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Blogging Elsewhere: March 2011

Reid All About it

I first met Jen Newmeyer, who is the Food Bank’s social media person, at a Raleigh tweet-up last year. What if you did your research, filled your community with valuable content, marketed it in all the right places and your members are still MIA? Read the rest at Avectra… Open Community Case Study – Food Bank.

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You’ve Got to Read This: October 4, 2011

Reid All About it

They’re from Raleigh! Here’s one of her brilliant ones: The Only Competitor You Have Is In Your Head. And another, You Can Be Average. Do you know what three of these bloggers have in common? I didn’t plan that, it just can’t be helped; we have a big bunch of smarties here in the Triangle.

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Reads of the Week: October 5, 2012

Reid All About it

You can listen to that interview, watch his TED 2011 talk video and read an excerpt from his book on the show’s site. Last weekend I discovered a poem by Raleigh poet Dorianne Laux. I heard him this week on the Diane Rehm show talking about Khan Academy and his new book, The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined.

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The Social Network Your Social Network Should Be Like

Associations Now

Nextdoor, which was founded in 2011, took the other fork in the road—it keeps all those disparate communities splintered apart and embraces the people you don’t know. But eventually, Facebook saw a bigger opportunity in connecting all those disparate social communities under one massive blue umbrella. The Pluses and Minuses.

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Innovation: Key to Boosting Meeting Attendance

Associations Now

And around that same time, the Association of the United States Army notified the Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau it would not hold an upcoming symposium there. Sullivan, AUSA’s President and CEO: “[We] are unable to consider [Raleigh] while the sequestration and other extreme financial pressures on the Army are ongoing.” .”

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Peace Sells.But Who's Buying - Association Membership?

Association Subculture

I'm involved in the Raleigh one. ► 2011. (27). I can't help but think about the Social Media Club model that's working well in many cities. Sacramento has one that started right after I moved away. It's free to "belong," i.e. be on their email list. The monthly meeting is free. A host provides the room.