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Association Brain Food Weekly: 4.5.19

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… When I was in charge of getting a new AMS back at my old association, I had no idea how to approach selection and implementation. WBT Systems discusses how to use your LMS for leadership development and all kinds of volunteer training.

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Medical Foundation Launches Campaign to Improve Diabetes Care

Associations Now

The foundation, AMGA’s philanthropic arm, is launching Diabetes: Together 2 Goal , a collaboration between medical groups, local health systems, and industry partners that aims to improve the care of 1 million Type 2 diabetes patients by 2019. That initiative included more than 140 medical groups and health systems. Dr. Donald W.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 9.17.21

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. With the Delta variant ruining plans for in-person conferences and scientists offering bleak pandemic forecasts, WBT Systems shares advice for returning to virtual. Here are the educational events scheduled for next week. Return to virtual.

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Greening the Economy

Plexus Consulting

In hopes that “greening the economy” may be a much-needed stimulus, employers are not only investing in new technologies but also seeking workers with an environmental background in education, training, and technical skills. Department of Education will provide $48.6

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Cannabis Conundrum: Pharmacists Investigate How to Manage Medical Marijuana

Associations Now

More education for physicians, pharmacists, and patients is needed to ensure individuals receive the correct product with the correct efficacy and drug-delivery system to fit their disease. Currently, 20 states plus the District of Columbia have laws allowing physicians to prescribe marijuana for medical use.

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Could “Safe Phone Zones” Help Stop Distracted Driving?

Associations Now

The new zones, which piggyback off the system’s existing traffic oasis locations, include free WiFi and places to sit. You can’t just have an educational approach or a law enforcement approach to combat distracted driving,” Adkins told the Chicago Sun-Times. Distracted driving is becoming an increasing concern nationwide.

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Blind Federation: Make K-12 Assessments Accessible to All

Associations Now

a nonprofit corporation founded by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, a consortium of 18 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Department of Education as part of its Race to the Top assessment competition to create a next-generation assessment system.