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How to Maximize Social Media at Conferences

Associations Now

In just a few years, many businesses have gone from viewing social media as a distraction to an essential tool for learning and communication. Here’s how meeting planners, attendees, and convention and visitor bureaus are maximizing social media at conferences. We have seen incredible traction on social media.

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Create Memorable Events That Leave Your Attendees In Awe

Associations Now

MPI’s World Education Congress (WEC) in June in Indianapolis was held entirely in a huge open-plan exhibit space at the Indiana Convention Center. Innovation Village. Social Village. MPI also included its board of directors and Indianapolis as key stakeholders. No conference rooms. Leadership Village.

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Association 141+: The Power of In Person

Association 141+

Recently, I have made visits to our chapters in San Francisco, Memphis, Indianapolis and (as I write this post on the plane back from this latest visit) Milwaukee. Innovation Right Before Your Eyes. How to Manage Social Employees, Social Media at Events, and Car Talk. Composing Social Media Strategies.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: The Importance of Being Part of the.

Idea Architects

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. In reviewing photos from the recent Super Bowl Village here in Indianapolis, I was reminded of a very important one: people just want to be a part of the action. Jeffrey Cufaude is an architect of ideas.

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111 Intriguing Chats for 2011

ChatterBachs

As many of you know, the priority of engaging and connecting is a big one for me- a soapbox- if you will, and I don’t understand those who simply look at social media as a way to promote their agenda, products, and/or services. Dig design, innovation, technology. You may decide to develop your own. College Educator.