SBI

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

SEATTLE, WA, February 9, 2022 – SBI Association Management (SBI), a full-service association management company (AMC) headquartered in Seattle, announced today that effective February 1, 2022, it acquired LoBue & Majdalany Association Management (L&M) an AMC based in San Francisco. Learn more at www.sbims.com.

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Associations Now

MARCH 21, 2019

The University Professional and Continuing Education Association’s 104th Annual Conference begins next week in Seattle. Organization: University Professional and Continuing Education Association. Venue: Sheraton Seattle Downtown. City: Seattle. Attendance is expected to top 700. Conference: 104th UPCEA Annual Conference.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The Association of State Dam Safety Officials’ 2018 Annual Conference begins this weekend in Seattle. Nearly 1,000 dam and levee safety professionals are headed to Seattle in the upcoming days to network, share knowledge, and learn from industry leaders. Organization: Association of State Dam Safety Officials. City: Seattle.

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SBI

JULY 1, 2019

Seattle, WA – July 1, 2019. SBI, a Seattle-based association management company, is proud to announce the Western Association of College and University Business Officers (WACUBO) as its newest full-service association management client. ” ###.

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AssociationChat

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

The options for associations have not been good: risk alienating members, losing attendance, reputational harm to the organization’s mission; cancel or move a meeting, often at substantial expense; limit the locations under consideration for future conferences based on today’s political climate.

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SBI

JANUARY 15, 2019

Seattle, WA – January 2, 2019. SBI, a Seattle-based association management company, is proud to announce the International Ombudsman Association (IOA) as its newest full-service association management client.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

The group is focusing its rollout on two of the country’s largest tech hotbeds—Seattle and Silicon Valley. In the midst of the refugee crisis of late 2015 and early 2016, for example, the organization played a central role in helping to bring recycled gadgets to those refugees—many of whom found themselves in Canada.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Are employees complaining about your organization? Among them: Washington’s Dulles International Airport, Chicago’s O’Hare, Dallas’ Love Field, and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport—the latter near Nintendo of America’s home base of Redmond, Washington. Work with employees to identify organizational problems and find solutions.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 23, 2015

A new study reveals what meeting sponsors and organizers are looking for from these partnerships. A top priority of event organizers today is driving revenue growth, and sponsorships are seen as a top area of opportunity, while exhibitors are looking to enhance the value of sponsorships.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The Day 1 Academies Fund will launch an organization to operate full-scholarship Montesorri-style preschools, which it will run with “the same set of principles that have driven Amazon,” Bezos wrote. Bezos referred to Day One as a “fund” but didn’t make it clear whether it would be organized as a charitable foundation. (His

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Associations Now

JANUARY 19, 2017

Thousands of scientists, educators, students, and other professionals from across the weather, water, and climate community are headed to Seattle to share, learn, and collaborate. Organization: American Meteorological Society. City: Seattle. Conference: 97th Annual Meeting. Venue: Washington State Convention Center.

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Associations Now

MAY 4, 2015

“Combining resources provides a stronger organization for our members and a stronger voice,” Stan Bowman, president and CEO of the Washington Lodging Association, told The Seattle Times. They’re both strong organizations. Our theme is how does one plus one equal three?” Anton said. They’ve both grown over the last few years.

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Associations Now

MAY 4, 2016

A recent campaign by the trade group Made in NYC is seen as a model for other organizations looking to attract businesses—and favorable zoning rules. The very existence of UMA, a group of city-based manufacturing organizations, points to the growth of the trend. That’s an important element to this whole movement,” she says. “It

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Associations Now

APRIL 20, 2015

The debate continues after a Seattle company raises its minimum salary sky-high. Last week, Seattle-based credit-card-processing company Gravity Payments suddenly announced that it would raise its minimum salary to $70,000. Plus: John Oliver takes on so-called patent trolls. appeared first on Associations Now.'

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

At the 2014 Independent Sector Conference earlier this week in Seattle, media pros offered up a few ideas about how nonprofits can support new media initiatives to help get their message out. Media is constantly changing—and that is definitely reflected in today’s new media space. It can be challenging for nonprofits to maneuver in it.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 11, 2017

And if you are thinking that focusing on a city’s tech scene narrows your options to a few places—San Francisco, Seattle, New York, or Boston—think again. Cities with a burgeoning tech scene usually want to help it expand, and organizations sprout up to help promote the city to tech workers and entrepreneurs.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Every IT director should send a synopsis of this Washington Post article to the staff in their organization. Here’s a performance they did for Seattle radio station KEXP – check that station out too. Here’s a chilling reminder that things aren’t always what they appear to be, especially on the web. As Post reporter Robert O’Harrow, Jr.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 10, 2017

Woods started the nonprofit in the Seattle area, using his ties to the youth center community to help launch the group. Beyond helping the organization staff up, both Autodesk and Facebook are lending some structure to the offerings.

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Associations Now

APRIL 1, 2019

The issue is this: These industries have focused on certain regions of the country—tech in Silicon Valley and Seattle, media in New York and DC—a model that made more sense when physical limitations made it harder to spread out. Suddenly, a lot of avenues are opened up for your organization. Maybe not everyone can work at home.

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Associations Now

JULY 30, 2014

The International Franchise Association’s main argument against Seattle’s minimum wage law just took a significant hit from the National Labor Relations Board. About the decision: In a ruling unrelated to the IFA’s challenge to the Seattle minimum wage law, NLRB General Counsel Richard F. Griffin Jr.

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Beth Kanter

MARCH 16, 2012

A huge thanks to the small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle and published blog posts to share their reflections and thoughts. Paul Shoemaker, Executive Connector, SVP Seattle. Paul Connolly, Chief Client Services Officer, TCC Group.

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Associations Now

MARCH 22, 2016

This month, Chinese authorities confirmed they are still reviewing comments on proposed legislation that would restrict activity of foreign non-governmental organizations in the country, even though the comments period has long been closed. in September. The post China Still Mulling Draft NGO Law appeared first on Associations Now.

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Achieve

MAY 21, 2017

Nearly every nonprofit organization I deal with is careful to include an “experiential” touch point somewhere along the donor journey. If your organization does something similar, how often is it successful? (Be What’s an organization to do? The following blog first appeared on. Philanthropy News Digest. Sound familiar?

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Associations Now

MARCH 2, 2015

With its latest nonprofit initiative, Microsoft is looking to help organizations’ IT teams and bottom lines. You’re far from alone, and with the announcement of a new initiative, Microsoft is ramping up its efforts to solve that problem for many organizations. Plus: The final verdict on #TheDress. Breakup of the Day.

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Associations Now

JULY 20, 2016

In light of recent events between police and the community, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives modified the focus of its 40th Anniversary Training Conference, taking place this week in Washington, DC. High-profile shootings in Dallas; Baton Rouge, La.; and Falcon Heights, Minn. and Falcon Heights, Minn.

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Idea Architects

MARCH 15, 2010

The staff at the Grand Club at the Grand Hyatt Seattle are all youthful employees whose primary job seems to be bussing tables. Who is determining the success of your organization right now with your members and customers? He may greet you upon your entrance and exit into the Club, or he may not.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

On a visit to the United States, Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed a proposed law that would place restrictions on foreign nongovernmental organizations operating in China. Despite concerns raised by U.S. associations and other NGOs, the measure is expected to pass without changes. Speaking to U.S.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

The latter are bars in cities like Washington, DC; Chicago; Knoxville, Tennessee; and Seattle, where members have access to Society whiskies. It’s this type of benefit exclusivity and uniqueness that keeps members interested in staying with your association. And that idea extends to conference venues or meetings.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 24, 2015

The marijuana trade offers women a shortcut to get ahead in many avenues, and women in turn are helping to organize it as a viable business.”. Groups, such as the Seattle-based Marijuana Business Association , are feeling the effect. MJBA has seen its Women’s Alliance group that launched last year grow to 500 members.

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Associations Now

JUNE 19, 2015

One group in California has done just that by establishing the Teamsters-backed California App-Based Drivers Association last August ; a similar group launched in Seattle a few months earlier. “If California drivers are employees, they have the right to organize under National Labor Relations Act.

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Executive Connections

JUNE 24, 2008

I hope you had an opportunity to see the advertisement that appeared in the Wall Street Journal before and during the 2008 Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO in Seattle promoting the role of information professionals. Lachance shares her views on the information profession and the organization. SLA Says It "Big". SLA CEO Janice R.

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Beth Kanter

MARCH 18, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. What is your organization aiming to accomplish? What are your organization’s capabilities for doing this? Flickr Photo By PetroleumJelliffe. To What End?

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Executive Connections

MAY 11, 2008

If you are coming to the 2008 SLA Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO in Seattle next month, you are probably as excited as I am that our opening keynote speaker will be Dr. Vint Cerf, vice president and chief Internet Evangelist at Google. Lachance shares her views on the information profession and the organization. SLA CEO Janice R.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 15, 2013

For OneAmerica, an immigrant advocacy organization based in Seattle, connecting with the people they are trying to serve can be a difficult task. Most of the folks that we reach out to that are refugee immigrants that are illiterate not only in English, but in their own languages,” said Rahwa Habte, an organizer for OneAmerica.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 5, 2014

Researcher Scott Freeman of the University of Washington in Seattle and his colleagues analyzed data from 225 studies about lectures and active learning. It is time for conference organizers to stop lecturing at their audiences! What steps do conference organizers need to take to transition to active education sessions?

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Associations Now

JUNE 6, 2014

But Kyle Stokes, a reporter for Seattle-area news and jazz outlet KPLU and an MJ Bear fellow at the Online News Association (ONA), says you should be willing to give them a chance. Another bonus: If you’re willing to put in a little curation work, comments can even become content for your organization. (By But act fast!

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Associations Now

AUGUST 2, 2013

The city plans to use its power of eminent domain to seize some of those loans and allow homeowners to keep their homes, a strategy being considered by two dozen other cities, including Seattle and North Las Vegas. Earlier this week, Richmond sent letters to homeowners and lenders offering to buy 624 underwater loans, according to Bloomberg.

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