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Been using Google Wave in a limited way over the past few days since a friend sent me an invite. I need more friends to play with. If you’d like one of the invites, just shoot me an e-mail: b (at) BenMartinCAE dot com and I’ll hook you up (while [...]
October 23rd, 2009 | Ben Martin | Comments | Continued
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Because checking your watch during a meeting isn’t quite as rude as checking your BlackBerry, the fine folks at RIM bring you the BlackBerry InPulse Smartwatch. Now, your Pavlonian teeth-grinding response to BlackBerry buzzes can be accompanied by repeated pulls at your cuff to glance at your “watch.”
Me? I’m [...]
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October 13th, 2009 | Ben Martin | Comments | Continued
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Have you seen the VAR Infomercial, shown at VAR’s Convention & Expo 2009?
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The body charged with attracting more visitors to the midwestern state will now be known as the Tourism Federation of Wisconsin (TFW), in an attempt to put a stop to the jokes.
It seems that the federation was unaware of – or unconcerned by – the modern meaning of WTF until [...]
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Back in college I discovered this amazing acoustic guitar duo that toured regionally. My friends and I would drive all over the place following them into small music halls, bars, and college music festivals. The year before I graduated they put together a band and got even better. I followed [...]
September 28th, 2009 | Ben Martin | Comments | Continued
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From all indications, Google Wave looks to be a game-changing group collaboration technology. If you haven’t already watched the video from the Google I/O event earlier this year (caution, it’s long) you really should set aside some time to look into this, especially if your organization does a lot of [...]
July 29th, 2009 | Ben Martin | Comments | Continued
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A few people have seen some of the viral status update links I push out through Twitter and have wondered how I did it. It’s actually really simple if you know what you’re doing.
Start your link URL with http://twitter.com/?status=
Then, everything after the equal sign will be the status that appears [...]
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So I had a little fun on Zazzle tonight. I made and bought one of these. If you want one too, go ahead and buy it, and we can coordinate outfits at ASAE. It’ll be so much fun. What the heck is fogdirog, you say?
Buy this shirt.
June 16th, 2009 | Ben Martin | Comments | Continued
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If yes, fill out this here form. The meeting is in April 2010 in Quebec. If you decide to put in for this, please drop me a line. I’m on the selection committee for this conference of association executives, so you have a friend on the inside. I’ll see what [...]
May 20th, 2009 | Ben Martin | Comments | Continued
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Two free nights at a Disney resort
Free association marketing conference
Free food and beverage
All you have to do is get there
This is what the crazy economy has brought us.
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There are about a zillion meeting scheduling services on the Web, but this one’s the best, in my humble opinion. It’s called WhenIsGood.net, and it is the simplest, most elegant meeting scheduling service I’ve ever used. Here’s a four minute video on how it works:
WhenIsGood.net meeting scheduling servicefrom Ben Martin [...]
May 8th, 2009 | Ben Martin | Comments | Continued
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A few weeks ago I told my friend Jeff Turner about some trouble I was having with Twitter.
No, not that kind of trouble.
To help me out, Jeff built this site for me, and now it’s out of super-secret beta so I can share it with you. Watch this video for [...]
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This would definitely qualify as a frequently asked question, so rather than explain it, let me show you how to do it:
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I’m thinking about creating a small peer group/online community for practicing association executives who oversee social media initiatives. For starters, here’s who I have in mind:
Becky Granger, Educause
Renato Sogueco, Society of American Florists
Frank Fortin, Massachusetts Medical Society
Helen Mosher, AFCEA Int’l
Fred Faulkner, American Bar Association
Todd Carpenter, National Association of Realtors
Lynn Morton, [...]
hi i read... and email lists is the single biggest mistake in membership recruitment. In any given outreach Video quality is good, I feel this much better to read, and we all can view your expressions. ... Any ...
Posterous rocks! :-) 
thaaaaanks http://forum.r1o1.com/ Thanks, Elizabeth! Glad you're getting something out of the series.