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Daily Buzz: GoFundMe Launches Fundraising Platform for Nonprofits

Associations Now

Are you considering crowdsourcing funds for your association’s next project? American, United, and Alaska Airlines are all removing screens from most of their medium-range aircraft. GoFundMe Charity is designed to make generating donations easier—and more social. Also: Say goodbye to in-flight entertainment.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.29.20

Reid All About it

Check out the midnight sun and aurora borealis, paddling down the Chena River, or dog mushing in these 360-view videos from Fairbanks, Alaska. Learn whether hiring a professional service is a better option than DIY, which technical tools to use for your DIY project, and a strategy for getting your video seen or podcast heard.

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Library Group Launches Accessibility Grant Program 

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“It started off as a need to shift public discourse away from libraries as institutions in crisis and as a way for us to facilitate them as agents of change,” said Samantha Oakley, project director in ALA’s public programs office. They may have only one or two people in the conversation, but that’s one percent of their population.”

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 4.3.20

Reid All About it

Maybe you’ve seen this one before, it’s strangely mesmerizing, the fish jumping upstream… grizzly bears at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park, Alaska. Alina Cooper, Director of Project Management, Event Garde. (Michael Jones et al, Notion ). Explore Bears & Bison, YouTube ). More info/register. Host: Event Garde.

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Leading a Staff That Works Everywhere

Associations Now

According to ARCUS’ website , its headquarters is in Fairbanks, Alaska. Others are located at other remote points elsewhere in Alaska, as well as in California, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. A Basecamp-style project management tool helps the staff coordinate work, and Google Drive helps them share and edit documents.

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Here Come the Drones: Industry Groups Talk Up FAA’s Unmanned Device Tests

Associations Now

Among the picks was a trio of schools—University of Alaska, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and Virginia Tech— as well as the state of Nevada, Griffiss International Airport in New York state, and the North Dakota Department of Commerce. “In

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Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator – Michelle Scharlock

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Michelle Scharlock is the Communications Manager for the Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Western Washington & Alaska. Inevitably, I will check the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska page and see if there are new comments or messages which need replies. to 2:00 p.m.

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