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Everything Eventually Loses Its Shine

Elevating Engagement

Recently I spent some time on the Merritt Parkway in Connecticut, winding my way toward the lakes and mountains of Maine. My grandfather would have taken the route every Monday and Friday, heading to Manhattan to sell magazine ads in an industry journal and then home for the weekend in rural Connecticut.

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Maine Nonprofits Say Property Tax Proposal Would Jeopardize Programs, Services

Associations Now

Looking for ways to bring in new revenue, Maine Gov. Last year, before releasing his biennial budget proposal, Maine Gov. At a town hall meeting on Wednesday , LePage said the proposal is part of a necessary plan to make Maine more prosperous. We’re worried,” MSC Executive Director Ron Hall recently told the Press Herald. “It

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Could Your Association Thrive in a Remote-First Culture?

Associations Now

A great example of this: During the “Mad Men” era of the 1950s and 1960s, many newspaper comics (among them, Beetle Bailey , Hagar the Horrible , and Nancy ) were made in the same region of Connecticut , in part due to its fairly close proximity to the syndicates that published and distributed the comics.

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Expand Your Product Line: Clone Your Classic Conference into Punchy Regionals

Association Success

In the beginning, planners conservatively budgeted breakeven events because the main goal was to test the waters. Rather than the tried-and-true four-day format, planners designed the regionals to run for two days and include a smaller expo plus sponsorship opportunities. Planners used data to identify drivable locations to boost attendance.

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Nonprofits to Facebook: Don’t Limit Our Reach

Associations Now

The animal-shelter volunteer, who writes the updates for the Karuna Bully Rescue , in Naugatuck, Connecticut, launched a Change.org petition a few days back, requesting that Facebook modify its algorithm strategy to better accommodate nonprofit groups. Given those dynamics, maybe it was high time that someone spoke up about the issue.

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Food Industry Coalition Leads Voluntary GMO Labeling Push

Associations Now

It comes after the defeat of a ballot proposal in Washington state that would have required food labeling and after Connecticut and Maine passed laws on mandatory labeling that will take effect only when nearby states pass similar ones.

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GMA Takes Vermont to Court Over GMO Labeling Law

Associations Now

Connecticut and Maine have passed their own GMO-labeling laws, but those are contingent on their neighbors in New England passing similar measures. Vermont’s law has no such contingency.

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