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Thursday Buzz: North America Loves Its Meetings

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The 65 events scheduled today cover wide geographic ground—from educational sessions in Wisconsin to social media efforts in New York City to a press rally in Las Vegas—as well as a broad range of subject matter. The post Thursday Buzz: North America Loves Its Meetings appeared first on Associations Now.'

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Associations are the Key to our Nation’s History and Prosperity

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As we prepare to celebrate the 238 th birthday of our nation, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the role associations play in this ongoing experiment of democracy we call America, as they are very much intertwined within the fabric of our society and our collective history. The earliest association on record in the U.S.

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Heart Association Encourages More Colorful Eating

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Using videos, social media events, and digital interactives, +color will show how eating more fruits and veggies can reduce the risk of heart diseases, stroke, and diabetes. SUBWAY restaurants helped launch the initiative in New York City on September 22 with a +color food truck.

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Travel Groups’ App Turns Traffic Jams Into Advocacy

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Travel Association, working with Building America’s Future, is promoting an app that may come in handy during the busy Fourth of July weekend: It allows people to send messages to their congressional representatives when they’re stuck in traffic, whether in a car, bus, train, or plane. Ed Rendell—is partnering with the U.S.

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Share and Share-Alike: A “Sharing Economy” Nonprofit Builds Steam

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The latest front: Currently, Peers is taking its efforts to New York, where Airbnb is facing difficulties due to a state law designed to crack down on illegal hotels in New York City. Another noted that the service makes it affordable to live in one of the world’s most expensive cities.

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Meetings, They Are A-Changin’

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Fashion Forward An article posted on Fashionista.com earlier this week discussed how the Council of Fashion Designers of America is rethinking the twice-yearly format of New York Fashion Week. So there’s no better time than now to take a look at three of them along with the motivations and reasons behind the changes.

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Conference Circuit: E3 Sets a High Score for Associations

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For members of the association world not born with a controller in hand, the conference nonetheless offers an interesting example of an organization on the cutting edge of new media, from the standard social media outlets to a Twitch live-streaming channel that will be tackling the daily proceedings. Down the Line.