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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.15.21

Reid All About it

They explain why it’s not a good idea to pine for the past and suggest a different mindset to cultivate, one that will help you take advantage of “a perhaps once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experiment with new ideas—ideas that could turn into programs that position you, your association and your members for future success.”. Host: Wicket.io.

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Governors Association Launches Opioid Treatment Pilot Targeted at Prisons

Associations Now

The National Governors Association is bringing opioid treatment strategies that have seen good results in Massachusetts correctional facilities to a number of other states. With the opioid crisis still at epidemic proportions, the National Governors Association is hoping a change in tactics could help its members get a handle on the issue.

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Take a Vacation From Email

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Pool and Barn/Gym at High Meadow Farm, Washington Depo, CT. The Hickory Stick Bookshop, Washington Depo, Connecticut. One strategy for avoiding email is to use the camera on your smart phone. Congress Hall, Cape May, New Jersey. He said he had been on vacation and he was working on his “work-life balance.”.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.6.17

Reid All About it

However, “association IT decision makers believed that few members would fall into this category and instead thought the largest portion of members would fall into the ‘hesitator’ category” – “optimistic about technology in the abstract but somewhat scared to actually use new technology and therefore unlikely to be early adopters.”.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.6.17

Reid All About it

However, “association IT decision makers believed that few members would fall into this category and instead thought the largest portion of members would fall into the ‘hesitator’ category” – “optimistic about technology in the abstract but somewhat scared to actually use new technology and therefore unlikely to be early adopters.”.

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Friday Buzz: Hillary’s Last Association Speech Before 2016?

Associations Now

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton got down to earth with thousands of camp professionals at this week’s Tri-State CAMP Conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey. “We The Washington Post reported that if ACA spent $200,000 to get Clinton to speak, that would account for “about 10 percent of the group’s annual budget.”.

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Let’s Help AmeriCorps Alums Use Their Experience to Keep Giving Back

Beth Kanter

We’re kick-starting this initiative and conversation on June 20 in Washington, D.C., It will feature such big names as Grammy award-winning singer John Legend, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Will you join us? Click here to register. We often hear of an impending leadership shortage in the nonprofit sector.