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State Department Social Media Visa Policy Draws Pushback

Associations Now

A policy that would compel visa applicants to the United States to share five years of details about their social media use could chill inbound U.S. they’ll soon have to offer up their social media information with the application. travel, said a number of groups, including ASAE. government.

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Time to Declare Independence From Social Media?

Associations Now

The reason that Facebook has become such a powerful and important social media outlet is its wide reach and ability to drive lots of traffic and conversation. I use my Facebook feed to read news—with sites like Gawker , Vox , and Mental Floss near the top of the list. Time for a New Direction?

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Social Media Roundup: The NYPD’s Social Media Crossfire

Associations Now

A big-city police department’s kerfuffle reminds us that, depending on the topic and the audience, social media campaigns can sometimes do more harm than good. The New York Police Department’s social media campaign was meant to draw positive attention, but it didn’t turn out that way.

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Mizz Information: New York Times and Other Excitement

Mizz Information

New York Times and Other Excitement. Thanks to the fact that my friend Tonia Ries is a rockstar, the story got picked up by the New York Times , so I will now be able to go down in history--much to my mothers chagrin--as the mom who helped her 13 year old lie to get on Facebook. Mizz Information. Subscribe via email.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.24.20

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The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Is social media about paying attention … or getting it? That’s the problem with social media today. We’re in the midst of a trust crisis—and the way social media is abused doesn’t help. LinkedIn has its moments.

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Social Media Roundup: From Big Ideas To Practice

Associations Now

Apply these ideas from The Atlantic’s New York Ideas Conference to your social media strategy. Also: Gather some knowledge from Forbes’ Top 50 Social Media Influencers list. What do you get when you place some of the world’s most influential social media and consumer thinkers in one room?

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Build a Marketing Dream Team—Welcome AI

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For communicators who would rather write sentences than algorithms, finding the phrases that will viralize your posts seems like a New York Times word game gone wrong. AI, your new marketing assistant, is happy to help. Social media. Oh, those pesky keywords. You don’t have to wake up at four a.m.

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