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Silver lining: Lessons learned from social distancing

Ungrated

Now, as an important tool for maintaining relationships and communication, civility has improved. I personally enjoyed the lively debates on social media over the Netflix documentary “Tiger King” about a zoo in Oklahoma. My hope is that our civility on social media will continue. We want to interact in person.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 8.6.21

Reid All About it

Communication app overload. Achurch Consulting explains how to thoughtfully manage multiple communication and collaboration platforms. If you’re a home cook, check out the irregularly published In The Kitchen posts on my Grabbing the Gusto blog. Subscribe to Blog via Email. Subscribe to Blog via Email.

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Friday Buzz: The City With the Best Wireless (Hint: It’s Windy)

Associations Now

Rockford, the smallest city on the list, topped the charts on the speed front; Oklahoma City had the most reliable connections. That’s why your association should take a good hard look at hiring a community manager. Read his tips on his LinkedIn blog. Disagree? (ht ht @ maggielmcg ). Other good reads.

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Six Ways to Add Coaching to Your Learning Mix

Leading Learning

A human resource team might hire professional coaches to enhance teamwork or coach employees in specific areas like communication, conflict management, delegation, and developing a career plan. Many organizations offer coaching benefits for their employees. AARP and Capital One employ ICF-credentialed external coaches for their clients.

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The ROI of Social Media

Association Okie

I have read a number of articles, blog posts, and discussions on the various ASAE list servers about the ability to gather solid metrics to show the return on investments (ROI) for social media. Does that mean you shouldn’t continue to place metrics on twitter, Facebook and blogging? And I have to admit, I don’t get it.

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Q&A with The Discovery Educator Network Community: Connecting and Empowering Educators Across the Globe [Case Study]

Higher Logic

Initially, we used a blog ( blog.discoveryeducation.com ) as our primary communication tool to share about events and resources with our community members. Jenny: We’ve seen a lot of success in incorporating this classroom activity called Mystery Skype with the community.

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“If Jesus Came And Got Me”

Association Okie

So without proper planning, and written communication, if something happened to me, the two organizations I manage would be slow to recover. Don’t misunderstand me, I am not indispensable to USSA and ACCA-Oklahoma. Your blog, your association websites? In my case, my staff consist of 2 dogs and me.