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Lost Members This Year? Here Are 3 Fixes for Associations

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Consequently, when it’s time for members to renew, they might think that the cost of the membership outweighs the benefits or opt to try a different association. For example, if your conference takes place in Los Angeles, you might book a Hollywood bus tour for attendees. Promote collaborative projects.

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Association Brain Food: 12.1.23

Reid All About it

Project success stories. Sherry Budziak of.orgSource recaps accomplishments and lessons learned by the association execs and tech partners who shared their project stories at Solutions Day. That’s on us, says Jay Cost at The Dispatch. Go on a whirlwind tour of some of our recent projects. Member recruitment. 1 CMP credit.

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Hyperloop Hype: Could Elon Musk’s Mysterious Idea Reshape Travel?

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Won’t leap tall buildings (or get airborne at all, really), but could get you from Los Angeles to San Francisco in half an hour. For another, it would only require solar power, and finally, it would travel between San Francisco and Los Angeles in less time than it takes to fly. Faster than a speeding bullet.

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Report: Following Airlines’ Lead, Hotels Pile on the Fees

Associations Now

We have worked tirelessly with Orbitz to reach a deal with the economics that allow us to keep costs low and compete with low-cost carriers,” American Airlines President Scott Kirby told The Los Angeles Times. A projected $2.25 American removed its listings from Orbitz in 2010. The tally this year? billion in all.

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Labor Tensions Cause Port Headaches for Retail, Manufacturing Industries

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The projected cost, per day, of a 10-day port shutdown on the West Coast, according to an estimate supplied by global management consulting firm Kurt Salmon on behalf of the National Retail Federation and the National Association of Manufacturers. In 2002, after a 10-day work stoppage at the ports, President George W.

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Association Brain Food: 11.24.23

Reid All About it

GrowthZone’s guide to selecting a credit card processor is perfect for those of you who need to understand the players and their roles, terminology, fees, rates, hard and soft costs, and security issues. Go on a whirlwind tour of some of our recent projects. They also suggest topics to ask about during discussions with vendors.

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So What’s Taking High-Speed Rail So Long?

Associations Now

Backers have long touted high-speed rail’s promise as a way to accelerate intercity travel, but getting projects on the rails has gone a whole lot slower than a speeding bullet train. Nonetheless, a few high-speed rail projects (beyond the original, the Northeast Corridor’s Acela trains) are moving forward. Republican Gov.