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Association Brain Food Weekly: 12.14.18

Reid All About it

MemberSuite explains how sponsored content solves both these challenges and why you should consider offering this opportunity to your industry partners. – Partnership Professionals Network Holiday Happy Hour (Washington DC). Location: Washington DC. Jim Gibson at DelCor lets us peek into the IT director’s bag.

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Association Brain Food: 3.17.23

Reid All About it

In today’s environment, hot-button issues threaten to anger, divide or frustrate portions of your members, regardless of whether those issues are relevant to your industry. LMS Demo Day Watch presentations from a limited number of industry partners that offer learning management system (LMS) platforms. 1 CAE credit. More info/register.

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Study: Association CEO Gender Gap Isn’t Going Away

Associations Now

The Washington Post notes that the energy industry has suffered some regulatory setbacks recently and asks, “Is Kuhn actually worth 3.4 In Washington, DC, however, the gap is much smaller—with women making 90.4 cents in Vermont. million in 2011. times as much as Bailey?”. cents for each dollar a man makes.

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Vermont Becomes First Mover on GMO Labeling

Associations Now

There are no conditions on Vermont’s efforts to regulate genetically modified organisms: Unlike other Northeastern states, where GMO labeling laws are contingent on what their neighbors do, Vermont will go it alone when its law goes into effect in 2016. But not everyone’s happy with the outcome.

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GMA Takes Vermont to Court Over GMO Labeling Law

Associations Now

Another Battleground Meanwhile, in Washington state, the Grocery Manufacturers Association failed in its attempt to block a money-laundering lawsuit brought against the group by the state’s attorney general, Bob Ferguson. Vermont’s law has no such contingency.

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Roundup: Ballot Initiatives Make Breakthroughs on Election Night

Associations Now

For trade groups, some of the biggest action wasn’t happening at the top of the ballot, but further down, where ballot propositions could help decide an industry’s future. The midterms were particularly fruitful for marijuana legalization efforts, with Oregon, Alaska, and Washington, DC, passing laws legalizing the drug.

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Opioid Addiction Fight Takes Center Stage With Governors

Associations Now

This past weekend, the problem took center stage at the winter convention of the National Governors Association in Washington, DC, where governors on both sides of the political aisle—Democratic Vermont Gov. But what may be surprising is the strong support those groups are receiving from a key political organization.

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