Operations Verto Solutions
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JANUARY 3, 2013
I did some reading about Coach Nick Saban’s leadership philosophy and style in anticipation of the BCS National Championship game Monday night between Alabama and Notre Dame. My last season there was one of the 14 national championships for the Alabama football team, also known as the Crimson Tide. Alabama’s recent football success is linked to Saban’s focus on process, his detailed program for coaches and players and detailed attention to every element of the team.
Mariner Management
JANUARY 14, 2020
The Alabama, Illinois and Texas Chapters of American Academy of Pediatrics are among those taking action. Alabama Chapter is partnering with VOICES for Alabama’s Children to develop and distribute posters to every chapter member.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2013
I went to Montgomery, Alabama today to be with the friends and family of Charles Hughes Spurlock, Jr. He went on to manage gubernatorial and Senatorial campaigns in Tennessee and Alabama. Chuck managed Senator Jeff Sessions’ successful races for Alabama Attorney General and U.S. Chuck and I traveled with the Senator for three years and I got to know Chuck, and the State of Alabama, better.
Association Navigator
MAY 10, 2013
“Granddaddy” and “Dad” visited Washington as part of an “Honor Flight” from Mobile, Alabama. Granddaddy Cox” was one of the South Alabama veterans flown to Washington for ceremonies in their honor. Alabama Members of Congress including U.S. I’m extremely proud of my grandfather, Lt. Emmett M. Cox, Jr. and my father the Honorable Emmett R. Both men visited Washington, D.C. for the day on Wednesday. Emmett M. Cox, Jr. and Hon. Emmett R.
Association Navigator
MARCH 4, 2014
I’m speaking again this week to University of Alabama law students about career opportunities for lawyers working in government relations. University of Alabama Law School – Tuscaloosa. The rankings and reputation of the University of Alabama School of Law have steadily increased over the last quarter century. For more information on Alabama’s ranking and value see Mark Kogan’s article, “ 5 Top Law Schools Just as Great as Harvard, Yale, and Stanford.”.
Associations Now
JANUARY 17, 2020
Field representatives for the association are traveling in the Deep South this month in an effort to advocate for expanded Amtrak service in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
Reid All About it
AUGUST 8, 2014
Nashville Lifestyles recommends ordering the smoked wings with Alabama white sauce, redneck taco with pulled pork or smoked sausage plate with two sides and Texas toast. 5211 Alabama Ave., It’s time for#ASAE14! A bunch of my friends are already there but Im not arriving until late Saturday afternoon. Heres the last in my series of post about Nashville dining.
Association Navigator
FEBRUARY 13, 2015
This is the question I’m trying to answer in this post and when I speak next week to University of Alabama law students that are in DC participating in a government relations externship program. Like many schools today, the University of Alabama recognizes that they must do more to make their students ready to practice law. What kind of positions or opportunities should a graduating law student pursue if they’re interested in government relations?
Associations Now
NOVEMBER 22, 2019
A student competition held by the Greater Montgomery Home Builders Association introduces the construction trade to students in Alabama and raises funds for them to attend the International Builders’ Show.
InternetAssociation
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Hines will also cover Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, which include an additional 1,366,000 American internet sector jobs. “We’re excited to have James join our team.
Association Freak
MARCH 25, 2021
The current ILO membership includes AT&T, Kaiser Permanente, NASA, Pfizer, and the University of Alabama, among many others. Reading Time: 2 minutes. The COVID-19 pandemic has led some organizations to pivot in their operations.
Associations Now
JUNE 20, 2019
Delays in recognition and treatment of time-sensitive conditions like heart attacks, strokes, and cardiac arrest can be the difference between life and death,” Michael Kurz, chair of AHA’s Systems of Care Subcommittee and an associate professor at the University of Alabama School of Medicine, said in a news release. AHA is teaming up with the emergency technology firm RapidSOS on a new tool to make patient health information available immediately to first responders.
Associations Now
AUGUST 13, 2019
GSUSA launched its new offerings last month in Huntsville, Alabama , amid festivities for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. By request of members, most of the nearly four dozen new badges recently announced by Girl Scouts of the USA focus on different aspects of STEM, including coding, cybersecurity, and space exploration. The mission of the Girl Scouts of the USA has long been to push young girls to new heights.
SCD Group
JANUARY 8, 2015
In an interview after Ohio State beat #1 Alabama in the 2015 national semi-final football game, OSU coach Urban Meyer was asked about the “gap” between the Big 10 and other Power 5 conferences. In a radio interview several years ago, football broadcaster and NFL Hall of Famer Dan Dierdorf was asked why Ohio State, Michigan and other Big 10 teams were not winning football games on the national stage.
Association Navigator
JANUARY 31, 2016
In Alabama, the highlight was visiting family and good friends in Fairhope and Mobile. I just finished Hans Finzel’s Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make. This book is nearly 20 years old, but it includes some timeless advice for leaders, with a particularly good chapter on successful leadership transitions.
Associations Now
MAY 26, 2015
Alabama is on the cusp of becoming the next state to adopt the legislation. Despite the legislative trend, not all state or state high school athletic associations are as welcoming to home-schoolers—including Alabama’s high school sports governing body. The name of the most famous home-schooled athlete is bringing new currency to a debate that’s been going on for decades.
Associations Now
AUGUST 19, 2013
A Good Deed An Alabama-based nonprofit organization lost a valuable shipment of goods in the UPS cargo plane crash last week, but that hasn’t stopped the group from helping the families of the two pilots who died in the crash, according to an NBC News report. The crash of a United Parcel Service (UPS) cargo plane in Alabama last week, which killed both pilots, was the third fatal cargo jet crash this year in the U.S.
Associations Now
MARCH 20, 2014
We just got word [Monday] night that the Alabama House of Representatives has approved a 38 percent increase in state funding for Alabama public television,” he said. Despite the gloomy outlook for public broadcasting during the economic downturn, the Association of Public Television Stations stayed on mission, promoting the importance of the industry. That work is finally paying off in new government funding. Public broadcasting is back, baby!
Associations Now
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
With an Alabama pipeline rupture causing gas shortages and other negative effects on the gasoline industry throughout the southern U.S., The recent reports of a pipeline break in Alabama are having a ripple effect all over the southern U.S., associations are offering tips and advice to people affected at the pump. Yes, there is a gas shortage in the South right now. No, you shouldn’t top off your gas tank when it’s nearly full. Yes, this is temporary.
Associations Now
NOVEMBER 5, 2019
So far, six local affiliates have been announced in Austin, Texas; Birmingham, Alabama; Detroit; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Dallas-Fort Worth; and the Piedmont region of North Carolina. Launching a chapter network has helped PEN America, a literary organization with almost 100 years of history, recruit new members and reinvent opportunities for member engagement at the local level.
Associations Now
JULY 20, 2017
According to Stateline , six states—Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Utah, and Washington—have passed laws this year allowing sunscreen to be used during school activities. You may not think of sunscreen as medication, but the FDA does, and so do many schools. School rules restricting suncreen use lead to dangerous sun exposure for students, dermatology associations say—and they’re working to ensure kids are protected, one state at a time.
Associations Now
SEPTEMBER 27, 2013
National Guard units in states such as Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Alabama, and Michigan have offered federal benefits to all Guard spouses despite the differences between state and federal law on same-sex marriage. With political leaders blocking the processing of same-sex spouse benefits for members of the National Guard in four states, the American Military Partner Association is working with the American Civil Liberties Union to fight back. The U.S.
Associations Now
JUNE 16, 2017
Then there’s the Alabama State Bar Association, which has held the ASB Roadshow since 1995. Instead of associations making attendees come to them, many groups are taking meetings and education opportunities directly to attendees. A look at roadshows and their benefits. We’re about to hit the peak point of summer travel season.
Associations Now
JUNE 19, 2015
Four states—Alabama, Idaho, Mississippi, and Ohio—reported no green purchasing programs or activities. A new benchmarking tool developed by the National Association of State Procurement Officials provides a coast-to-coast picture of states’ efforts to make their purchasing programs more sustainable.
Reid All About it
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
Explore the lessons learned by three different organizations—Society of Surgical Oncology, Home Builders Association of Alabama, and Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority—when taking their education to the next level. The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… If you use Creative Commons photos from Flickr for your blog, keep an eye on this developing story from Ernie Smith at Associations Now.
Associations Now
JANUARY 10, 2017
The decision by the American Football Coaches Association to allow underclassmen to take part in pro-day combines has major supporters in Alabama coach Nick Saban and Clemson coach Dabo Swinney—the two head coaches in last night’s bowl championship game. In fact, it was apparently Alabama coach Nick Saban’s idea to allow select players who aren’t heading to the NFL Draft to take part in pro-day workouts.
Association Success
APRIL 29, 2020
Inspiration is everywhere, said Dan VanDiver with the Alabama Association of School Boards. “I From the time we begin work in the morning to the time we wrap things up for the day, there’s no telling what’s going to come across our desks or land in our inboxes. .
Associations Now
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
” The ABA Journal awards the prize each year with the help of the University of Alabama School of Law. That legacy includes a nonprofit organization, which she personally founded last year to help fund a theatrical version of the play that has been put on in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, for more than a quarter century.
Associations Now
AUGUST 1, 2014
Mike Rowe, the host of the former Discovery Channel series “ Dirty Jobs” and the upcoming CNN show “ Somebody’s Gotta Do It ,” has frequently worked with trade groups and nonprofits, such as Go Build Alabama. Making a play to add younger faces to the construction workforce, industry trade groups are pointing to the well-honed reflexes of gamers, who they say are perfect for the field’s technical demands.
Associations Now
JULY 18, 2014
Alabama Highway Patrol. To help instill camaraderie among state troopers throughout the country, as well as generate a little publicity, the American Association of State Troopers launched a social media campaign calling on people to vote for the “Best Looking Cruiser.”. Congratulations are in order for the Ohio State Highway Patrol, whose cruisers recently won a beauty contest of sorts.
Associations Now
DECEMBER 11, 2018
Or ask Alexa for an Alabama Rural Water Association training, and she’ll read you the upcoming schedule of classes. Voice-recognition devices are growing in popularity and offer opportunities for associations to engage members at home. Here’s how associations are experimenting with the apps that bring Alexa and other similar technologies to life.
Associations Now
JANUARY 18, 2017
The four states involved—Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri, and New Mexico—saw these AFSP chapters build relationships with the local gun industry, helping vendors and shooting range owners alike spot the signs that come with suicide risk. The National Shooting Sports Foundation announced this week it was launching a national antisuicide campaign with the help of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. It comes months after a successful pilot program between the groups.
Associations Now
OCTOBER 2, 2013
” Likewise, a program in Talladega, Alabama, was forced to close its doors after the federal fiscal year began on October 1. 57K The number of low-income and at-risk children who lost their Head Start spots nationwide due to sequestration-related cuts, according to NHSA. The National Head Start Association held a rally on Wednesday to draw attention to the impact of the federal shutdown, which halted the flow of funds to Head Start programs in 11 states.
Associations Now
OCTOBER 11, 2018
The fast-moving Hurricane Michael, which has quickly plowed through the Southeast this week after starting in the Gulf of Mexico, has energy industry groups on their toes as they assess what the storm’s impact is for the affected states, including Florida, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia.
Associations Now
JUNE 14, 2016
It’s also relying on its state chapters to spread the word, especially in states the CDC has identified as having high rates of opioid overdose deaths or high rates of prescriptions, including Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and West Virginia. With a new #ChoosePT opioid awareness campaign, the American Physical Therapy Association has joined a chorus of associations and government groups that are speaking out about the opioid epidemic in America.
Associations Now
JULY 19, 2013
And in case you’d like to skip the store entirely and brew your own growler-ready beer, there’s nothing stopping you: As the American Homebrewers Association noted earlier this month, homebrewing is legal in all 50 states , now that Mississippi and Alabama have laws ending bans on the practice. The beer industry is expanding by leaps and bounds—particularly in the craft sector—and the Brewers Association is trying to keep pace.
Beth Kanter
DECEMBER 3, 2012
A professionally written and recorded song by the Grammy Award-winning group, The Original Blind Boys of Alabama. Three autographed guitars: one by The Original Blind Boys of Alabama, one by Los Lonely Boys, and one by Sunny Shipley. Note from Beth: Last year John Haydon reached out about a special project he was working on for the CTK Foundation that was providing some resources and financial support for nonprofits.
Associations Now
APRIL 21, 2014
To help educate younger drivers, members of the Alabama Association for Justice are visiting local high schools throughout the month to talk about the dangers of driving while distracted, according to The [Athens] News Courier. As part of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, several membership organizations are working to promote better understanding of the dangers of unsafe driving practices such as texting and using a hands-free device. The U.S.
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