WBT Systems

APRIL 25, 2017

Before the rise of social media and cloud computing, associations competed to attract new members — but only in a subtle “non-profit” sort of way. Recipients can display these badges on social media, websites, email signatures and online resumes. EDUCAUSE implemented a digital badge program in 2014.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 8, 2014

2014 might go down as the year that online-driven mass protests truly hit scale in the United States. Large-scale protests organized and fueled by social media have helped shape politics in countries such as Egypt and Ukraine. In today’s Social Media Roundup, read about one group that’s rising to it.

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Mizz Information

JANUARY 19, 2014

I''ve been "doing" social media in the association world for six years now and if I had a dime for every time I''ve heard the comment "but our members are older and aren''t using social media," I could probably retire right now. Still think your members aren''t using social media?

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Association Adviser

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Year-round, 365-day engagement through technology and social media is one of the biggest trends she has observed. Yet our research shows that very few associations— just 1 percent of respondents to our 2013 association benchmarking study—”embrace advertiser input when setting their content and communications strategy.”

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YourMembership

MAY 8, 2014

This technological wonder delivered the information age to us front and center, much under the content giant we know as Google, and the world that associations knew for over a century was instantly turned upside down. The Internet. The end all to be all. Everything you could want to know or gain access to can be found there.

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YourMembership

MAY 8, 2014

This technological wonder delivered the information age to us front and center, much under the content giant we know as Google, and the world that associations knew for over a century was instantly turned upside down. The Internet. The end all to be all. Everything you could want to know or gain access to can be found there.

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Associations Now

JULY 30, 2014

That’s the strategy one trade group is taking, according to today’s Social Media Roundup: That’s a Lot of Bitcoin. — Bitcoin Foundation (@BTCFoundation) July 30, 2014. — Marketplace (@Marketplace) July 30, 2014. link] pic.twitter.com/bigNFrvb4V. ht @ BTCFoundation ).

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Associations Now

APRIL 7, 2014

Two takes on that mindset in today’s Social Media Roundup: Start Me Up. “I went to … the ASAE technology conference, and there I did some market research. ChatterBachs) April 7, 2014. The post Social Media Roundup: Build Your Own Road appeared first on Associations Now.'

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Associations Now

JANUARY 23, 2014

Plus: Give your members some love via social media. More in today’s Social Media Roundup: Word From the Wise. — Jennifer Capurso (@jmcapurso) January 22, 2014. 3 Unique Strategies To Thank Your Supporters On Social Media #nptech #nonprofit [link]. ht @ jmcapurso ). Tweet Beaucoup.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

An American Bankers Association exec shares the association’s strategy in fighting for changes to the Volcker Rule. More details in today’s Social Media Roundup: Concerns, Well Voiced. — American Banker (@AmerBanker) February 13, 2014. — Vanguard Technology (@vanguardtech) February 13, 2014.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

A newly published survey reveals several issues, including membership growth, facing associations in 2014. It also indicates some of the strategies associations are planning to implement this year in areas from marketing to technology to leadership succession.

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YourMembership

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

This week YourMembership.com is “on the road” in Tempe, Arizona attending the 2014 AMC Institute Annual Meeting. It was our opinion that these associations were in the greatest need of the help the technology we were building could provide. How to keep up with the changing demands driven by technology advances.

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Aaron Wolowiec

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Today, we blur the lines between public relations and marketing, especially thanks to digital and social media. The 2014 State of Digital Marketing in Associations benchmarking study was administered mid-October through mid-November, with membership associations holding the largest response rate. But what about tactics?

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

As a conference organizer, how would you rank your competency regarding conference technologies like registration, speaker management databases, exhibits, conference apps, wayfinding signage, email marketing, CRM data bases and social media? Technology geek, technophobe or somewhere in between?

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Beth Kanter

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Note From Beth: Back in 2011, I had pleasure of facilitating a panel discussion Grantmakers in the Arts pre-conference on technology and media with Rory MacPherson and Jai Sen from Sen Associates where I learned about research study they were conducting about social media use in the arts. Management attitudes.

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Virtual

JULY 29, 2015

Maybe it’s because of facts like these, cited in a 2014 Harvard Business Review blog : 65% of conference call participants admit to doing other work while “listening” in. 43% are checking social media. 63% are sending unrelated email. 55% are eating or making food. 47% are going to the restroom. 9% are exercising.

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Association Adviser

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

But that’s the approach many associations seem to be following when it comes to taming the technology beast. To help your figure out where to devote your tech energies for 2014 and beyond, we reached out to some of the association world’s best technology minds for guidance. Sound familiar? We’re wired to our work 24/7/365.

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Higher Logic

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE ) used marketing automation to include dynamic renewal footers in emails and to run paid social media ads, along with launching a new welcome series. Ensuring that Link is woven into the marketing calendar and strategy. Highlights. Highlights.

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Association Adviser

MAY 20, 2014

But suppose you received a large and unexpected bump in your annual budget for communications and technology. What they did seem more interested in was “improving the quality of their existing communication vehicles” (54 percent) and “upgrading their publishing tools, technologies and processes” (48 percent).

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Beth Kanter

APRIL 8, 2013

Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session as part of Knight Digital Media Center’s Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits workshop. 3: Social Networking. My session was about leadership and digital strategies. 1: Broadband Internet (Expansion of broadband). #2: 2: Mobile Usage. #3:

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 18, 2014

From content strategy to video to AMSes, five useful insights you can take back to your association from National Harbor. We covered many of them on our social media liveblog , but I wanted to give special attention to five key points: 1. — Jennifer Bly (@jennbly) December 16, 2014. Legacy is a limiting factor.

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Associations Now

MAY 13, 2014

With a barrage of recent cyberattacks and breaches , cybersecurity is of growing concern to pretty much any business or organization that relies on information technology—which is pretty much every business and organization. The Technology Association of Oregon is asking legislators for $5.3

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Some reward strategies Green suggests: incentivizing social media participation, giving discounts to those who sign up early for events, and providing giveaways to members who send in their dues before the deadline. — CMSWire.com (@cmswire) December 8, 2014.

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Associations Now

MAY 12, 2014

In fact, 80 percent of companies are producing video content for their websites, according to the “ 2014 Online Video Production Trends Report ” from the Web Video Marketing Council. Most online videos (81 percent) are being produced for company websites, followed by social media and networking sites (69 percent).

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Here are five that associations will want to keep in mind as they plan for 2014 and beyond. It’s less than three weeks until the start of 2014, which means that a lot of groups are making predictions about what next year will mean for the meeting and event industry. Friedman, president of Time Place Strategies, Inc.,

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Associations Now

MARCH 12, 2015

According to Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom , users of the social media platform share more than 70 million photos and videos each day. The visual social media platform Instagram continues to rise in popularity. 300M+ The number of users Instagram reported late last year. percent among top brands. percent) and Twitter (0.03

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Association Adviser

APRIL 15, 2014

Brand X’s strategy to increase likes unintentionally risks transforming a growth play into a volume and promotion play. Develop a theory about how digital media should help your association achieve its goals, such as member recruitment, retention, engagement or conference attendance. Let’s take an example from packaged goods.

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Beekeeper Group

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Our social media of choice was Myspace or an online journal. Qualman points out: In 2014, mobile and social are no longer emerging, they are merging. All of the trends we have seen in social media advocacy are now navigating over to mobile. Think of how fast change occurs.

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Beth Kanter

MAY 23, 2017

I delivered a keynote for Social Good Brasil in 2012 and for a conference on volunteering hosted by Fundação Telefônica in 2014. The last time I shared a plenary stage with Marcelo Iniarra was in 2014 at the International Fundraising Congress where he rode a bicycle on stage! This was my third visit to the country.

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Plexus Consulting

JUNE 6, 2014

Online information will be collected through social media sites, search engines, downloads, uploads, and real time security cameras in cars and buildings. But contrary to popular belief, smaller companies who are on par with the latest technological advances are able t bo access the services offered by these larger corporations.

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Associations Now

MAY 15, 2014

Seven chief digital officers moved up the career ladder to CEO in 2013, according to the CDO Club’s 2014 Talent Map, but another data point may help explain why CDOs are experiencing a quick rise to the top: Sixty percent of CDOs in the advertising sector previously held the title of CEO, president, general manager, or managing director.

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Beth Kanter

APRIL 22, 2016

Note from Beth: In the decade or so that I’ve been doing social media, I’ve always been an advocate of the “Listen, Learn, Adapt” approach to doing social and a decade later, it is still very important for success. If you manage social media accounts, you’re probably already doing some of this.

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Associations Now

JULY 31, 2014

The hotel giant this week announced a bold strategy for its Hilton HHonors apps, which will soon make that feature available at all of the company’s 11 brands, including Embassy Suites Hotels, Hilton Garden Inn, and Hampton Hotels. The technology will be available in stages. Good news—Hilton’s been working on that.

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Slice-Works

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Feeling overwhelmed with all this talk about the “next big things” in marketing and social media? Recently, I’ve been watching recordings from sessions at Social Media Examiner ’s Social Media Success Summit, and loved the talks from Social Media gurus Mari Smith and Peg Fitzpatrick.

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Slice-Works

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Feeling overwhelmed with all this talk about the “next big things” in marketing and social media? Recently, I’ve been watching recordings from sessions at Social Media Examiner ’s Social Media Success Summit, and loved the talks from Social Media gurus Mari Smith and Peg Fitzpatrick.

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Beth Kanter

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

These strategies are helping community foundations experiment, iterate and implement best practices when it comes to hosting Giving Days as well as document and spread those practices to others in the Network. Give Miami Day raises record $5.2 Over 100 more organizations joined Give Miami Day in 2014 compared to 2013.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Social management giant Hootsuite has a new trick up its sleeve that involves an old-school form of social media—the telephone. Fortunately, a social management giant just acquired some technology that will narrow the gap. — Silverbear (@SilverbearLtd) September 26, 2014. Acquisition.

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