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Better Because You Were There

Velvet Chainsaw

To encourage more participation and to make a bigger difference, vary the community-service projects from being very hands-on — like helping in the construction of a Habitat for Humanity home — to encouraging micro-volunteering by having an on-site area for volunteers to stuff hygiene kits for the homeless or women’s shelters.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 7.2.21

Reid All About it

Wes Trochlil suggests how to tackle a big data cleanup project —one bite at a time. Len Toenjes, CAE, President of AGC of Missouri. Find out how the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) embarked on their digital transformation project on behalf of their members and their industry. I doubt it. Data cleanup. Host: Propel.

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Cultivating Community Management with Missouri REALTORS®

Higher Logic

Higher Logic has helped Missouri REALTORS ® with building community since April 2012 — that’s when the organization launched its original community, THE LANDING. Since then, Missouri REALTORS ® has watched its member community grow and evolve. And we focused our efforts on our all-member forum, Common Ground. to focusing on quality.

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Death of a Road Warrior

AssociationChat

The suitcase represented new opportunities, adventure, and an escape from what everyone else was doing in rural southwest Missouri. The financial growth that had been projected for 2020 appeared to practically disappear. The new projects and collaborations in motion were all paused, slowed, or being reassigned in priority.

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Do I Still Belong In The Association Space?

KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

I still remember moving to Bethesda, Maryland, from Joplin, Missouri, starting my first job in associations - working for the Parenteral Drug Association. I left Aptify by the end of September this year and I am currently working on some consulting projects for clients, primarily doing social media maintenance for several brands.

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Firearms Group, Suicide Prevention Group Join Forces to Save Lives

Associations Now

The four states involved—Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri, and New Mexico—saw these AFSP chapters build relationships with the local gun industry, helping vendors and shooting range owners alike spot the signs that come with suicide risk.

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Death of a Road Warrior

AssociationChat

The suitcase represented new opportunities, adventure, and an escape from what everyone else was doing in rural southwest Missouri. The financial growth that had been projected for 2020 appeared to practically disappear. The new projects and collaborations in motion were all paused, slowed, or being reassigned in priority.