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Love in the Time of Naylor

Association Adviser

“Jamie started in the June 2008 sales training class in Atlanta; I had started in February. When Naylor decided to move its collections department from Baltimore to Winnipeg, a friend of mine who worked for Naylor asked if I could help set up the new department in the Sutherland office. ” The O’Connor-Janssens Family.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.26.20

Reid All About it

How to run a Zoom cocktail party—and have better classes, conferences, and meetings too. How the pandemic put a magnifying glass on sponsorships. Bruce Rosenthal and Dan Kowitz, Partnership Professionals Network ). Misha Glouberman ). Imagine floating/kayaking/rafting down the Nantahala River in Bryson City NC—or watch someone else do it.

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Smaller-Scale Locales Score Big on Top Destinations List

Associations Now

In comparison, the much larger Maryland city of Baltimore came in 25th.) In other words, resort areas with strong PR and great facilities can punch above their weight class. What matters most to you in picking an event city? Let us know in the comments.

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Checkup Time: Make Your Next Event Healthier for Attendees

Associations Now

I came up with my own list of ideas pretty quickly, including holding 5Ks [PDF] or impromptu running groups, running golf or tennis tournaments, having onsite workout classes , offering education sessions where attendees walk around the convention center while talking with one another, and providing healthy meals and snacks.

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Save Journalism. Not Newspapers.

Guilt by Association

Tomorrow, only a special class of media (e.g., There’s a breaking story at Baltimore City Hall, and the callow, 30-ish reporter who gets the assignment isn’t up to the job. The bundling of subscriptions, newsstand sales and advertising worked because only a few had the means of production, and we had no other choices. Today, we do.

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Empowering Young Children through Philanthropy

Beth Kanter

In 2010, the conference was held in Baltimore, Maryland. At one of the pre-conference master classes, I met 2 young women from Cairo. Each year AFP organizes an international fundraising conference, attracting more than 4000 professionals from 60 different countries to attend over 100 different sessions over 3 days.

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The Passing of a Great Man - BlogClump

BlogClump

If you did something stupid or swore in class, Father would make you do pushups at the front of the room. He was the kind of teacher, priest, man that made you grow up from being a snotty high school kid into a man. He had many quirks which made him all the more lovable. If a woman entered the classroom, everyone must stand (St.