article thumbnail

Ready for the Solar Eclipse? Not Without Eye Gear, Associations Say

Associations Now

Next month, the heavens will serve up a total solar eclipse viewable across the United States. NASA’s guidelines offer similar recommendations on how to experience the eclipse with eyesight intact. Less than a month from now, a solar eclipse will be viewable across the mainland U.S. The post Ready for the Solar Eclipse?

article thumbnail

In Wake of Terror Threat, Retail Associations Tout Security at Malls

Associations Now

The International Council of Shopping Centers says the Mall of America and the organization’s other member malls have been preparing for the worst long before a recent threat surfaced from a Somalian terror group. The group, which has links to al-Qaida, has previously committed such a terror attack.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Physical Therapy Group Encourages Patients to Swap Painkillers for PT

Associations Now

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. And more than 165,000 people in the United States have died from opioid overdoses since 1999.

article thumbnail

Associations Put Spotlight on Mental Health

Associations Now

NAMI, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness about mental illness, added that people in the United States undergoing a psychiatric crisis are often treated differently than those with other medical conditions. People do not know where to turn for help,” the organization said.

article thumbnail

Good Meeting Strategy Reduces Risk Abroad ? GrowGlobally.org

GlowGlobally

They know that, while the market may be flat in the United States, opportunity may be quite good in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia or even Latin America. They range from choosing the right local market to enter and the right local service providers to knowing which obstacles can be avoided.

article thumbnail

Cyber Attacks & Data Breaches – Podcast Transcript

AssociationChat

Also Rose 104% in North America, just under the 105% average increase worldwide, according to the report. We’re going to say, yeah, there’s a policy, and we’ve got guidelines. I know that you you both have workshops and training and you have some that are coming across the United States in a couple of places.

Process 59
article thumbnail

Coronavirus Updates for Association and Events Professionals – What You Need to Know

AssociationChat

This report contains data primarily from North America, India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. The next week is going to be our Pearl Harbor moment,” said the United States surgeon general, Dr. Jerome M. Arizona, Ohio and other states have shuttered schools for weeks to try to limit transmission of the virus.