Do you know who’s part of your community?Who are your people? Why are they here?How have they changed? What’s important to them?Have you asked recently? And while we’re at it.. what’s YOUR story?
April 8th, 2009 | Maddie Grant | Comments | ContinuedYAP
Pass it On: The WOM Meme
So we’re ramping up to ASAE’s Great Ideas Conference in Miami (three words: YAP Miami Vice), and Lindy and I thought it might fun – and useful! – to start a meme.
We were lucky enough that Lindy’s interview with Andy Sernovitz, the master of word of mouth, got picked for the cover…
February 10th, 2009 | Maddie Grant | Comments | Continued
NTEN Water Cooler Chat 2/5
Your friendly neighborhood Socialfish will be “IN” the NTEN Office Hours Communications Chat Room every Thursday (that’s today!!) at 3 pm EST. Got burning questions about social media strategy? Or just want to hang out and shoot the breeze and get a break from work? Now’s your chance!
Last week, we recapped Tech09.…
February 5th, 2009 | Maddie Grant | Comments | Continued
What I’m Reading
- Unfortunately, the coverage of Team Obama’s personnel mis-steps. Dude! It’s called AN ACCOUNTANT. Hire one!
- 2008 Crunchie Award Winners. Big year for Facebook (duh).
- All kinds of stuff about association wikis, since I’m refreshing my ASAE Annual Meeting Social Media Lab presentation to give again (with Jason Della Rocca, lately of IGDA)…
Ahh, now I get it.
Cloud computing? Eh?
Commoncraft to the rescue!
Wondering why I’m thinking about this? Because of this. Cloud agents have the potential to change everything and Lindy and I will be talking about them at our Unleash Your Inner Geek: Shiny New 2.0 Objects session at Tech09.
And of course, don’t forget to come to…
January 4th, 2009 | Maddie Grant | Comments | Continued
Were you at DMAW’s Association Day on 10/16?
If you were, and you attended Lindy’s and my presentation on New Rules for Engaging Young Professionals, you may remember we promised you a bibliography with lots of links to things we discussed and additional info. Unfortunately the “handouts” (I use the term loosely – who actually finds slide printouts…
October 29th, 2008 | Maddie Grant | Comments | Continued
The Friday Top 5
Top 5 Things That Are Great About Tonight’s YAPpy Hour
- Talking CAE-shop face to face.
- Opportunity to show off/use my newly renovated kitchen.
- My infamous frozen margaritas.
- Elizabeth Engel Seal of Approval iPod Disco Mix (to be followed up by the equally awesome iPod 80s Mix).
- Seeing the incriminating photos on Facebook the next morning.
If you don’t…
October 17th, 2008 | Elizabeth Engel | Comments | Continued
Do associations need Community Managers?
Or, Social Media Managers: Do Associations Need Them? Check out this fantastic discussion on yapstar.org.
October 4th, 2008 | Maddie Grant | Comments | Continued
Is ASAE dying?
Bit of a heavy subject for a Friday, I grant you. But listen to this recent comment:
“While I am an ASAE member (solely because I get it free through my work) I have a lot of gripes with how the organization incorporates vendors into the mix.
It seems not a day…
September 12th, 2008 | Maddie Grant | Comments | Continued
Attention Yapstars – we now have a blog!
Check it out here. Anyone who is a member of YAP can post a blog post, whoo hoo!
Unlike a discussion forum, this doesn’t have to be a specific question. It can just be musings, random thoughts, Friday funny (don’t we all with it was Friday), link to a website…
September 11th, 2008 | Maddie Grant | Comments | Continued
Attention all CAE-ers!
Anyone getting ready to take the CAE Immersion course at ASAE in a couple of weeks, or the exam itself in December, or either one, any other time after? (Info on the CAE program is here.)
I am!
(Stress).
Wanna study with me?
We’ve set up a CAE Study Group space on yapstar.org. Check…
September 9th, 2008 | Maddie Grant | Comments | Continued
The Fun Stuff in San Diego
With ASAE Annual now over, reflection is necessary. I will say that this year’s social aspects of the meeting were phenomenal. Great networking opportunities. Great receptions. Great parties. It was fun meeting some folks IRL (in real life)for the first time. I was also able to make many new friends…
August 22nd, 2008 | Matt Baehr | Comments | Continued
Thoughts from ASAE Annual in San Diego
I was bad. I didn’t blog one post from San Diego. I am going to recap San Diego in two posts, one on the serious stuff and one on the fun stuff. This will be the serious one. I think I can break it into three lists: the good, the…
August 21st, 2008 | Matt Baehr | Comments | Continued
Don’t Even Think of Coming Back Here
So I’m still in San Diego at the ASAE annual meeting.
And last night I got chased out of a bar by an angry bouncer.
What a surprise!
- Grand entrances, yes.
- Bouncers on my heels going out, no.
Here’s what happened…
- I had dinner with my friends in my professional…
Dee-lightful!!
Elizabeth Engel over on Thanks For Playing has a really nice post about the missing element of delight.
As I said to her in my comment, I really think that is a major theme that sets YAP apart from the rest. I’m sure some people think that the way we refer to our…
August 15th, 2008 | Maddie Grant | Comments | Continued
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