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California Association Turns Farm Workers Into Farm Owners

Associations Now

An organic farming association in Northern California trains immigrant field workers how to manage their own farms. In Salinas, California, the Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA) teaches minority, low-income farm workers about the business aspects of farming and helps them start their own farms.

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Are San Francisco Nonprofits Getting Priced Out?

Associations Now

Between 2011 and 2013, about 2,000 of the city’s roughly 8,000 nonprofits left town or shut down in the face of the rent increases; others, such as Lutheran Social Services of Northern California, were forced to move to offices in cheaper neighborhoods that required significant renovation before the organizations could even move in.

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Five Ways Savvy Scheduling Can Rescue Your Meeting’s Budget

Associations Now

The California Society of Association Executives used to feature a keynote or general session every day of its annual conference, reported Lindsay Poss, CalSAE’s director of meetings and events. “So Planners can host group activities that carry a lower price than programming.

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Association Brain Food: 7.21.23

Reid All About it

Fri 7/21 at 1 p.m.* – Cracking the Value Code: Uncovering Strategies for Pricing Your Learning Programs When you start taking a hard look at your learning product landscape, common conundrums around “value” and “pricing” often surface. I’m happy to feature it as long as it’s not too product-centric. CAE credit. Fri 7/21 at 4 p.m.

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60 Minutes to Sponsorship Growth

Aaron Wolowiec

The session “60 Minutes to Sponsorship Growth” featured David Lutz , who is managing director of Velvet Chainsaw , and Sandra Giarde, executive director of the California Landscape Contractors Association. Sandra Giarde, executive director, California Landscape Contractors Association. David Lutz, managing director of Velvet Chainsaw.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.8.19

Reid All About it

Strategic Pricing for Educational Products. Pricing for education products is all over the map. But pricing is too essential to leave to guesswork. In this session, we look at strategic pricing practices and the reasons you should embrace value-based pricing that focuses on the benefit you deliver to the buyers.

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Ethos Capital Offers Concessions In Effort to Ease Concerns About Proposed.Org Sale

Associations Now

Among them: capping price increases for renewing web domains and establishing a stewardship council. Notably, the council would not have veto authority on future price hikes. For one thing, the cap on price hikes would expire after eight years. For one thing, the cap on price hikes would expire after eight years.