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Reads of the Week: February 22, 2013

Reid All About it

Sales has been having these conversations face-to-face for decades, so who better to tap as a resource to inform your content marketing strategy and tactics?” If you feel like you missed out on Valentine’s Day, you should definitely check this out. Wacarra Yeomans at MediaPost provides tips on building a 12-month editorial calendar.

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15 Key Considerations for 2013 Conferences

Idea Architects

While the degree of replication varies, I think each of the following 15 considerations are worth every conference designer contemplating for their 2013 efforts. Definitely not. So here is some of what I think we will/should see more of in meeting and conference design in 2013.

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Social Media Roundup: Stretch Your Event’s Definition

Associations Now

. — Dave Lutz (@VelChain) August 27, 2013. Hurt says that today, conferences must focus on building a stronger consumer experience—and outdated strategies are barriers to that happening. — Jeffrey Cufaude (@jcufaude) August 26, 2013. That’s not the case anymore, says Velvet Chainsaw’s Jeff Hurt.

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Getting Buy-In: 5 Objections to Online Communities that Are Holding You Back

Higher Logic

Having a community manager involved in set up, strategy, and engagement tactics from the beginning will give your community a strong start and help you meet business goals in the future. Four in ten seniors now own smartphones, a number that’s doubled since 2013, according to Pew Research Center. That number comes from back in 2013.

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Social Media Roundup: Add Google+ To Your Event-Planning Strategy

Associations Now

— LBI (@LBIAudioVideo) April 10, 2013. What social tools are in your event-planning strategy? (ht — SSULive (@SSULive) April 10, 2013. If you’re purchasing an ad, you definitely don’t want to filter in the wrong way. Getting Juice Out Of Google+. Why should #Eventprofs Care about Google Plus?

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Feeling the Burn(out)

Higher Logic

In The Community Roundtable’s 2013 State of Community Management report, they found burnout is pretty common among community managers. Rather than excitement, you feel angst when thinking of engagement strategies. Develop a clear definition of success for community, phased over quarters. You dread checking email, yet never stop.

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Is your Association a Learning Organization?

WBT Systems

A learning organization is one “that facilitates the learning of its members and continuously transforms itself” According to this definition , this type of organization is more responsive to external pressures, has a faster pace of change within the organization, and is better able to innovate and remain competitive.