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Rail Passengers Association Takes Message on a Field Trip, (Mostly) By Train

Associations Now

RPA’s field coordinator, Joe Aiello, and grassroots organizer, Madi Butler, are making a trip from Memphis to New Orleans, with a goal of promoting the economic benefits of passenger rail along the Gulf Coast, which has been limited in recent years. Memphis (and the new @memphiscentral_ ) deserves greater frequency for passenger rail!

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Optometric Association Offers Free Lyft Rides to Eye Exams

Associations Now

Under the partnership, a free round-trip ride, up to a $25 fare, will be offered in 10 cities: Charleston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Memphis, Miami, New York City, St. And to promote better vision care, AOA is teaming with the ride-hailing service Lyft to get more people to their nearest optometrist for an eye exam. ”).

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Conference Circuit: Web Ed

Associations Now

The HighEdWeb 2016 Annual Conference begins Sunday night in Memphis, Tennessee. Web developers, marketers, and programmers—along with managers, designers, writers, and all team members in between—are headed to Memphis this weekend to explore and learn more about the unique web issues facing colleges and universities.

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New Partnership to Address HIV Epidemic in Southern Cities  

Associations Now

Atlanta, Houston, Memphis, and New Orleans—cities that have been designated by the Health Resources & Services Administration as being heavily affected by the HIV epidemic—are the focus of the initiative.

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Meet You in Nashville: Where to Eat During #ASAE14, Part 3

Reid All About it

Or Memphis Sushi which is cheese and sausage on saltines. Downtown at 416 Broadway,3 miles/6 minute walk from the MCC. Peg Leg Porker ( Twitter ) has some intriguing dishes like BBQ Nachos, chips with lots of cheese sauce, smoked pork, spicy sauce and jalapeos. Closed Sunday. 903 Gleaves St.

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Kids Skate Free: Association-Managed Cause Marketing Campaign

SCD Group

Campaign) effort started in 2002 at seven Memphis-area Chili’s restaurants The National Christmas Tree Association modeled the Trees for Troops program after local efforts by growers in the Pacific Northwest. It was able to recruit FedEx as a sponsor.

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Meal Guarantees Make or Break Association Meeting Budgets

SCD Group

It worked pretty well until a meeting in Memphis. Here’s what my experience showed: most exhibitors don’t eat convention meals. many attendees (depends on group’s history) don’t eat convention meals. most hotels set 10% more than you guarantee. As a result, we had success in guaranteeing meals at about 80% of attendance.

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