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Association Brain Food Weekly: 4.5.19

Reid All About it

Navigating the Universe of Employee Medical Leave in DC: A Nonprofit’s Guide to the District of Columbia’s Universal Paid Leave Act (UPLA) and Other Employee Leave Laws (online and Washington DC). *All times are Eastern Daylight Time unless otherwise noted. Tue 4/9 at 12:00/12:30 p.m. Location: Rosemont IL.

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Furloughed Federal Workers Get Help from Associations

Associations Now

National Conference Center. The National Conference Center is honored to count federal agencies and organizations among our top clients for the past 40 years, and we feel moved to help our community during this time,” Lawson said. We are deeply committed to helping all of our residents impacted by the government shutdown.”.

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Fostering An Extremely Powerful Tool At Your Conference: The Session Discussion

Velvet Chainsaw

Two-way communication is an extremely powerful tool that your conference needs to foster. Without peer discussions, your conference education sessions are nothing more than audio voices blowing in the wind. It’s time to devote 50% of all conference education sessions to peer discussion! Let’s Talk. Ask questions.

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Thursday Buzz: Now That’s a Close Vote

Associations Now

On Monday, the District of Columbia Bar announced the results of its elections, and the two main presidential candidates were separated by just 35 votes, according to Legal Times. Think you could take a strategy like this to your next conference? (ht ht @ CincyUSA ). Other Links of Note.

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With First Convention, Food Truck Group Finds Its Road to the Future

Associations Now

After it won the battle for favorable vending regulations in the District of Columbia last year, the DC, Maryland, and Virginia Food Truck Association (DMV FTA) found itself at a crossroads. The organization was founded to combat strict regulations that severely limited the ability of food trucks to operate in the District. “Our

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Parsing Common Core: An Education Program Under Fire

Associations Now

According to CoreStandards.org, 45 states, the District of Columbia, four U.S. Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin this year halted or delayed implementation, according to the Denver-based National Conference of State Legislatures. The criticism. Responding to the criticism.

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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and New York SHIELD Act for Associations, Nonprofits, and Other 501(c) Organizations

Delcor

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) , all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Though the GDPR originated in the EU, high-profile data breaches have become increasingly more common and inspired similar regulations in the United States.