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Nursing Groups Cite Looming Employment Shortage

Associations Now

For example, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock recently announced a partnership with CHI St. But, as CNYCentral.com notes , the instructor challenge is significant and has forced the school’s Liverpool campus to rely on professional nurses at SUNY Upstate Medical University to teach courses.

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A Hairy Situation: Occupational Licenses Face New Scrutiny

Associations Now

A hair braider’s fight against Arkansas’ tough licensing requirements for cosmetologists is just the latest example of a growing debate about whether licensure of some professions is really needed. A bill in the Arkansas legislature would remove hair braiding from cosmetology regulation. To license or not to license?

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Are associations stuck?

SCD Group

Of course, the insurance company’s representatives would need to convince the association member to look at the offering. The example this executive director gave was cell phone service. However, the example of the sales tax shows that it is difficult to get the attention of the member. The second association executive director.

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Transforming Nonprofit Staff Into Champions on Social

Beth Kanter

Nonprofit Examples. Here’s a few examples: 1. One Person Communications Department: Arkansas Advocates for Children has a one-person communications department. You can find a few more examples from the list of resources compiled by Farra Trompeter from Big Duck. How To Get Started. Power of Staff As Champions.

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Balance the Spontaneous and Strategic of Social Media: Newsjacking and Obamacare

Beth Kanter

All of these organizations were, of course, very well aware that the decision would be announced, but did not know what the ultimate decision would be. During the afternoon we used Facebook to post analyses from partners and Twitter to highlight what ACA is already doing in Arkansas. Here’s a round up of what they learned. (1)