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National Parks Conservation Association Urges People to Become Park Advocates

Associations Now

. “As we celebrate National Park Week, we hope visitors are inspired by the once-in-a-lifetime experiences our parks offer—and leave feeling empowered to speak up for them,” said NPCA President Theresa Pierno in a press release. This proposal will put our national parks on the right track.”.

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Drug Store Group Launches Immunization Initiative

Associations Now

Wanting to boost pharmacy-based immunization rates, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores is launching three demonstration projects that aim to foster healthcare collaboration. Through three demonstration projects, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) is looking to increase the number of pharmacy-based immunizations.

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Planning Your Nonprofit’s Capital Campaign: 4 Do's & Don'ts

Achieve

But since they’re such big projects, capital campaigns bring inherent risks and challenges, and they require you to plan like you’ve never planned a fundraising campaign before. But you can’t point to a specific project or set of investments that will take you there. Your board is losing confidence and your team is losing motivation.

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6 Ways To Engage Association Members

CMA Solutions

CMA’s in-house PR team scored a few important industry media placements, which included a placement of EPN’s press release on Meetings Today’s homepage for seven consecutive days. Other “hot-button” topics included: Nurse Staffing Ratios: NJSNA spoke out against proposed legislation mandating staff ratios for patient care.

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Nonprofit Helps Win Bee Species Endangered Status

Associations Now

We are very pleased to see one of North America’s most endangered species receive the protection it needs,” Director of Endangered Species Sarina Jepsen said in a press release. Coinciding with this project, a separate scientific paper found that the species’ range had shrunk by 87 percent.

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How to Keep Your Event Speakers Happy

Expo Logic

Ask for proposals: Let potential speakers come to you by sending out a call for proposals. Potential speakers will submit their proposed topics, cost and other information that can help you narrow down prospects. billion people were using social media , and that number is projected to increase to nearly 3 billion by 2021.

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Red-Letter Day: Postal Service Seeks ‘Exigent’ Rate Increase

Associations Now

Granted, it may not be as drastic as some cost-saving proposals that have come from USPS recently (see: dropping Saturday mail ), but several organizations whose members depend on mass mail have raised concern about the proposed rate increase. percent increase has been proposed by the U.S. Pain for Mass MAilers.