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Membership Directory: Why Your Organization Needs One & How to Create One

EventMobi: Association Events

In fact, the 2023 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report states that 64% of associations believe members join to network with others in the field. According to the 2023 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report , 50% of associations reported an increase in new member acquisitions, up from 44% in the 2022 report!

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Reports of “Utter Chaos” Draw Fresh Attention to Teen Bans at Malls

Associations Now

Some examples: More than 1,000 teens reportedly participated in a series of fights at a Pittsburgh-area mall the day after Christmas. In Independence, Kansas, a couple of hundred young kids became disruptive. Toledo’s Franklin Park Mall, for example, now requires anyone 17 or younger to be with an adult after 4 p.m.

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How Nonprofit Grocery Stores Are Filling the Gap

Associations Now

For example, last year Virginia grocery chain Farm Fresh closed its doors after its parent company decided to focus on its wholesale business—a situation that nearly proved tragic but was saved from a worse fate after other major national grocers, such as Harris Teeter and Kroger, stepped in to purchase most of the buildings.

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Lessons From This Year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Associations Now

For example, it presents awards to journalists in the field who it believes write or produce some of the best presidential-related news coverage. This year, the dinner also took a moment to honor a group of Kansas high school journalism students , who exposed their principal’s fake education credentials. Probably.

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Snack On This: The Pros and Cons of Free Food at the Office

Associations Now

Yet, last week Sprint announced it was getting rid of a host of its benefits in an effort to cut costs, according to reports. Bloomberg, for example, faced backlash after announcing, and then quickly recanting said announcement, that it would be installing surveillance cameras in the snack pantry of its Bloomberg BNA offices in DC.

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Location, Location, Location: Destination Drives Current and Future Attendance

Associations Now

According to the report, “ The Decision to Attend Study – Phase One ,” 82 percent of the more than 7,000 current and potential meeting attendees surveyed said that the destination definitely factors into their decision to go to a meeting. A good location—and a new study says the same is true for meetings and conventions. Bringing Them Back.

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Academic Group Looks Beyond Israel Boycott

Associations Now

High-profile incidents in recent years, including the suspension of University of Kansas journalism professor David Guth and the cancellation of a speech by noted feminist video game critic Anita Sarkeesian, show up on the Scholars Under Attack map. “And it was relatively disheartening.