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What’s the Big Deal About Content Curation for Associations?

Portage Group

That giant toolbox we call social media is getting fuller every day with different types of tools to help associations and nonprofits. Storify: As I write this, the biggest trending topic on storify is a stream of live tweets, photos and video of an open heart surgery in Memorial Hermann hospital in Houston, TX.

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It’s a Great Time to Be a Young Association Professional: Erin Sevitz on Working Hard, Being Agile and Leaving Your Mark

Association Adviser

Erin guides IFMA’s voice and messaging, leads the association’s social media presence and oversees IFMA’s web properties, magazine and online Knowledge Library. When I worked for Naylor I was based in Florida, but eventually I wanted to return to Houston. IFMA Houston Service Center of Excellence © Aker Imaging.

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SCD Group: Best of the Week: 3 key topics for Association CEOs.

SCD Group

Issue 2: Should your association have a social media policy? Only about 40% of employers have formal social-media policies, according to a survey of 470 companies released this year by the Society for Human Resource Management. 8 Reasons Social Media Policies Backfire by Heather Bussing. James and Laura L.

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Your Next Software Platform Could Be Lurking in the Shadows

Associations Now

” I’m definitely the kind of person who would rather go with what works than remain grumpy, gritting my teeth in frustration about a tool I’d simply rather not use. And in many cases these tools work together; when I’m done with something, I can paste a link into a Slack window and, boom, productivity.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Five Lessons from the Road

Idea Architects

At the California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues Annual Meeting , Charlene Li reminded participants that social media is about relationships. Doing so reminded me again of the value participants find in engaging with simple tools and considering manageable habits they can adopt or adapt to improve their performance.

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Conferences Aren't Serious About Networking Unless

Idea Architects

Include space on name badges for Twitter handles and in participant listings for other social media connections (LinkedIn, Facebook, et al) that individuals may wish to share. 19, Houston, Assof of Fundraising Profs Conference. You talk to people while standing in line or when passing them a serving dish. Blog Archive.

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Seven Ways to Make Sure Your Blog Gets Noticed

Beth Kanter

The good news is this is completely avoidable in the Age of Social Media. Over the last six years since our founding, MomsRising has worked with hundreds of bloggers and has learned how to strategically use social media to ensure that key audiences don’t miss compelling posts. This proved to be fruitful.