Here’s a video from the CEO of JetBlue back in 2007. This is a great example of how to use a social media communication to quickly and succinctly state the facts during a crisis situation, explain next steps, and show you care about your stakeholders.
October 13th, 2008 | Maddie Grant | Comments | ContinuedPITV
National Geographic plays with user-generated content
Beet TV interviews Rob Covey, senior VP for National Geographic, on their launch of “Everyday Explorers”, a site for people to upload videos.
Check out their user video site – Everyday Explorers, their music site – Nat Geo Music, and their My Shot photo-sharing site.
October 10th, 2008 | Maddie Grant | Comments | Continued
Stop doing sh*t you hate!
LOVE Gary Vaynerchuk. Makes me feel motivated every time.
October 9th, 2008 | Maddie Grant | Comments | Continued
So… do you exist? Weekend funny.
Hahahaha. Thanks to DigitalNow for the link.
October 4th, 2008 | Maddie Grant | Comments | Continued
Maddie talks Twitter for associations
Check out Maddie’s fabulous interview with Amy Goodman from The Magazine Group’s Engage e-newsletter series.
My favorite quotes:
“Twitter is very useful for pushing out the contents of an association’s blog, for example, or for informing people about a publication that has just come out…”
“People do expect you to have a personal voice,…
October 2nd, 2008 | Lindy Dreyer | Comments | Continued
Change the world. Google’s Project 10 to the 100th
Are you ready to change the world? Google has some money to spend on a few ideas that will help as many people as possible. Whose ideas? Maybe yours. See how it works.
Isn’t this a cool model for changing your association, your industry, your member’s lives?
September 25th, 2008 | Lindy Dreyer | Comments | Continued
Google Reader in Plain English
You don’t have to understand all the ins and outs of RSS to get value out of a great RSS reader. (Though you could get RSS in Plain English, too.) I use Google Reader and it works for me.
Here’s Lee LeFever’s latest masterpiece–a quick, painless explanation of how to use Google…
September 6th, 2008 | Lindy Dreyer | Comments | Continued
ASAE YouTube Channel
Just a quick reminder that you can find a whole ton of ASAE2008 videos and more on ASAE’s Youtube Channel. Subscribe to get notice of new vids.
Just picked one for you here, because I was bummed to not be able to go to her ASAE session… Super smart lady Susan…
August 28th, 2008 | Maddie Grant | Comments | Continued
Patti Digh on Diversity
Here’s another good video from the ASAE Annual Meeting post-session interviews. Patti Digh, who was a panelist at the opening general session entitled Workforce Inclusiveness: Looking Through the Lens of Others, asks association executives to think about a very tough question. What is your core intention for focusing on diversity?
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August 21st, 2008 | Lindy Dreyer | Comments | Continued
Three good vids from ASAE
Frank Fortin, communications director for the Massachusetts Medical Society, explains how he is using Forrester’s Social Technographic Survey to better understand his association’s social media successes and failures.
Amy Smith of Cadix on generations and social media.
Lisa Junker of Associations Now on blogging
August 21st, 2008 | Maddie Grant | Comments | Continued
Social Media in Plain English
I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t post this. Needs no explanation. : )
Social Media in Plain English from leelefever on Vimeo. Via Associated Knowledge.
June 2nd, 2008 | Maddie Grant | Comments | Continued
Maddie - I'm glad you got a google, er, giggle out of that post. Thanks! 
Thanks for including me in this list. I am very flattered. (You've put me in good company.) 
Like electricity, the Web is everywhere and changes everything, But the one thing it can't deliver is freedom. 
Thanks, Maddie! Have a great weekend. 
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