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Congratulations, 2024 Chamber of the Year Finalists!

GrowthZone

Those honored with the designation have demonstrated organizational strength and made an impact on key community priorities, such as education, transportation, economic prosperity, and quality of life. The Chamber of the Year award recognizes the leadership role chambers of commerce have in their communities.

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Lessons from Arizona: Meetings and Controversial Legislation

Associations Now

While Arizona’s governor vetoed the controversial bill that would have allowed businesses to use religious beliefs to refuse service to people earlier this week, the uproar around the measure provides plenty for associations to think about as they pick locations and plan for their upcoming meetings. Day as a paid state holiday in 1990.

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Conference Circuit: Teacher Educators Promote Social Justice

Associations Now

The Association of Teacher Educators encourages its members to spur big changes. The Association of Teacher Educators ’ 2015 Annual Meeting in Phoenix, February 13-17, will demonstrate how teaching goes far beyond classrooms and textbooks. Plus: A renowned advocate sets the tone for discussing the state of mental health in schools.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.5.21

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Here are the educational events scheduled for next week. Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP, education, conference, event, certification consultant, Amos-Coleman. Membership campaigns. New episodes are posted by 1 p.m. every Monday. CAE credit.

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3 Topics for Medical Society Execs to Watch

Forj

For more information on the role of education and performance improvement, read our blog post on How Medicare Payment Changes will Drive Performance Improvement. The questions will test the knowledge and educate both contestants and audience members alike. AAMSE Sessions on the Topic. Member Engagement Strategies.

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Group Aims to Help School Counselors Face Growing Caseloads

Associations Now

1,061 The average number of students assigned to each school counselor in California for the 2010-11 school year, according to the American School Counselor Association [PDF]. California’s ratio was the highest in the U.S. The next closest were Arizona (861 to1), Minnesota (782 to 1), and Utah (726 to 1).

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Solutions for Your Membership Conundrum

Association Adviser

These tactics eclipsed the number of associations that are cultivating a social media presence during their live events (19 percent), offering awards for young professionals (16 percent) or offering separate educational tracks for young professionals (10 percent). “We Helping members with their biggest challenges. million and $5.8