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What’s In It For Me? 5 Life-Changing Benefits of Volunteering

Higher Logic

LiveScience reported on the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, which has followed a random sample of 10,317 Wisconsin residents from their high school graduation in 1957, specifically stating that: In 2004, the participants reported how often they had volunteered within the past 10 years.

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Radiologists Group Addresses Physician Shortage With New Training

Associations Now

At the peak of the program, there were somewhere around 700 B Readers,” said Dr. Cris Meyer, a professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine who will be teaching ACR’s course. In an effort to get more physicians certified as B Readers, ACR will begin offering training courses to fill the gap. “At

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The Carver Guide Series on Effective Board Governance by John Carver and Miriam Mayhew Carver

Eric Lanke

Here’s a sample of what our Ends Policy might look like if I adopted the format of the Carver examples: Board Policy Title: “Mission” Policy Type: Ends The mission of the National Fluid Power Association is to strengthen the fluid power industry for an annual expenditure of $3,596,988.

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4 readings for association management

SCD Group

The four campaigns are: Cheese & Burger Society—Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. Here is a small sample of the information they have gathered: By 2015, Generation Y (1982-1995) will outnumber Baby Boomers in the workforce. Take a look at these four campaigns that have something to share with any marketer—ag-focused or not.

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How Do You Fix a Board Power Struggle?

Associations Now

Andersson and Avery Edenfield, scholars at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The handout for the Annual Meeting session includes a sample list of “board norms,” articulating collective expectations for relationships, conflict-management, communication, meeting preparation, and decisionmaking.