Feature Post #1

Yeah, DigitalNow 2009 is going to freaking rock

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The DigitalNow team is pleased to announce an exciting addition to the 2009 speaker line-up: Charlene Li.

Charlene is co-author of the influential book on Web 2.0 titled, Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies.

DigitalNow Blog: Announcing DigitalNow 2009 Speaker Charlene Li.

bkmcae@gmail.com (Ben Martin) | November 19th, 2008 | Continued

Feature Post #2

I Got Hung Up on Today!

  I was totally shocked!

Hasn’t happened in a very, very long time - and wasn’t a professional call.

A woman called me wanting advice.

  • She heard me speak several years ago.
  • Thought I could help her out.
  • I took the call.

Seems she was booked to facilitate a chapter retreat.

  • Focus: Getting more members involved.
  • Issue: She…

Cynthia D'Amour | November 19th, 2008 | Continued

Feature Post #3

A Word of Warning

Shirky has a great quote in Chapter 6 that you should use as an association professional in advocating your boss for starting a social media program or hiring someone dedicated to your current social media efforts.

With many more possible groups competing for the average individuals time, the speed with which…

Matt Baehr | November 19th, 2008 | Continued

Feature Post #4

What I’m Reading

Elizabeth Engel | November 19th, 2008 | Continued

Feature Post #5

Give One, Get One

The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope.               Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 


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Ann Oliveri | November 19th, 2008 | Continued

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InfoComm’s Community enables new special interest groups


I’ve been emailing with Shana Rieger, the social media program manager at InfoComm International. Her story particularly interested me, considering my fascination with self-forming groups. She gave me permission to share this with you.

“We launched our site, InfoComm Community, in June 2008 at our tradeshow. We initially had three eGroups set-up for…

November 19th, 2008 | Lindy Dreyer | 18 views | Comments | Continued
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Speaking of good presos…

Here’s our latest from a webinar we did yesterday with Higher Logic. Have burning questions about associations and social media? Perhaps you’ll find the answers here (or contact us for more!). : )

November 19th, 2008 | Maddie Grant | 21 views | Comments | Continued
Cynthia D

I Got By with A Little Help…

   From my friends!

Today I finally turned in the manuscript for my new book, The Lazy Leader’s Guide to Outrageous Results.

  • In the book I take on the 110% martyr culture for volunteer leaders.
  • It’s the seventh - and best book I’ve written to date.
  • (You can check out two chapters at http://tinyurl.com/lazyprepub )

The…

November 18th, 2008 | Cynthia D'Amour | 17 views | Comments | Continued
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Hot tip: Magcloud prints magazines on demand

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Magcloud looks like a nifty competitor to Lulu.

MagCloud enables you to publish your own magazines. All you have to do is upload a PDF and we’ll take care of the rest: printing, mailing, subscription management, and more.

Sure, Lulu does magazines, but Lulu is a…

November 18th, 2008 | bkmcae@gmail.com (Ben Martin) | 22 views | Comments | Continued
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Web Usability for Associations: Designing for Your Members - The Recap

Want to find out how it went and get the slides?

Check out my post on the BFWire.
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November 18th, 2008 | Elizabeth Engel | 33 views | Comments | Continued
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Bounce these ideas around.


It’s been awhile since I’ve shared some heartbreaking links of staggering genius. You’ll want to check these out.

Online Video
comScore’s
recently released numbers on online video. 75% of the US internet audience watches online video. In July alone, Americans viewed more than 558 million hours, an average of 235 minutes per viewer.…

November 18th, 2008 | Lindy Dreyer | 47 views | Comments | Continued
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Always the Last to Know - Username Check

Need to find out if someone’s snatched your favorite screen name on a variety of socnets in about 30 seconds?

Usernamecheck to the rescue!

Shout out to Mads for the link
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November 17th, 2008 | Elizabeth Engel | 39 views | Comments | Continued
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Back to the Blogging

Wow. I just realized it has been 5 weeks since I posted last. That is what having a new job as ED and a 7 month old will do. Needless to say, I have been busy. But, I have started reading Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky again. So, be…

November 17th, 2008 | Matt Baehr | 43 views | Comments | Continued
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To Twitter or Not to Twitter…

That is the question.

Pistachio Consulting
has written a white paper that can help you answer it.

Enterprise Micro Sharing Tools Comparison 11032008

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November 17th, 2008 | Elizabeth Engel | 42 views | Comments | Continued
Cynthia D

It’s Snowing Before Thanksgiving!

  And Mom didn’t even notice.

Raindrop here.

Mom has been consumed by finishing her Lazy Leader book.

  • She worked all day.
  • She didn’t play with me.
  • I’ll be glad when she sends it away tomorrow!

Today was our first real day of snow.

  • The grass was white.
  • It was cold outside.
  • Dad made me wear my coat when we…
November 16th, 2008 | Cynthia D'Amour | 43 views | Comments | Continued

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