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What’s trending?

Aaron Wolowiec

From the minute we get up to the minute we go to bed, we’re surrounded by it: social media. But whether you dub it a blessing or a curse, there’s no denying social media platforms have made it easier to learn, to connect and to engage. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up.

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Life goes on…and so does learning

Aaron Wolowiec

As some of you may know, in addition to my role with Event Garde , I work for Michigan State University’s central communications office. In fact, I took my first graduate class as a lifelong learner because it was so much cheaper. I love working with students. They’re brilliant. They’re ambitious. They’re overachievers.

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Now Proven! Using Twitter At Conferences Increases Attendee Engagement

Velvet Chainsaw

Research now shows that when people use Twitter during classes, they are more engaged and learn more. Education Professor Christine Greenhow, Michigan State University, conducted a study on Twitter as a new form of literacy. It’s official! We can now stop debating the issue. The proof is in the Twitteracy (Twitter-literacy).

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Millennials Favor Texting, Do Not Value Email

Velvet Chainsaw

Michigan State University Writing Professor Jeff Grabill would disagree with those last two anti-text thoughts. And these young adults value texting above any other writing style, even above social media updates and comments. Some may guffaw at the thought of texting as a form of writing. Texting Is Writing Says Research.

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Mo Rocca on Creativity, Comedy, and Obit Con vs Comic Con

AssociationChat

Well, Lord knows I haven’t taken any journalism classes. I went on a short little vacation and I I love Liz I remember worldbloxer passed so much better than tanika so much better the Botanica is, is I took I don’t really do social media. My daughter was always going to dance and acting classes and all this stuff.

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What the Directors Expect of the AE : Off Stage

Off Stage

As an example, I have a friend who is the CEO of a mid-sized Michigan association. But above and beyond that, CEOs need to be alert to the income potential available to them, and take the initiative in bringing to the Directors some new income—perhaps a new membership category, an income producing website, or an online class.

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Reinvent What You Do, Not Who You Are

Association Subculture

How the disappearance of the middle class is one of the reasons why members can't pay dues. We can't spend months debating about the usefulness of social media and then wonder why we aren't moving the needle on jobs and education. What I don't hear us talking about is how income inequality has skyrocketed in the last 30 years.

Detroit 100