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Sweet Deal: Trade Group Helps USDA Revamp Maple Syrup Grading System

Associations Now

There are four classes of maple syrup: golden color and delicate taste, amber color and rich taste, dark color and robust taste, and very dark and strong taste. It turns out that USDA was a little behind the curve on the issue: Vermont and Maine, both known for their syrup production, had made the change first.

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Associations Keep Eye on Budding No-Homework Trend

Associations Now

This news would probably be more exciting to the 11-year-old version of yourself than it is now, but with classes back in session, schools are finally talking about getting rid of homework. From Vermont to Texas , individual educators and entire schools are showing a willingness to get rid of out-of-classroom work. The reason?

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Role-Playing Exercises: Another Immersive Element for Meetings

Associations Now

My fellow graduate students and I were either in class or out in the field writing and interviewing five days a week to build up our “reporting chops.”. Try adding role-playing exercises where they help solve problems affecting your association’s industry. Because of the format, attendees had no choice but to react, engage, and respond.

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Association Brain Food: 3.24.23

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Host: Association of Association Executives Speakers: Paul Burgess, Chief Executive Officer, British Association of Cosmetic Nurses Kevin Mead, President, Vermont Captive Insurance Association Paul Walsh EMIAM (seminar chair), Seminar Programme Manager, Association of Association Executives Wed 3/29 at 9:30 a.m. More info/register.

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