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What Burning Man's 10 Principles Can Teach You About Building Community

Higher Logic

Nope, this all began (on a much smaller scale) back in 1986 when friends Larry Harvey and Jerry James built an 8-foot tall human effigy and burned it on Baker Beach in San Francisco (population: 35). 6: Communal Effort. Our community values creative cooperation and collaboration. A new trend? 7: Civic Responsibility. “We

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.5.20

Reid All About it

There are strategic change management, crisis communication, and member engagement strategies every association needs to be mindful of deploying right now to ensure the association is positioned for sustainable, long-term growth. Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP, education, conference, event, certification consultant, Amos-Coleman.

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Association Brain Food: 7.8.22

Reid All About it

At MASAE, the discussion focused on the association predilection to return to ‘normal’ and in-person events, changing member preferences, and using technology more effectively to communicate with members. We saw nearly 2,000 registrants for WEC 2022 in San Francisco in-person and online. Host: Certification Network Group.

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The Networked NGO in India

Beth Kanter

Grantees will engage in peer discussions about integrating social media effectively into their communications strategies and will learn from each other – from challenges and missteps as much as from accomplishments and wins – so success means organizations sharing both. Grantees Implement A Modest and Realistic Action Learning Pilot.

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E-Mediat: Reflections from the Conference in Fez, Morocco

Beth Kanter

Group Photo with Certificates. This conference was designed as an interactive, networking event. Here’s what we did: Participants were given a networking card and had to meet five other people from another country and find something in common and write down the information on the card.