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Staffing challenges: Communities cope with lifeguard shortages

Ungrated

Crystal Gill, director of new business and marketing at Staying-A-Float Lifeguarding in Little Elm, Texas, which also provides aquatics services and lifeguard management to associations, says people were unable to get certified or re-certified as lifeguards, leading to a lack of qualified candidates.

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Hotel 911 Law Takes Effect, With Help From Associations

Associations Now

Seven years ago, a tragic incident in a hotel room mobilized the hospitality industry to change the way that its phone systems work. In 2013, Kari Hunt Dunn, a Texas mother of three, died after she was attacked by her estranged husband during a arranged visit in a hotel room. That effort quickly gained support among associations.

Houston 99
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Ban on “Issue” Ads in DC Metro System Blocks Popular Advocacy Channel

Associations Now

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which has long allowed advocacy messages to be posted throughout its system, this week chose to ban all issue-related ads, rather than let an anti-Muslim group display cartoons of the prophet Muhammad on the city’s trains, buses, and stations. An Important Advocacy Tool.

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Association Brain Food: 1.5.24

Reid All About it

I’m glad most of these deal with strategic considerations that position associations for the future, rather than technical functionality offered by most systems. Impexium shares the requirements most likely found on the AMS wish list of association executives. Member segmentation. Non-dues revenue.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.28.16

Reid All About it

This week, Beth Brooks, CAE, President & CEO of the Texas Society of Association Executives, will join host KiKi L’Italien to discuss her new book, The New CEO’s Guide: Advice for the First-time, Aspiring, or Current Association Executive. How to Select an Association Learning Management System (LMS). Tue 3/29 at 2 p.m.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.28.16

Reid All About it

This week, Beth Brooks, CAE, President & CEO of the Texas Society of Association Executives, will join host KiKi L’Italien to discuss her new book, The New CEO’s Guide: Advice for the First-time, Aspiring, or Current Association Executive. How to Select an Association Learning Management System (LMS). Tue 3/29 at 2 p.m.

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Conference Circuit: Water Pros

Associations Now

The National Rural Water Association’s 2018 WaterPro Conference begins next week in Fort Worth, Texas. City: Fort Worth, Texas. Attendance is expected to exceed 1,500. Organization: National Rural Water Association. Conference: 2018 WaterPro Conference. Venue: Fort Worth Convention Center. Have a Meeting on the Horizon?