Associations Now

APRIL 20, 2020

The bad news is that New Jersey—along with other states, including Kansas and Connecticut —have unemployment systems so out of date that they rely on this old programming language, one that is so vintage that it hasn’t been taught in universities for decades. They’re not alone.

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Higher Logic

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Ascend Learning uses 12+ brands to deliver custom products and services to high-value industries like healthcare. Ascend Learning’s intranet has been so successful that, just a year after launch, basecamp was awarded the Gold PRISM award for Internal Communication by the Greater Kansas City Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Grand Avenue Market —a grocery store in Plains, Kansas, that opened in 2018 —was built in a rural area, which previously didn’t have a nearby grocery store available in more than 15 years. Bottom line, nonprofit groceries face daunting challenges, even if owned and nurtured by a strong parent organization,” she wrote.

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Higher Logic

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Ascend Learning uses 12+ brands to deliver custom products and services to high-value industries like healthcare. Ascend Learning’s intranet has been so successful that, just a year after launch, basecamp was awarded the Gold PRISM award for Internal Communication by the Greater Kansas City Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

The United States is already plenty connected, but a key tolling-industry group wants to ensure that drivers don’t face tolling hiccups up along the way. Tolling is a multibillion-dollar industry for states, but it’s traditionally been complicated and disconnected. Currently, the group says, the system is disjointed, at best.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

I’m not suggesting attendees bring their favorite vinyl records with them—even though that could be awesome in my opinion—but rather give them a chance to gather in a casual setting and share things that are most interesting to them and/or the industry.

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Associations Now

MAY 5, 2017

Celebrate the industry and its future. As many associations do at their events, WHCA uses the dinner to honor the industry’s best and brightest. 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. And that’s his right. …

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SCD Group

APRIL 25, 2013

As a trade association, the Learning Centers supported our mission to facilitate trade and support the industry in a way that far surpassed the traditional dynamic of exhibitors handing out brochures and price lists. We are expanding the concept for the 2014 convention! Louis, Missouri.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 9, 2014

The Hearth, Patio, and Barbecue Association, which represents the industry, questioned whether the EPA’s new wood stove standards actually would lead to improved air quality. The technology to improve heating might be cheaper in the long term, but it comes with a high upfront costs, two key industry groups say. The concern?

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

The Dallas CVB, Kansas City CVB, and Experience Grand Rapids are three of the many destination marketing organizations that have made participation in the program a priority. This week, the Flint and Genesee Convention & Visitors Bureau announced it would be the fifth major city in Michigan to offer the CTA program , beginning this fall.

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Associations Now

APRIL 8, 2013

Some industry officials claim that if the FAA were using more updated data, “low-traffic airport towers operated by private contractors would no longer have met the agency’s criteria for funding” and that congressional pressure to open new towers across the country has added to the organization’s budget.

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Executive Connections

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Tuesday, 30 September, EPA will reopen previously closed libraries in Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City and Washington, D.C. . | Why SLA Will Not Endorse, or Oppose, a Candidate for Public Office » 26 September 2008. Information Wins at EPA.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Though strict, it wouldn’t be the only measure of its kind: Kansas, Montana, and Washington state all ban public release of the arrest photos, while 10 other states put restrictions on their release.

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Associations Now

MAY 23, 2013

Credit union associations from other states, such as Kansas, have worked to help victims, and the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), a federal agency, has activated a disaster-relief policy for credit unions. “It’s humbling to receive all of the kind words of comfort and offers of support from people around the country.”

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Association Subculture

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Oh, Those Shiny Golden Handcuffs – Associations who corner a market on a particular industry or profession, usually by means of establishing a certification program or other similar benefit, can often fall victim to an over-dependence upon the mechanism that has individuals “trapped” into membership.

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ChatterBachs

JANUARY 4, 2011

I create intelligent analytics for social media, eCommerce and industry. FreshLime - Monica Kurtz; Evergreen, Colorado; Internet marketer for the resort and recreation industry, mother, cyclist, snowboarder, yogini, music lovaah, hammock-seeker. Williams; Indianapolis; I help people in the tourism industry with social media.

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