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Membership Q&A: Don’t Leave Us!

Spark Consulting

Your conference is in Seattle, and he lives in Seattle. She holds your professional certification, has presented at some of your events, is a regular contributor to conversation on your white-label social network platform, and served a three-year term on one of your committees. What happens next?

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How to Make Association Committee Members Happier and More Productive

Socious

There’s the company in Seattle that raised its minimum wage to $70,000, there’s WL Gore & Associates that eliminated a managerial hierarchy , and Whole Foods that publishes all of its employees’ salaries , which are based on work and abilities (the more able the employee, the higher the pay).

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Pediatrics Group Offers First Guidance on Tattoos, Piercings

Associations Now

“Adolescent and Young Adult Tattooing, Piercing, and Scarification,” released by the association’s Committee on Adolescence, highlights both medical and social risks that come with different types of body modification.

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How a Young CEO Can Help Navigate Changing Member Demographics

Associations Now

Berry also credits a new member committee with helping to shape resources and events specifically for younger members, such as new member toolkits and its Getting Started Series. Next year, WSAJ will move its convention back to Seattle because the majority of its members come from the surrounding three-county region. “We

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China Still Mulling Draft NGO Law

Associations Now

It has still not yet been definitely decided which session of the Standing Committee will submit the review,” Fu said. “We This echoed statements made by Chinese President Xi Jinping to business leaders in Seattle on his visit to the U.S. We need to clearly specify which activities are illegal,” she continued. in September.

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China Intent on Restricting NGOs

Associations Now

business leaders in Seattle last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping downplayed American concerns over a draft law that would subject foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) operating in China to greater scrutiny. Despite concerns raised by U.S. associations and other NGOs, the measure is expected to pass without changes.

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Funding Services AND Advocacy: The Smart Choice for Grantmakers

Beth Kanter

Note from Beth: I hosted a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference that took place recently in Seattle. Funding Services AND Advocacy: The Smart Choice for Grantmakers – guest post by Aaron Dorfman, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy.

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