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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 46
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Association Brain Food: 12.15.23

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Association management. 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. Board responsibilities.

Iowa 257
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Association Brain Food: 12.8.23

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Mental health. People talk about it in the association world, but how many associations actually provide resources and education about mental health issues to members and industry employers? 1 CMP credit. More info/register. CAE credits.

Strategy 274
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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.18.21

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Their guidebook shows chapters how they scored in each of five KPI areas, describes best practices to follow to raise those scores, and provides links to additional resources on the AGC website. Good advice never goes out of style. 1 CAE credit.

LMS 369
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Opening the Door to Government Members

Associations Now

Professionals who work in government remain critical for many associations, says Cindy Adams, president and CEO of the Iowa Society of CPAs. Complaints about the barrier to entry have been echoing around the Iowa statehouse. What challenges or struggles have you faced in recruiting and retaining government employees as members?

Iowa 40
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Serving Your Professional Community for Impact

Association Adviser

Recruited by one of my customers, I was lured into the publishing industry to work on college textbooks for computer science and management information systems. I worked for a company in Boston for years before transferring to another publishing company in Iowa, which was short-lived because of mismatched expectations.

Boston 61
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CEO of Small Association Responds to Staffing Small Nonprofits

SCD Group

This ad is typical of micro associations with a dysfunctional board, limited volunteer resources or expertise to draw on, and little to no money. 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. Welcome to my world!

Iowa 40