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Bill to Expand 529 Savings Accounts Reintroduced in Senate, House

Associations Now

The bipartisan legislation, long supported by ASAE, would allow workers to use 529 education savings accounts to pay for voluntary professional certifications and credentials offered by associations. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Mike Braun (R-IN) and Reps. The Senate bill is cosponsored by Sens.

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With New Education Program, Group Looks to Serve All Member Segments

Associations Now

With the introduction of a new education program, the National Association of Sports Commissions is working to better serve all membership segments. As a first step toward better representing its full membership, the National Association of Sports Commissions has launched its new education program, the Sport Tourism Learning Institute.

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New Bill Would Expand 529 Savings Accounts to Cover Professional Certification

Associations Now

A new bipartisan bill would expand the use of 529 education savings accounts to cover the fees related to professional certification and credentialing programs. 6 to expand individuals’ use of “529” education savings accounts to cover the costs of professional certification and credentialing programs.

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Daily Buzz: Don’t Give Up Professional Development

Associations Now

Continuing education is often the first thing to go when budgets are tight, but it’s worth holding on to. When you pay for people’s education, people think you care about them and their success in the organization,” she writes. And the organization benefits too by developing employees’ leadership potential.

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2015 Association Management Trends and Important News from YM

YourMembership

As quoted in our press release, “this significant addition makes YourMembership the leading engagement platform for organizations, delivering upon their mission of helping associations, organizations, publishers and other companies succeed by improving personalized user interactions across the web, social and mobile channels.”.

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Private-Public Collaborative Group Advocates for Library Funding

Associations Now

Under the leadership of the American Library Association (ALA) and educational publishing company Gale, trade organizations, publishers, and other business have created the Corporate Committee for Library Investment to promote the value of American libraries. “In CCLI contends that libraries play an essential role in the U.S.

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How to Get More Patients Leads with Healthcare Marketing

CMA Solutions

They can include press releases detailing newsworthy achievements, non-promotional contributions to trade publications, or—in the case of VSC, which capitalized on headline monitoring and timely pitching—interviews on health-related topics with magazines, podcasts, and TV newscasts. The tactics vary. But they watch videos more.