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Boatbuilding Program Introduces High Schoolers to Marine Industry Careers

Associations Now

In an effort to fill the boat shoes of retiring marine tradesmen and women, the Rhode Island Marine Trades Association created a summertime boatbuilding program aimed at high school students. For such a small state, Rhode Island has a considerable amount of coastline— approximately 400 miles of it.

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Improve Your Association?s Value with Reverse Mentoring or Co-Mentoring

Smooth The Path

Philip Tedesco, CEO of the Rhode Island Association of Realtors , noticed that when they got the Past Presidents’ Council together with the Young Professionals Network, there was more than just a one-way dialogue. But, there are more ways to form mentoring relationships between your members. Take reverse-mentoring for example.

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Daily Buzz: Master Competing Priorities With This One Approach

Associations Now

Taking a look at your products and services through the lens of how they support members at various stages of their career provides a basis for associations to align their activities more closely with members’ needs,” Mary Ellen Brennan writes on Association Success.

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Monday Buzz: Membership Success Fueled by the Web

Associations Now

A small Rhode Island association discovers how important its web presence really is. The Rhode Island Academy of Physician Assistants was founded in 1976, but it wasn’t until recently that its membership really began to take off. And full disclosure: RIAPA does use some of Wild Apricot’s products.).

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 7.9.21

Reid All About it

A few years ago, on a visit to my aunt in Rhode Island, I was inspired by the bean salad she made, so I developed my own recipe with additional inspiration from Our State It’s been a Fourth of July tradition ever since—a tradition made even more meaningful because the Fourth is my aunt’s birthday. Would fresh clams be better?

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Membership Marketing Blog: Membership Marketing Response.

Membership Marketing

It only reflects how some prospects in these states responded to a particular product offering at a specific point in time. Rhode Island. Pricing Your Product, Service, or Membership. new products. (4). product line extension. (4). Push Product. (4). The top responding states were: 1. South Dakota.