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Q&A with The Discovery Educator Network Community: Connecting and Empowering Educators Across the Globe [Case Study]

Higher Logic

Where can educators around the globe find resources, advice, networking, and support when they need it? Connecting was difficult - until the Discovery Educator Network (DEN). Jenny: And you haven’t always been a community manager, but you’ve always been in education, is that right? Dave : Yes. Can you tell us more about that?

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Alleviate Accounting Systems and Staff Training Chokepoints to Power Nonprofit Missions: A Case on How One Oregon Nonprofit Did It

Blue Avocado

Part 2: Personal to Personnel In 2019, I came to Lost Valley Education and Event Center (LVEC), first as a student, then as LVEC’s bookkeeper, with no prior training in the craft other than management of my own finances and my stint as an Air Force Intelligence Officer. LVEC is a nonprofit whose resident staff, […].

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Oregon Pot Edibles Group: Start Slowly

Associations Now

That’s the recommendation of the Oregon Responsible Edibles Council (OREC), which is launching a public education campaign to correspond with the state’s decision to allow the public to purchase edibles from medical marijuana dispensaries for recreational purposes. Looking to try an edible? “Try 5” first.

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Live Panel: Making Sustainability No.1 in the U.S. Music Industry

Event Industry News

Michael first started out with environmental work studying Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon and working with Recycle Crew at the Oregon Country Fair. He wants to help revise current policies for higher standards of our MM & SWR operations to run more efficiently while producing less waste overall.

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Alleviate Accounting Systems and Staff Training Chokepoints to Power Nonprofit Missions: A Case on How One Oregon Nonprofit Did It

Blue Avocado

Part 1: Innovation is Iterative In 2019, I came to Lost Valley Education and Event Center (LVEC), first as a student for the Holistic Sustainability Semester (HSS), one of LVEC’s programs, and then began employment as LVEC’s bookkeeper, with no prior training in the craft other than management of my own finances and experience with […].

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Congratulations, 2024 Chamber of the Year Finalists!

GrowthZone

Those honored with the designation have demonstrated organizational strength and made an impact on key community priorities, such as education, transportation, economic prosperity, and quality of life. The Chamber of the Year award recognizes the leadership role chambers of commerce have in their communities.

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Jeff De Cagna joins ATA Board of Directors

Principled Innovation

ATA, located in Portland, Oregon, exists to cure tinnitus through the development of resources that advance tinnitus research. When I first developed my condition in college, I reached out to ATA for information and education and they responded. 50 million Americans experience tinnitus to some degree.

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