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-North American-
Offices: Toronto, Ontario
NABA provides a forum where broadcasters can interact to share best practices,
discuss common challenges and opportunities and advance the interests of
broadcasting. Founded in 1972, the organization is actively involved in
issues relating to digital technology, intellectual property, spectrum allocation,
journalistic standards, new media operational issues and broadcasters' use
of distribution technologies including satellites and fibre. NABA plays
a key role representing North American broadcasters with status as a non-governmental
organization at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and
the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Offices: Lombard, Illinois
NARDA's mission is to provide the power of knowledge to independent retailers
and servicers through progressive education, information and services, with
friendly and prompt service. NARDA members are independent retailers, selling
and servicing kitchen and laundry appliances, consumer home and mobile electronics,
computers and other home and small office products, furniture, sewing machines,
vacuum cleaners, room air conditioners, and other consumer home products.
Offices: Raleigh, North Carolina
Founded in 1976 by seven member cities (Asheville, Charlotte, Greensboro,
Hickory, High Point, Raleigh and Winston-Salem), the North Carolina Association
of Convention & Visitor Bureaus was organized as a network of destination
marketing organizations working cooperatively to promote North Carolina
as a convention and leisure destination. Travel to North Carolina and experience
their beautiful beaches, scenic mountains and historic sites. The North
Carolina Association of Convention & Visitor Bureaus is a membership organization
of North Carolina destination marketing organizations.
Offices: Raleigh, North Carolina
The North Carolina Retail Merchants Association was organized in 1902 to
improve the business climate for retail merchants in North Carolina. The
NCRMA is a voice of the retail industry in North Carolina. NCRMA represents
the interests of individual merchants before the members of the General
Assembly and serves as a vital link to state government. The Association's
membership includes more than 25,000 stores from across the state whose
businesses represent 75 percent of North Carolina's retail sales volume.-North Dakota-
Offices: Bismarck, North Dakota
The North Dakota Retail Association is comprised of large and small retail
businesses across the state. The association’s mission is to promote and
enhance retail business, improve the business climate in the state, provide
training and education to members, and monitor legislative and regulatory
activity on the state and national level. The association serves large and
small retailers, multi-state chains and "Mom and Pops," all types of merchants.
Offices: Bismarck, North Dakota
North Dakota Telephone Association has 18 Local Exchange Carriers as Active
members, 10 companies serving as Affiliate/Sustaining members, and nearly
100 Vendor and Supplier companies as Associate Members. The purpose of the
organization is to collectively address common telephone industry needs
by: Providing to its members information and assistance in matters of industry-wide
importance; Providing workshops, seminars, and conferences as a means of
establishing a forum for the expression of ideas, discussion of problems
of the member companies and educational opportunities.
Offices: Cleveland, Ohio
NorTech is a diverse group of fifty business leaders that includes the presidents
of universities and colleges, the director of NASA Glenn, CEOs and CTOs
of major corporations, entrepreneurs from small- and medium-sized technology
companies, capital providers, professional service providers, and leaders
from various chambers, intermediaries, and foundations across the region.
Offices: Blountville, Tennessee
The Northeast Tennessee Technology Council is a non-profit organization
whose purpose is to educate, engage and support a region of technology-based
businesses and entrepreneurs that will enhance the region's economy and
technological infrastructure. NETTC has a 15 member Board of Directors and
a 5 member Executive Committee team which serves a region of eight counties:
Carter, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi and Washington.-Northern Virginia-
Offices: Herndon, Virginia
The Northern Virginia Technology Council is the membership and trade association
for the technology community in Northern Virginia and is the largest technology
council in the nation. NVTC has more than 1100 member companies representing
about 160,000 employees. Its membership includes companies from all sectors
of the technology industry including information technology, software/hardware,
Internet, ISPs, telecommunications, biotechnology, bioinformatics, aerospace
and nanotechnology, as well as the service providers that play an important
role in supporting these companies.
Offices: Plano, Texas
The North Texas Technology Council seeks to build a strong public image
for the technology community in North Texas by promoting industry stars,
products, technologies and member companies. The NTTC promotes North Texas
as a place for technology companies to start, locate, grow, prosper, invest,
work, live and play, and serves their members and the technology community
at-large by providing training, education and support programs.
Offices: Bellevue, Washington
NWVG, a non-profit organization, is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs succeed.
Their activities and programs are focused on building the entrepreneurial
and venture community in the Northwest and enabling entrepreneurs to access
resources and funding to accelerate their business growth.
Offices: Portland, Oregon
The Northwest Environmental Business Council was established to help identify
the leading professionals in the environmental industry in the Northwest.
The organization is a resource for environmental procurement needs. NEBC
is a regional trade association representing environmental technology and
service firms in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska since 1996.
NEBC is recognized as the most comprehensive representative of the Pacific
Northwest environmental industry by state and federal regulators, as well
as the regulated community.
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