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How Associations Are Changing Up School Sunscreen Rules

Associations Now

According to Stateline , six states—Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Utah, and Washington—have passed laws this year allowing sunscreen to be used during school activities. But associations in the dermatology field are taking steps to ensure kids are free to use sunscreen at school.

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Four States Put Up So Parks Don’t Stay Shut Up

Associations Now

Tired of watching their local economies struggle as officials scrambled to provide alternatives to disappointed tourists, political leaders in Arizona, Colorado, New York, South Dakota, and Utah agreed to fund the reopening and operation of National Park Service parks attractions shuttered on October 1 due to the partial government shutdown.

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Industry Group Forecasts Winds of Change as Wildfires Rage

Associations Now

Several pieces of legislation have been introduced to address the funding for fighting wildfires, which is especially prescient given the fact that wildfires, according to The New York Times , are burning longer and earlier. Once the funding and demand issues are managed, the next hurdle facing this industry might be drones.

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Reads of the Week: April 26, 2013

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A GigaOm conference about digital media, paidContent Live (#pclive), took place last week in New York. Ernie Smith from Associations Now believes the association and news industries could learn a lot from each other. Nelson, director of the Metropolitan Research Center at the University of Utah. Digital life.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 8.20.21

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Host: New York Society of Association Executives. Jessica Ballard, Professional in Residence Faculty Member, Utah Valley University, Woodbury School of Business. 1 CAE credit. More info/register. Presenters: Michael Candela, EVP Partnership Sales, and Deborah Sas, Senior Director, Partnership Sales, Multiview. 1 CMP credit.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 11.27.20

Reid All About it

We hike in southern Utah at least once a year, so this story about a strange monolith showing up in the midst of the red rock wilderness caught my eye. Host: New York Society of Association Executives. You might have seen this video of a man wrestling his puppy from an alligator’s jaws—without dropping his cigar!

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Conference Circuit: Oral History in the 21st Century

Associations Now

October 4: The first collision industry exposition heads to Salt Lake Community College in Utah this weekend, with more than 50 vendors taking part in the inaugural event. Then the International Downtown Association’s 59th annual conference in New York City is for you. ” Down the Line.

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