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Iowa Builders Group’s New Endowment Targets Industry Skills Gap

Associations Now

A new endowment launched by Master Builders of Iowa will fund innovative solutions to close the industry’s skills gap and bring younger workers into the construction field. This week, Master Builders of Iowa announced the launch of MBI Works, a $5 million endowment to fund new resources for career education and workforce recruitment.

Iowa 51
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Association Brain Food: 12.15.23

Reid All About it

They describe the seven steps of starting a successful association mentoring program from pre-evaluation and research to planning, design, recruitment, matching, training, support, and evaluation. Organizer: Cecilia Sepp, founder, Rogue Tulips Consulting Fri 12/15 at 3 p.m. Host: Volunteer Managers of Central Iowa Fri 12/15 at 4 p.m.

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Association Brain Food: 12.8.23

Reid All About it

. – The Future of Thought Leadership (Radio Free 501c, the podcast of Rogue Tulips Consulting ) Every week Rogue Tulips brings the nonprofit community intriguing guests discussing vital topics affecting nonprofit organizations around the world—and we have fun doing it! Attend as many or as few sessions as you wish—sessions described below.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.18.21

Reid All About it

Lee Gimpel of Better Meetings is calling out virtual conference organizers for giving the label “networking opportunities” to five types of experiences that don’t deliver on the networking promise , including the ubiquitous chat box. Sue Ramsett, Vice President and General Manager, KWQC TV-6, Davenport, Iowa. Quick hits.

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What Can Associations Learn From Social Clubs?

Associations Now

One person keeping an eye on the trend is Leigh Zeitz, a past president of the Kiwanis Rough Risers in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and webmaster for the club’s blog. He recognizes the competition the new organizations represent. Telling that story is an important differentiator for member recruitment. Accessibility and flexibility.

Iowa 92
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Serving Your Professional Community for Impact

Association Adviser

Matt explained to Association Adviser how he lives out ISACA’s core values of being “one,”accountable, dedicated, authentic and innovative to help its growing community of more than 160,000 professionals in 180 countries better serve their organizations at a time when their work has never been more important.

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CEO of Small Association Responds to Staffing Small Nonprofits

SCD Group

This particular group is not recruiting nationally, but decided to put an ad in the local paper, hoping to find a needle in a haystack. 0- A senior management executive with 25 years experience in managing tax-exempt organizations, William I. Hundreds of thousands of them exist. As if anyone reads the local paper anymore.

Iowa 40