Associations Now

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Online fundraising campaigns are great ways for associations to finance new programs and initiatives. Here are a few tips from fundraising pros on how to get the most out of an online campaign. It’s been a big week for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Over the weekend, the group received $24 million from more than 350,000 online donors. Now, it’s granted that this is a unique moment in history for the ACLU, but I wondered if the group’s fundraising team had anything to do with aiding u

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Are you making some changes to your annual conference? Trying to upgrade your participant experience? Or introduce some new innovations? If you are, you need a conference intrapreneur! More than just one intrapreneur, you need a conference planning culture of intrapreneurship. Ultimately, you’ll want to develop a conference team of intrapreneurs. Perplexed About Intrapreneurs?

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

The Hyperledger Project, which just added American Express as a member, isn’t interested in creating a bitcoin-style currency. Instead, it’s looking to make the blockchain a useful tool for all kinds of businesses. And businesses are responding favorably. There’s a lot of potential for the blockchain—the secure distributed database tool closely associated with bitcoin and other virtual currencies—in the business world.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Rundown Attendees: 1,000. Poster and Paper Presentations: 500. Concurrent Sessions: 40. Keynote Speakers: 4. The Association of Academic Physiatrists’ 2017 Annual Meeting kicks off next week in Las Vegas. More than 1,000 are expected to be in attendance. Around 1,000 trainees, educators, thought leaders, and other professionals in the physical medicine and rehabilitation field are headed to Vegas next week to connect, collaborate, innovate, inspire, share, and learn together.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

By opening access to its flag disposal program to all its members, the National Association of Counties is facilitating the process of retiring old American flags. When an American flag becomes worn out or torn, there is etiquette dictating how to respectfully remove, retire, and replace that flag. The National Association of Counties is making that process easier for citizens with its U.S. flag disposal program.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Americans for Affordable Products, a coalition that includes 140 major businesses and trade groups, launched this week in response to proposals by Republicans to boost import taxes. The coalition argues that such a tax will raise prices on consumers while discouraging innovation. A congressional plan to increase taxes on imported products is raising major concerns in the business world, and a new coalition is speaking up on the issue.

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