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HB2 Costing North Carolina Business, Convention Bureaus Warn

Associations Now

Two major convention groups say that event planners have taken steps to move their events from North Carolina in response to the state’s controversial LGBT law. It’s not just Bruce Springsteen and Pearl Jam announcing cancellations of events over North Carolina’s controversial LGBT law.

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Amazon’s HQ2: 3 Ripple Effects for Associations

Associations Now

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. Those trends might lead some organizations to look for homes in other nearby regions that didn’t get the nod from Amazon.

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111 Intriguing Chats for 2011

ChatterBachs

Individuals from North Carolina, New Hampshire, West Virginia, Oregon, and Idaho stand alone as delegates from these states. IBMFedCyber - Chris Ensey; Baltimore, Maryland; Principal Security Strategist for IBM Federal. Below are 111 profiles for individuals I hope to have similar chats with in 2011. SullyBridgetB - Bridget B.