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South Dakota School Group Wades Slowly Into Mascot Debate

Associations Now

Rather than taking a bold step in its handling of the controversial issue, the South Dakota High School Activities Association has chosen a measured approach of advising schools against using Native American mascots, instead of banning them. Census data.

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Is co-leadership right for your organization?

Association Success

Associations North serves association professionals in North and South Dakota and Minnesota with education, leadership growth and professional development opportunities. . Collectively, they have headed Associations North for the last three years, an association that identifies itself as “the association for associations.” .

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Harley Davidson Stumbled Upon Community (And it Saved Them)

Higher Logic

You can’t go to the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota - a rally that attracts 1.25 It’s because when you buy a Harley, you’re not just buying a motorcycle - you’re buying an experience, an identity and a ticket into their unique community.

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Conference Circuit: Outdoor Recreation

Associations Now

The Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals’ 2019 National Outdoor Recreation Conference begins next week in South Dakota. City: Rapid City, South Dakota. Attendance is expected to hit 250. Organization: Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals. Conference: 2019 National Outdoor Recreation Conference.

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Neurologist Shortages Widespread in U.S., Alzheimer’s Association Warns

Associations Now

The gaps were most significant in Wyoming, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Oklahoma. On Sunday at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in London, researchers with the startup Neurocern, Inc.,

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How E-Commerce And Online Marketplaces Help Small Businesses During COVID-19

InternetAssociation

We have, proportionally, the same number of small businesses selling on the platform in South Dakota as we do in California. E-commerce really isn’t concentrated in major metropolitan areas or West coast and East coast. Mike Dabbs, Senior Director of Americas Government Relations at eBay.

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Nonprofits Tracking States’ Online Sales Tax Adoption

Associations Now

Associations and other nonprofit groups are closely tracking activity in state legislatures across the country to impose a state sales tax for online purchases in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair last year.