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Add Chapters to Make an Old Association Feel New

Associations Now

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. Last month, PEN America announced a member expansion plan to create regional chapters for the first time in its history.

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Association Brain Food: 12.1.23

Reid All About it

At The Free Press, venture capitalist Katherine Boyle describes how a dynamic vision can win the fight for America , instead of “letting doomsayers, technophobes, and neurotics undermine it from the inside.” This month’s topics are: member engagement, and holiday cocktails and mocktails. 1 CMP credit. More info/register.

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Association Brain Food: 11.24.23

Reid All About it

Until around 2010, philosophers couldn’t speak to one another, let alone communicate with the public, says Crispin Sartwell at Los Angeles Review of Books. This month’s topics are: member engagement, and holiday cocktails and mocktails. If not, here’s the TL;DR association version from Johanna Gundlach at Sidecar.

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