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Put a Price Tag on Your Benefits

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Selling an association membership is not a traditional negotiation process, but the anchoring effect proves relevant in pricing situations just the same. A little Googling shows several associations are doing this, in varying styles: Northern California Human Resources Association. Oregon Veterinary Medical Association.

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Study Reveals U.S. Cities With Best and Worst Travel Taxes

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When looking at just the travel tax burden, which GBTA refers to as “discriminatory travel taxes,” three California cities—Burbank ($1.58), Orange County ($3.16), and Ontario ($4.48)—rank the lowest. Meanwhile, Portland, Oregon ($22.86), Boston ($19.34), and Indianapolis ($18.10) had the highest discriminatory travel taxes.

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Highly Contested GMO Labeling Measure Trails in Washington State

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Just like 27 million voters in California and Oregon, Washington voters saw how this burdensome and deceptive labeling scheme would have created more state bureaucracy, imposed new costs and burdens on local farmers and businesses, and increased food prices for Washington families,” the group’s President and CEO Jim Greenwood stated.

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Coronavirus Updates for Association and Events Professionals – What You Need to Know

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The Price of the Coronavirus Pandemic (source: The New Yorker) April 13, 2020 – As April arrived, businesses, large and small, decided not to pay rent, either because they didn’t have the cash on hand or because, with a recession looming, they wanted to preserve what cash they had. “We Harris, M.D., President, American Medical Association.

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Daily #COVID19 Updates for Association and Events Professionals – What You Need to Know

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The Price of the Coronavirus Pandemic (source: The New Yorker) April 13, 2020 – As April arrived, businesses, large and small, decided not to pay rent, either because they didn’t have the cash on hand or because, with a recession looming, they wanted to preserve what cash they had. “We Harris, M.D., President, American Medical Association.