Associations Now

APRIL 5, 2019

But in Baltimore, a successful anti-blight initiative is helping to highlight how nonprofits can help solve this problem. In other words, Baltimore’s discarded row houses are being reclaimed—especially their wood and bricks, which can be reused in modern-day construction projects. Still, it’s not an easy process to start up, and its challenges have created problems for cities that have hoped to follow in Baltimore’s footsteps, such as Milwaukee.

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Associations Now

MAY 5, 2015

At least two groups went ahead with their planned meetings and conventions in Baltimore last week and this week in spite of a breakout of protests that left the city in a state of emergency. Following a week of protests and tension, Baltimore is seemingly returning to a more normal state of affairs. The circumstances in Baltimore last week affected a handful of meetings and events—several of which were canceled.

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Associations Now

APRIL 30, 2015

After unrest brings a state of emergency and curfew to Baltimore, associations cancel high-profile meetings. Yesterday the Orioles and White Sox played to no fans at Baltimore’s Camden Yards just days after protests over the death of Freddie Gray, who died of spinal injuries while in police custody, turned violent and led to nearly 200 arrests and a spate of arson cases. But that was far from the only effect that this week’s riots had on events in Baltimore.

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Associations Now

APRIL 28, 2015

In the context of violence and looting that shook the very core of Maryland’s largest city, NAACP leaders are working both to address the community’s current concerns about police accountability along with other issues that have been lingering with Baltimore residents for years. “It was only a matter of time before Baltimore exploded,” Washington Post correspondent Michael A.

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Associations Now

MAY 7, 2015

This was the case in Baltimore last week as protests broke out over the death of Freddie Gray, who died of spinal injuries while in police custody. It actually started to happen relatively quickly,” Scott Wolters, director of the Food Safety Summit, which took place at the Baltimore Convention Center April 28-30, said of the protests that broke out on Monday night following Freddie Gray’s funeral. “I

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Mariner

OCTOBER 7, 2015

I attended a session at last week’s Mid-Atlantic Marketing Seminar in Baltimore on reaching the media in a digital/mobile world. The main message was that while the media may be more accessible, it is also harder to get their attention. After all, there is so much information coming in from so many directions that our heads are spinning

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Associations Now

AUGUST 8, 2019

APCO International’s Annual Conference & Expo begins this weekend in Baltimore. More than 5,000 public safety communications officials, including frontline telecommunicators and comm center managers, are headed to Baltimore to learn more about the industry’s newest technology, hear from speakers about trends and challenges, and get to know colleagues. Venue: Baltimore Convention Center. City: Baltimore, Maryland. Rundown Attendees: 5,000 plus. Vendors: 275.

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Mariner

MARCH 11, 2016

Looking back through my emails, I found this piece posted in the Baltimore Business Journal - 5 questions to ask before taking on a volunteer commitment. It’s a response to a question posed by a CEO who was trying to. encourage his leadership team to volunteer for their professional. associations as a way to build the brand. The CEO was getting some. push-back from his team who felt volunteering is often a waste of time. and of no true value. The response was on target by suggesting that.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 19, 2014

Taking a new team approach, Baltimore, San Antonio, and Anaheim, California, will combine resources to offer meeting planners a one-stop-shop for all three destinations. San Antonio, Baltimore, and Anaheim, California, are banking on it as they team up to help boost their convention business. The National Postal Forum recently announced that it selected Anaheim, San Antonio, and Baltimore to host its annual conference in 2015, 2016, and 2017, respectively.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The 2018 International Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, the Crop Science Society of America, and the Canadian Society of Agronomy begins this weekend in Baltimore. Around 2,500 soil-management and crop-production scientists, professionals, educators, and students will head to Baltimore in the next few days to take part in tours and workshops, network with colleagues, and learn about the latest technology. Venue: Baltimore Convention Center.

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Mariner Management

JULY 1, 2020

As with many chapters, the leadership of PRSA Maryland, which is based in Baltimore, has been looking for a path towards more diversity within its leadership and membership ranks for a while.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The International City/County Management Association’s Annual Conference begins next week in Baltimore. Venue: Baltimore Convention Center. City: Baltimore, Maryland. Rundown Attendees: 3,500 plus. Exhibitors: 150 plus. Keynote speakers: 4. Attendance is expected to exceed 3,500. Thousands of U.S.

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InternetAssociation

MAY 7, 2020

Baltimore, MD – IA Director, State Government Affairs for the Northeast Region John Olsen released the following statement on Governor Larry Hogan’s (R-MD) veto of H.B.

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Associations Now

JUNE 11, 2015

The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ 26th Annual Global Fraud Conference kicks off in Baltimore early next week. Anti-fraud professionals will soon make their way to Baltimore to learn the latest trends and techniques to protect their companies and clients from fraud threats. Venue: Baltimore Convention Center. Rundown Attendees: 3,000. Education Sessions: 70. Countries Represented: 60. Exhibitors: 50.

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Chapter Chat

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

We’re looking forward to meeting a few iMIS Superheroes at the 10 th Annual NiUG Discovery Conference , September 26-28, 2016 in Baltimore, MD. We hope to see you in Baltimore! NiUG Discovery is the most comprehensive iMIS conference in the country. The event offers expert instructors who have real-life experience, networking, and exhibitors that feature the newest technologies. This year’s theme is Become an iMIS Superhero.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 30, 2015

” The comments were echoed by the chief of police of Baltimore, another city that’s been in the headlines in recent years. Baltimore police chief Jim Johnson noted that current gun laws require background checks for gun dealers but leave a huge gap elsewhere. The law enforcement field has been struggling to regain its footing in the wake of a number of serious scandals in cities such as Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 26, 2020

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Inclusive conferences. Barbara Palmer at PCMA Convene lists eight ways conference organizers, sponsors, speakers and attendees can make conferences more racially diverse.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Mac Campbell, CVP, Baltimore Convention Center. The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… What do you do at the end of a long, stressful day at the office? Work out? Binge watch TV? Open a bottle of wine?

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Effective Database

JUNE 27, 2016

I recently moderated a keynote presentation at ACGI’s Knowledge Days in Baltimore. The session, entitled “How to Keep a Healthy Marriage with Your Technology Vendor,” covered the five elements that I believe constitute a good marriage, and will serve you well in relationships with your technology vendors. Those five elements are: You have the other party’s best interest in mind. Honesty, openness, and transparency. You’re more successful together than apart.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Also getting scrutinized by the FCC is a contractor for the Baltimore Convention Center. Dean , an electrical and telecommunications systems firm based in Dulles, Virginia, was slammed with a $718,000 fine from the commission this week for blocking vendors’ personal hot spots at the Baltimore Convention Center and charging firms up to $1,095 to access the center’s WiFi network from the exhibitor hall.

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Protech

MAY 8, 2020

After shifting away from an in-person customer celebration at the Four Seasons in Baltimore due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Protech Associates’ Fusion 2020 Customer Conference surpassed all previous attendance numbers for the event. .

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Association Advocacy Chick

APRIL 25, 2016

On a Tuesday evening in May, my friend Bea sent me an urgent FB message asking if I heard about Prince coming to Baltimore. For the past 8 months, I’ve been on hiatus from blogging as I transition into a new position in association management. I knew it would take a powerful event to get me back here. Unfortunately, it was the death of Prince. Three days later and it’s still hard for me to write that sentence.

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Protech

MAY 28, 2020

After shifting away from an in-person customer celebration at the Four Seasons in Baltimore due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Protech Associates’ Fusion 2020 Customer Conference surpassed all previous attendance numbers for the event. By Heather Hughes, Marketing Communications Specialist.

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Association Adviser

MARCH 28, 2019

The New York Mets defeat the Baltimore Orioles four games to one in the World Series. Naylor was founded in 1969 in Winnipeg, Canada, and while we like to think that event constitutes important world history, there were a lot of other notable events happening around the world. Here’s a glimpse into what life was like in 1969. If you’re of a certain age, do you remember any of these details? What was YOUR life like in 1969? Remarkable Events.

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Associations Now

APRIL 25, 2019

Once they have seven different buttons in hand, they will be entered into a drawing to win prizes, including free registration to ARVO 2020 in Baltimore. Rundown Attendees: 11,000 plus. Poster and Paper Presentations: 6,000 plus. Exhibitors: 200 plus. The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology’s 2019 Annual Meeting begins this weekend in Vancouver, British Columbia. Attendance is expected to exceed 11,000.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 21, 2017

Most events will be held in DC that week, but related events over the next two months will be in Sea Island, Georgia; Baltimore; Minneapolis; Las Vegas; and Des Moines, Iowa. The bipartisan event, which organizers hope to make annual, will try to make the business case for renewables—and build support for them among legislators. Next month, a variety of organizations focused on sustainable energy are going to make their voices heard in Washington, DC.

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KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

JULY 28, 2016

Every year, for the past several years, I make it a point to attend the ASAE Annual Conference. This conference is where anyone involved with associations and nonprofits can connect with others working in that space. Because it is the best way to catch up with the "Who's Who" of the association world. To be sure, ASAE Annual promises opportunities in learning and networking. It also promises a ton of parties in all shapes and sizes.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Already, some cities within a day’s drive of Northern Virginia, such as Raleigh, North Carolina , and Baltimore , are seeing ways to turn the HQ2 decision into a net positive. With one of two new Amazon headquarters planned for Northern Virginia, associations in the DC region are likely to see some big shifts in the local market in the coming years. Here are three possible ripple effects.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Last year, a local Salvation Army chapter launched a grocery store in an area of Baltimore that had been poorly served by grocery chains. Food deserts, whether in big cities or small towns, have proven difficult to shake—but largely grassroots nonprofit efforts around the country are turning out to be essential options for solving the problem. With grocery store chains leaving markets behind without any alternatives, nonprofits are increasingly filling in the gaps.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 8, 2014

Read more about the industry below: A famous inventor: The history of the utility pole dates to the 1840s , when telegraph inventor Samuel Morse found that his efforts to bury a cable between Baltimore and Washington, DC, were ineffective. Supreme Court to Baltimore on May 24, 1844. You may never have heard of the North American Wood Pole Council, but you can see its work just about everywhere you go.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 28, 2019

Conference of Mayors winter meeting, will be funded through $500,000 in grants from AHLA’s foundation and will support recruitment efforts in six cities—Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Orlando, and Washington, DC. The American Hotel & Lodging Association’s Hospitality is Working campaign will support the recruitment and placement of Opportunity Youth—16 to 24-year-olds who are out of both school and the workforce—in the hospitality industry.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 4, 2014

December 14-16: The Association for Jewish Studies ’ 46th annual conference in Baltimore will look back through centuries of Jewish history while exploring issues currently facing the Jewish community. A conference centered on learning features a variety of tech-focused programming for furthering professional development. Plus: A risk-analysis association aims to tackle major environmental and public health issues.

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Association Advocacy Chick

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

When I saw them on SNL, I swore that their concert will be my next big rock show after seeing U2 in Baltimore over the summer. Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of attending Progress U’s Blogger Summit (PUBS) sponsored by DelCor Technology Solutions. Led by the lovely and talented KiKi L’Italien, I spent an entire day learning from some of the best association bloggers in the world (yes, they’re that good).

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Association Success

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

One year, the cover picture was the silhouette of an African-American woman with the backdrop of Baltimore City, where the event was taking place. Invigorate your events by inviting new perspectives to the table. Revamping has become a buzzword. Everybody wants to be different and do something that will make them stand out. This applies to all aspects of association culture, including diversity and inclusion.

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Associations Now

APRIL 25, 2016

After the death of Freddie Gray while in Baltimore police custody in 2015, the artist held a charity concert that helped to pay for services at local nonprofits. The effort, said Ernest Dorsey of the Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of Employment Development, helped pay the salaries of 20 young people last year.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 28, 2013

In comparison, the much larger Maryland city of Baltimore came in 25th.) The usual suspects—Orlando, Chicago, and Las Vegas—showed up near the top of Cvent’s Top 50 U.S. Meetings Destinations list. The real story is near the bottom, where smaller resort cities are showing their event prowess. New York City. Nashville. National Harbor, Maryland?

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Associations Now

JULY 26, 2017

In a Baltimore Sun article , Russell also said the group will be working to improve communications between its national office and its more than 2,000 local chapters. The NAACP embarks on a listening tour to meet with local leaders and better plan its future in a new era of civil rights activism. As part of its strategic plan for the future, the NAACP recently launched “ NAACP Forward ,” a nationwide listening tour, during its 108th Annual Convention. “I

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Retired NFL players like Eugene Monroe , a former offensive tackle for the Baltimore Ravens, thinks it’s about time. Coming after a flurry of states voted to legalize marijuana last week, the NFL Players Association is taking steps to study pot as a pain-management alternative. However, changes might be slow in coming.

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Association Navigator

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

They also have editions covering Baltimore and Philadelphia. Here are some good marketing resources for your association or professional services firm. The organizations and consultants below offer a variety of materials including books, blogs, webinars and consulting that have inspired me to think differently about marketing. As Daniel Pink might say, “we’re all in marketing now.”. Marketing Culture at Market Connections.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Among them: the fumbled handling of a domestic violence incident involving former Baltimore Ravens star Ray Rice; questions regarding whether the league is doing enough to deal with player concussions ; criticism of the league’s drug policy ; and an ongoing murder trial involving Aaron Hernandez, a former player for the current Super Bowl champs, the New England Patriots.

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