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For Manufacturers, For-Profit: Jason Moss of the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance Supports Members through Networking and Education

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Jason Moss, founder and CEO of the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance can, and he might take you out to dinner if you can, too. Jason Moss, Georgia Manufacturing Alliance. Manufacturers typically avoid networking events because they feel like a fresh piece of meat in a piranha pit. It’s not wrong or right; it’s just how it is.

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How One Association Handled an Active Shooter Incident in Conference City

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Those plans were quickly upended, though, when RIMS staff learned that an active shooter was at large about two miles from the conference site, the Georgia World Congress Center. Our plan was focused on what happens at the building, or to the building, or in that building,” said Stuart Ruff-Lyon, RIMS’ Chief of Events and Sales. “It

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Yes, Some In-Person Meetings Are Still Happening! (Here is how they are doing it!)

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. ––– 113 GSAE members, speakers, and guests attended the 2020 Georgia Society of Association Executives Annual Meeting, August 26-28, at the Hyatt Regency Savannah in Savannah, Georgia. The theme of this year’s event was “Connect. Photos provided by the Georgia Society of Association Executives. Pay the Pig Raffle .

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Meet “Transaction Alley”: New Payment Processors Group Shows Georgia Pride

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The American Transaction Processors Coalition, a new association focused specifically on transaction processing companies located in Georgia, hopes to raise the profile of the industry, which generates $30 billion in revenue per year in the state. West Richards, the group’s executive director, told Morris News Service. Nathan Deal.

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Use Sponsored Grants to Strengthen Your Membership and Events

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After a few years of not distributing all the donations given to its foundation because of lack of interest in traditional professional development certificate programs and seminars, the Georgia Society of Association Executives researched what its members really wanted when it came to financial help. Bring them up on stage at your events.

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Innovative Nimble AMS returns to the 2023 ASAE Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Our Nimble AMS team is returning to the 2023 ASAE Annual Meeting and Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia. ASAE 2023 is the premier event for association leaders to network, share knowledge , and grow from industry thought leaders. Join us at ASAE 2023 on August 5-8.

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Royalty is Crowned and an Association Shines in the Annual Ms. GHCA Pageant

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If you attend the Georgia Health Care Association’s annual Ms. Georgia Health Care Association (GHCA) Pageant, you’ll find many of these beauty pageant hallmarks – but the participants will be mostly sexagenarians or older! What led GHCA to put on such a traditional event with such a non-traditional pool of participants?

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