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Restaurant Group Joins Suicide-Prevention Initiative

Associations Now

The #86TheStigma campaign combines a state agency and charity along with the Georgia Restaurant Association’s advocacy strengths. The Georgia Restaurant Association has partnered with two other groups to support suicide prevention in the industry. So when a bill around this comes up, we can tag on and are ready to go.”

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Conference Circuit: Healthy Schools

Associations Now

Venue: Georgia World Congress Center. A nutrition conference wouldn’t be complete without opportunities to try out food samples and learn some new food-prep techniques. They’ll also be introduced to the latest services and food products. Organization: School Nutrition Association. Conference: Annual National Conference 2017.

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Make a Plan Now for a Professional Development Day During the Holidays

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Or, if competition is a factor, you could group members from non-competing markets into circles, for example, one member each from Oregon, Utah, Iowa, Texas, Ohio, Georgia, Maine, and Hawaii. If you’re launching any new online courses in the new year, consider giving away a sample as a holiday preview.

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Make a Plan Now for a Professional Development Day During the Holidays

.orgCommunity

Or, if competition is a factor, you could group members from non-competing markets into circles, for example, one member each from Oregon, Utah, Iowa, Texas, Ohio, Georgia, Maine, and Hawaii. If you’re launching any new online courses in the new year, consider giving away a sample as a holiday preview.

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Groups Focus on Health and Safety as Students Go Back to School

Associations Now

Each month features a vaccine focus, tips for avoiding the flu, and sample resources for in schools and at home. School safety remains a hot-button issue after the shootings in Newtown , Connecticut, last December and other gun-related incidents, including one at an elementary school in Georgia just last month.

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The rEvolutionary Governance™ System

Leading Associations

Boulton of the University of Georgia wrote an article entitled “The Evolving Board: a Look at the Board’s Changing Roles and Information Needs,” which enumerates stages of development in corporate boards in the for-profit sector. His stages are: Founding/Organizing. The Governing Board. The Institutional Board.

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The Power of Non-Dues Revenue

Association Adviser

. “One of the biggest mistakes associations make is asking for too much too often,” according to Gabriel Eckert , executive director of the Building Owners and Managers Association of Georgia (BOMA). If you give customers enough store samples of your candy, they’ll eventually buy the whole bar, he added with a chuckle.

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