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Starting Early: Super Bowl-Funded Community Projects Get Going Months Before Big Game

Associations Now

In Minnesota, the Super Bowl Host Committee’s legacy fund, backed by money from the NFL and other donors, is helping to pay for community projects throughout the state. The Minneapolis-hosted Super Bowl LII is still nearly eight months away.

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Funding Initiative to Support Black-Owned Businesses Hits the Local Level

Associations Now

The Association for Enterprise Opportunity, continuing its three-year Tapestry Project, has launched “action labs” in five cities to support black-owned businesses. This week, AEO officially launched the Tapestry Project Action Lab, which takes the larger project and applies it to businesses at the local level.

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A Nonprofit’s Gift Bag Survives the “Travel Worthy” Test

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Ask them about projects they’ve worked on recently and you might get a cool idea. I put it under the seat in front of me on the small plane to Minneapolis, carried it through the Minneapolis airport, then put it under the seat in front of me on the bigger plane to Raleigh. She said, “I’ve seen a bunch of these already today.”.

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Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator – Rebecca Lechner

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

In her role, she manages internal and external communications, media relations, social media, video projects, special event communications and more. to 10:00 a.m – After school drop offs for my two boys, I arrive at my desk at our office in South Minneapolis and get to emails that need to be responded to ASAP. to 12:00 p.m.

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Angela Kisskeys Named Associations North President

AssociationChat

MINNEAPOLIS – Associations North, the leading trade association for non-profit associations in the upper Midwest, announced today that Angela Kisskeys has been promoted to President of the organization. “I’m June 15, 2022. ANGELA KISSKEYS NAMED ASSOCIATIONS NORTH PRESIDENT. About Associations North.

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From Nisswa - Monday afternoon member reactions

Associations Live

Becky Pomorin of the Millenium Hotel in Minneapolis appreciated what speaker Dan Domagala of Russell Herder had to say about marketing this morning. "He She gave me a simple model for planning any successful project which focuses on 'What, so what, and now what.' It really keeps the focus on the end user of the project."

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Accessibility for All: Toolkit Ensures Better Meetings For Every Attendee

Associations Now

With that same idea in mind of providing people with lots of information and ensuring all attendees have the best onsite experience possible, earlier this week the Event Service Professionals Association (ESPA) introduced a new resource called “Project Access: Accessible Meetings FAQs.”.