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Finance Outline and Impact on Small Business

Yesterday, the Senate Finance Committee leaked its outline for its health care legislation, partly in response to the Congressional Budget Office’s scoring of previous draft language.  The document (seen here) is not legislative language, but the concepts do have some … Continue reading

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Charitable Giving Drops 2% in 2008

The Associated Press reported earlier this week that American charitable giving dropped 2% last year, according to the Giving USA Foundation. This was only the second time in the history of the Foundation’s survey that overall charitable giving had decreased; … Continue reading

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CEOs Speak Out on the Economy

The May edition of Associations Now is hot off the press and one of the most popular pieces features interviews with a variety of CEOs all answering questions surrounding the economic downturn, the effect it’s had on their organization, and … Continue reading

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American Group Psychotherapy Association

Diane Feirman, CAE Public Affairs Director http://www.agpa.org/ As part of its mission the American Group Psychotherapy Association has long promoted group psychotherapy to the public, health professionals and agencies as a unique and highly cost effective form of treatment. This … Continue reading

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Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association

Ike Casey Executive Vice President http://www.phccweb.org/ Our association helps move the country toward economic recovery primarily by providing education and information to our members to help them meet the difficult economic challenges of today. The livelihood of our members’ small … Continue reading

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Wisconsin Housing Alliance

Amy Bliss, CAE http://www.housingalliance.us/ The Wisconsin Housing Alliance is the trade association that represents the factory-built housing industry in Wisconsin. We provide training for our members to: • help the manufacturers design and build green, energy efficient and cost effective … Continue reading

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New York Association of Homes & Services for the Aging

Sara Sanford Interim Executive Vice President www.nyahsa.org [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/A7IX830m8ys" width="425" height="344" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /]  

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National Association of Counties

William E. Cramer Marketing Director http://www.naco.org/ National Association of Counties (NACo) represents all county government officials across the nation. County government is the government closest to the people, employing hundreds of thousands of people, spending more than $300,000,000 billion a … Continue reading

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Virginia Biotechnology Association

Mark Herzog Executive Director http://www.vacats.org/ The Virginia Biotechnology Association (VaBIO) launched a new initiative called “the Virginia Council on Advanced Technology Skills (VCATS) to design a fast track online pathway that connects people to 21st Century jobs. An individual can … Continue reading

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Association of College Honor Societies

Dorothy I. Mitstifer, PhD Kappa Omicron Nu http://www.achsnatl.org/ I believe the following initiatives focus on issues that have potential for the long-term impact on the economy via projects having to do with social responsibility. Kappa Omicron Nu, an honor society … Continue reading

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