The Power of A

How is your association forming partnerships to improve society?

Part of the power of associations and the good they do for society is found in their partnerships with other organizations to create programs to help a needy segment of the population.  ASAE & The Center on January 21 will be providing an opportunity for associations to form these partnerships when it hosts it first Volunteer Fair from 11 AM - 1 PM in the ASAE & The Center Conference Center.

The fair is open to association executives and will provide them with the opportunity to meet with various organizations in order to see if the association can partner in an existing program beneficial to the community.  The benefit is not only to the association, which shows it dedication to a better society, but also to staff and volunteers as it creates an opportunity for team building and leadership training.

Some of the organizations that will be participating include Disney, the American Heart Association, Volunteers of America, Volunteer Alexandria, Meals on Wheels, the Urban Alliance, and more.  The event is free for ASAE & The Center members, and is a collaboration between the GW Network, Nonprofit Programs and the ASAE staff’s Community Outreach Team (COT).

For more information and to register, click here.

Quick Hits

The House and Senate will begin reconciling their health care legislation not through a formal conference, but by amending the two bills they passed last year.  To see a comparison of the two bills, see the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation chart.  The House Democrats have also listed the major differences between the two bills… ASAE & The Center CEO John Graham recently penned an entry for the National Journal’s Under the Influence blog on his submission for the best advocacy campaign of 2009.  Read the entry here.