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Let Your Member Data Show You the Way

Spark Consulting

This Old City blogger Jon Geeting’s photos of sneckdowns in Philadelphia in February are a perfect illustration of how, paradoxically, a blanket of snow uncovers the most natural paths for cars and pedestrians. Copyright ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership, Washington, DC, April 2014. Where are your association’s sneckdowns?

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Marketing Resources for Associations and Small Businesses

Association Navigator

Washington Smart CEO has a guest column in the September issue by Lisa Dezzutti , CEO of Market Connections, Inc. They also have editions covering Baltimore and Philadelphia. As Daniel Pink might say, “we’re all in marketing now.”. Marketing Culture at Market Connections. Read the complete column here. Hinge Marketing.

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Digital Content Next Offers Support to Nonprofit News Organizations

Associations Now

That’s why a new effort by a trade group associated with the business side of the online news industry makes a lot of sense. The first four organizations to be selected for membership are: Billy Penn , a mobile news source for young Philadelphia residents. the Washington Post , and WebMD. Sustainability matters.

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How One Association Is Leading a Food Truck Revolution

Associations Now

The mobile food industry hasn’t necessarily been welcomed with open arms in many U.S. Food truck operators in places like Washington, DC , and San Francisco are often fighting complicated regulations and zoning requirements that would limit the areas where they could legally operate.

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Is Minimum-Wage Opposition Beginning to Soften?

Associations Now

But recently some restaurants in large cities, such as Philadelphia’s Girard Brasserie and Bruncherie , have tried a different tactic: paying servers more while getting rid of tips entirely. The minimum wage is currently having a moment, both in Washington and at the state level. million workers a pay boost.

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111 Intriguing Chats for 2011

ChatterBachs

While it is a geographically diverse list (throughout US and Canada [8] and one from England), a higher proportion come from the area where I live and work: Northern Virginia/Washington, DC. cjtemery - Chris Emery; Washington, DC; Marketing professional, world traveler, ostrich rider. Marketing Strategist. Event Specialist. Wine lover.

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Amtrak Derailment Puts Transit Groups’ Issues Front and Center

Associations Now

On Tuesday night, Amtrak’s problems—particularly related to funding and infrastructure—were on display in a dramatic derailment of a New York City-bound train outside of Philadelphia. ” A Challenged Industry. The crash highlighted issues that railroad-industry trade groups have closely watched for years.