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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.19.20

Reid All About it

Watch and listen to the surf of Ehukai Beach on Oahu, Hawaii. Find out how to navigate complex decision-making and scenario planning processes with staff and volunteer leaders, speakers, partners and exhibitors, and consider nimble practices for designing and refreshing event plans amid a crisis. Sigal Samuel, Vox ). Imagine bliss.

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Travel Groups Back Global Entry-Expanding INVITE Act

Associations Now

Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Tim Scott (R-SC), would expand the program and streamline processes that often make traveling into the United States a bit of a pain. visa and sign up for the Global Entry program, and the program would add additional reporting to the customs process. Department of Homeland Security to ease the customs process.

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New Association Will Accredit Healthy Destinations

Associations Now

A new nonprofit organization founded by six resort hotels aims to help travelers in their search for healthy destinations through a new certification process that will evaluate hotels’ wellness programs and services. Planning a meeting or traveling for business and in search of a hotel that offers wellness programs and amenities?

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Nonprofit Helps Win Bee Species Endangered Status

Associations Now

But the process of securing the bumble bee’s place on the endangered species list wasn’t always smooth. In October, the Xerces Society also won endangered status for seven yellow-faced bee species native to Hawaii; and currently, the Society is waiting on a USFWS response on adding the Franklin’s Bumble Bee to the endangered species list.

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3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofits That Can Boost Professional Success

Beth Kanter

I had a fantastic break, including a family vacation in Hawaii, walking, hiking, quiet, and reflection. Stay tuned for more information in 2017, but I will be very busy writing facilitator process guides based on my decades of experience as a trainer and sharing that on this blog. How about you?

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13 best association blogs of 2013

SCD Group

The instructor shared a “3-step process” for driving with our eyes: Look at the road just in front of you look up high to see the road way out ahead of you look in the review mirror to see what is coming behind you These three rules are pretty good for association leadership. #7 Some are worse than others. are well thought out. #8

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NASBP’s Legislative Efforts ‘Bond’ Education With Action to Influence Policy

Association Adviser

Qualified bidders are participating in the construction bidding process. For example, one of our members from Hawaii was able to establish a relationship with Senator [Mazie] Hirono when she was a member of the US House of Representatives. Completion of the contract and payment to subcontractors involved is guaranteed.