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Wisconsin Grocers Want to Tap the Fresh Beer Market

Associations Now

The Wisconsin Grocers Association is pushing for a change in state law that would allow grocery stores to sell beer from the tap. Pretty soon Wisconsin residents may be able to stock up on beer fresh from the tap at their local grocery stores. The proposal is getting mixed reviews from local bars and breweries.

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Chose Your Dimensions of Diversity and Get Started

Eric Lanke

Baby Boomers and Gen Xers tend to think of diversity in terms of protected classes. This is leading many organizations to try to think about diversity more broadly than protected class. Second, when I was chair of the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives (WSAE), that Board was wrestling with its own diversity initiative.

Class 100
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Radiologists Group Addresses Physician Shortage With New Training

Associations Now

At the peak of the program, there were somewhere around 700 B Readers,” said Dr. Cris Meyer, a professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine who will be teaching ACR’s course. ACR will be offering classes next January and March. We do quite a bit of clinical screening and receive radiographs from all over the country.

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Invest in Yourself: Book Recommendations for Young Professionals

Association Adviser

Moreover, while there are many ways to develop yourself professionally, such as joining an organization, taking a night class at the university, enrolling in a free online seminar or attending a conference, the method of professional development I’m recommending doesn’t require you to even leave the house: Read books.

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Farmers and Ranchers Alliance Announces “New Faces” Program

Associations Now

Farmers and Ranchers Alliance unveiled its newest class of “Faces of Farming & Ranching,” an initiative aimed at connecting consumers with real farmers. These five new “faces,” farmers and ranchers in Virginia, Texas, Ohio, and Wisconsin, will act as the spokespeople for USFRA and serve its mission of reaching consumers.

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Reinvent What You Do, Not Who You Are

Association Subculture

How the disappearance of the middle class is one of the reasons why members can't pay dues. It's spreading to Indiana, Wisconsin and New York. What I don't hear us talking about is how income inequality has skyrocketed in the last 30 years. How the minimum wage is stagnant and the number of working poor is now an epidemic.

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Wild Weather Means Tough Calls for School Superintendents

Associations Now

Superintendents in the upper Midwest, from Michigan to Wisconsin, they’ll never close because of snow like we do down here, because they live with it all winter long. When classes are canceled or the start of the school day is delayed, superintendents and parents worry about the impact that those lost hours have on the students’ education.