Reid All About it

JULY 15, 2016

Ah, the beach. Between you and me, I prefer the mountains, sssh. But since my family is spending next week at Ocean Isle Beach in North Carolina, I will savor my time with them on the beach. Before I get to OIB, I’m attending the Association Executives of North Carolina’s Annual Meeting in Williamsburg VA where I get to spend time with several speaker friends from across the nation.

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JULY 15, 2016

What costs employers $300 billion per year? Workplace stress. According to the American Institute of Stress , workplace stress can cost employers more than $300 billion annually in medical care, turnover, absenteeism, and diminished productivity.

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Associations Now

JULY 15, 2016

The Tampa Bay Area Chiefs of Police Association decided it was time to confront the pervasive problem of sexual assault, focusing on both police training and public awareness. Police in Florida have had enough of sexual assaults. The Tampa Bay Area Chiefs of Police Association launched a two-pronged campaign called Consent Florida earlier this month to tackle the problem.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 15, 2016

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Associations Now

JULY 15, 2016

The importance of writing on a regular basis—for many different reasons. Also: Working with an outside team? Communicate with them the way they’d prefer. As much as I write (see the number of bylines I have on this site), I don’t need to be convinced that there are some great psychological benefits to writing regularly. But you might. As a result, this blog post recently shared on Lifehacker is a solid must-read.

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Associations Now

JULY 15, 2016

Associations representing both for-profit and nonprofit colleges say that a plan to ease student-debt forgiveness procedures could hurt higher ed institutions. The for-profit industry’s primary group is fighting the rules. An Obama administration proposal to make it easier to pursue student loan debt forgiveness has organizations representing both nonprofit and for-profit colleges raising some big questions.

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Associations Now

JULY 15, 2016

It been two years—and lots of work—since Cleveland was awarded the Republican National Convention. Now, only days away from kickoff, the city shares some insight into the planning of such a large-scale event. After being awarded next week’s Republican National Convention in July 2014 , Cleveland hit the ground running. The to-do list was long: secure hotel rooms, raise the $64 million needed to pay for the convention, plan marketing and city-beautification efforts, and coordinate security prepar

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