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1-On-1 With Jim Carney: Growing Membership With a “New, User-friendly Website”

Wild Apricot

Our latest 1-On-1 interview was with Jim Carney, the immediate past president of The Rhode Island Academy of Physician Assistants. Jim shares insight on how their new website and member-only events has helped them build membership. membership'

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Conference Circuit: Lab Hours

Associations Now

The Association of Public Health Laboratories’ 2017 Annual Meeting and 11th Government Environmental Laboratory Conference will begin in Rhode Island this weekend. Venue: Rhode Island Convention Center. City: Providence, Rhode Island. Organization: Association of Public Health Laboratories.

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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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Statement On Confirmation Of Gina Raimondo As Secretary Of Commerce

InternetAssociation

Secretary Raimondo has firsthand experience in Rhode Island with the good that the internet industry enables for small businesses and citizens seeking jobs. The internet industry supports her mission to spur job creation, empower innovative entrepreneurs, and help American workers and businesses compete globally.

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How Associations Are Changing Up School Sunscreen Rules

Associations Now

Similar measures were already on the books in California, New York, Oregon, and Texas, and legislators in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island are currently working on their own bills. The change is being pushed by the American Academy of Dermatology Association and the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Association.

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How the Events Industry Is Coming Together Amid COVID-19

Associations Now

Similar efforts are also underway in New Hampshire and Rhode Island. The Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association’s COVID-19 Hospitality Workers Relief Fund provides gift cards for local grocery stores and pharmacies to hotel employees who have been furloughed or laid off.

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Jeff De Cagna to deliver keynote at CESSE 2013 Annual Meeting

Principled Innovation

Jeff’s keynote talk, which will take place on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at the Omni Providence Hotel in Providence, Rhode Island, will focus on themes and ideas shared in his provocative free e-book, Associations Unorthodox: Six Really Radical Shifts Toward the Future.