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How to Make Sure Your Community Stays Connected During COVID-19

AMG

For example, you can organize digital events using tools like Zoom. Families throughout North and South Carolina are struggling with lost wages and home-schooling. Spring and summer are great for outdoor events in North and South Carolina. You likely have an online portal or email system for your residents.

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Association Brain Food: 2.2.24

Reid All About it

Host: KiKi L’Italien, Vice President, Marketing and Community Engagement, Big Red M Guest: Liz Peuster, CAE, Director Of Communications & Public Relations, South Carolina Association of CPAs *All events are online at Eastern Standard Time unless otherwise noted. More info/register. Fri 2/2 at 4 p.m. More info/register.

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Don’t Let Polls Mislead Your Association's Actions

SCD Group

The headlines from Saturday’s South Carolina primary and Nevada caucuses show that the news media suffers from misperceptions arising from polling. For example, they reported that Hillary Clinton had a “big 5% win” in the Nevada caucus and that Marco Rubio had “narrowly” finished second to Ted Cruz.

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Associations Respond to School Officer’s Treatment of Student

Associations Now

The incident occurred October 26 at a school near Columbia, South Carolina, as a 16-year-old girl who had refused to stop using her phone in class was grabbed and dragged from her seat by a Richland County Sheriff’s deputy.

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Newspaper Contest Aims to Prevent Texting and Driving Among Teens

Associations Now

To help spread the word about the dangers of texting while driving, the South Carolina Press Association and its newspaper members are sponsoring a statewide essay and video contest for high school students. This is just one of many examples of why newspapers are important in small towns and communities.”.

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“A” or “The: Precise Language Important for Association Communications

SCD Group

Clearly, this was not the only Confederate flag owned by the State of South Carolina. Example: it took a Supreme Court ruling to determine what Congress really meant when it addressed state exchanges in the Affordable Care Act.) Thus, saying “The flag” is imprecise. And, USA Today used “the flag” throughout its story.

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Meetings, Destinations Get Ready for Solar Eclipse

Associations Now

For example, one association—American Athiests—is hosting its 2017 National Convention in North Charleston, South Carolina, during the eclipse. Destinations, venues—even an association or two—are making the most of the historic event, particularly those in the “ path of totality.”.