Feature Post #1
Working with a Certification Board: “Why is it so ##%@ hard?”
Okay, so those aren’t my words, I promise! Rather, it’s the subject of the upcoming Certification Institute Summit being held October 13-14 in DC. Here’s the session description: In this intense, two-day session we will take an in-depth look at executive-board relationships and what it takes to forge a highly effective partnership between the board and executive leaders as well as with staff, volunteers and vendors. We will address those hard questions about what it…
Mickie Rops | September 2nd, 2010 | Continued
Feature Post #2
Women Who Tech
If I were not already going to be in Chicago at SHSMD, I would definitely be checking out this event: Women Who Tech. It’s the third version of this annual telesummit and will take place on Wednesday, September 15. As a telesummit, it’s a specifically virtual event (but there will be an afterparty F2F component in DC, NYC, and San Francisco).
The event features a solid lineup of presenters, including:
- Mary Hodder, Technologist and Founder of of Dabble.com
- Beth Kanter of Zoetica Media
- Clay Shirky
- Elisa Camahort Page, Co-Founder of BlogHer
- Rashmi Sinha, Co-Founder of SlideShare
- Connie Reece, Co-Founder of Social Media Club
- Kaliya Hamlin, Founder of Shes Geeky
- Genevieve Bell of Intel
- Heather Harde, CEO of TechCrunch
- Irene Au of Google
- Lynne D. Johnson of the Advertising Research Foundation
- Tara Hunt
Topics will include items of both personal and professional interest.
Elizabeth Engel | September 2nd, 2010 | Continued
Feature Post #3
Association Jam: Top Links for August 2010
Blog posts and articles on Leadership and Social Media topped the active topics at AssociationJam.org last month. Events came in close behind, as association professionals were all geared up for ASAE10. Fundraising, Membership, Technology, and Volunteers were tied for third. Here are the most popular links at “AJam” in August 2010….(read more)
Rebecca Leaman | September 2nd, 2010 | Continued
Feature Post #4
100 Ways to Measure Social Media
Continuing the conversation we started at Buzz2010 with Olivier Blanchard on social media ROI, I’d like you to take a look at this interesting presentation on Digital ROI by David Berkowitz, which he gave to the Promotion Marketing Association (…
Maddie Grant | September 2nd, 2010 | Continued
Feature Post #5
What I’m Reading
- Jamie Notter clues us in to what’s killing our organizations – FEAR.
- Have you thought about your elevator speech lately? What will you do if the one person who can get you your dream sponsorship, job, conference speaker, or membership prospect suddenly ends up in there with you?
- Looking for social media help? You might want to think twice about picking a PR firm to be your guru.
- If, like me, you missed the third installment of Buzz 2010 (Oliver Blanchard on social media ROI), here’s a solid recap of what he talked about.
- Awesome presentation tips for before, during and after the event and including all different types of presentations. Vow to try at least a few the next time you’re presenting.
- I finished Shirky on the plane to LA and will likely be doing a post or series of posts based on the items I highlighted while reading.
- I also finished The World That Made New Orleans and have moved onto Ned Sublette’s most recent book, The Year Before the Flood. It’s a personal memoir of both his childhood and 10 months he lived in New Orleans in 2004-2005, decamping several months before Hurricane Katrina, sprinkled with more of his excellent history of and reporting on the New Orleans music scene, but he remains a passionate and engaging (if somewhat polemical) writer.
Elizabeth Engel | September 1st, 2010 | Continued
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