Associations sharpen visual identities with updated logos
Changing decades-old designs requires strategic investment process, in time and money; FMI goes high-tech with scannable image. A shopping cart and a barcode have been part of the Food Marketing Institutes logos since 1977, the year a merger created FMI. Scanning was cutting-edge technology then, and the logo helped identify FMI as a forward-thinking organization.
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After years in a career spent in communications and human relations, Pat Cleary tackles his new role as head of association. Cleary
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Read MoreLibrary leader gets virtual
Fiels records video for ALA's Banned Books Week The American Library Association holds virtual conferences and virtual meetings, so it was only natural to sponsor a Virtual Read-Out. Fiels
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Read MoreD.C. board backs health exchange for all small employers
Coalition of Washington businesses and nonprofit groups opposes single, city-run marketplace for buying insurance The District of Columbia is a huge step closer to requiring all small businessesincluding associations based in the cityto purchase employee health insurance though a new exchange, starting in 2014. The executive board of the Health Benefit Exchange Authority voted unanimously Oct. 3 to make this new marketplace the sole buying option for individuals and businesses with 50 or fewer employees.
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