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Mizz Information. New Look for Mizz Information. So there you have it.because I know it was killing you not knowing why Id suddenly changed the look of Mizz Information! Wednesday, July 13, 2011. You may have noticed that suddenly, this blog looks totally different. I started tinkering with it when I switched from the old commenting platform I was using (Echo comments) to Disqus. Why did I switch? MORE
Then began the fact-checking explosion: everywhere you look, there is an alert or tag stating that the information contained within a post is false or exaggerated. No longer can associations just publish information in a whitepaper or news article and expect it to be received by many. MORE
The nonprofit in charge of the internet’s management has called on the Internet Society and the Public Interest Registry to make public more information on PIR’s sale to a private equity firm. MORE
Washington, DC – Today, the Arkansas House of Representatives passed the Online Marketplace Consumer Inform Act (SB 470). MORE
Amazon never asks me to enter payment information at checkout. Instead, payment information is stored under the Manage Payment Options under My Account. Once your stored payment information is established, every time you checkout it is a snap! MORE
Did you miss the webinar Hilary Marsh (Content Company) and I gave last week on content curation and why your association needs to get on board with it to help your members and other audiences deal with information overload? In the webinar, Hilary and I: Outline the problem of information overload. The post Content Curation: Your Association’s Secret Weapon Against Information Overload appeared first on Spark Consulting. MORE
In the meantime, though, I’ve added a new feature to Mizz Information–a community ! Hey there–sorry it’s been a while since I’ve posted here. I say “posted” rather than “written,” because I’ve been writing a ton over the past few months, actually. Just none of it here, or anywhere public. Working on the blogging part, because I still think there’s value in blogging and I still have a lot to say, even after a decade. MORE
The post Information + Integrations = Power for Associations. The post Information + Integrations = Power for Associations. Here’s Why. appeared first on Higher Logic. MORE
The behavior I chose is: We share information openly and proactively, demonstrating an understanding that our actions impact others. And sharing information openly and proactively is definitely something I could improve upon. Fact is, I don''t share enough information with the team--especially about the evolving strategy of the organization. But upon reflection, I realized that the information I was keeping locked up in the corner office had more value out in the trenches. MORE
The resulting FieldRise program gives us closer relationships with growers, and yields information ranging from simple measures to advanced statistical analyses that help document our supply chain sustainability,” Del Monte Research Fellow Brian Flood said in a news release. The program is supported by the industry—and, as a result, individual farmers pay nothing for access to the information gathered. MORE
Maybe I could help someone who is new to blogging and wants exposure (not that there''s a ton of exposure over here at Mizz Information, I''ll grant you, but hey, I guess some is more than none). Do you read this blog for information and think it would be better if it wasn''t just me chatting about movies and cocktails (I do admit that I think my "cocktails" Pinterest board is getting to be pretty awesome) and ranting about Facebook? MORE
Who can you trust for information these days? Research sources (if you trust them) show that the American public distrusts common information sources: According to Pew Research Center, Americans’ trust in the federal government is at near historic lows. MORE
Whether you’ll be face-to-face, all online, or some combination of the two, keeping attendees informed and engaged is imperative to event success. MORE
I last wrote about this two weeks ago, in The Case for Sharing Information. Having asked everyone else in the organization to do the same, I decided I would lead by example and chose the following behavior: We share information openly and proactively, demonstrating an understanding that our actions impact others. And it may embarrass me to say it, but this may the only place this kind of information is actually written down. MORE
Mizz Information. While checking out Google Voice I landed on their blog and was intrigued by the Dynamic View theme, so Im trying it here on Mizz Information. Wednesday, February 1, 2012. Want Traffic? You Need Images. Source: Uploaded by user via Maggie on Pinterest. See those tabs across the top of the blog now--"Classic" "Flipcard" "Magazine" etc? You can click on those to view this blog in those formats. MORE
AGC MA Operations Manager Barbara Canoni led the efforts for the association to evaluate various software options where all member information could be accessed in one place. We needed a system that would help us provide our members with timely and accurate information,” said Barbara. “It It used to be that financial information was only accessible through our bookkeeper, so if a member needed to check an invoice, we would have to wait until the bookkeeper could get to it.”. MORE
We’re always collecting your feedback from a variety of sources to inform the direction Wild Apricot takes. This month sees us taking our commitment to collecting feedback to new heights. We've implemented software usability testing that allows select users to test out upcoming features before they are released! Wild Apricot MORE
The Association for Information Systems’ International Conference on Information Systems 2018 begins next week in San Francisco. About 1,500 academics and information systems professionals will make their way to San Francisco next week to discuss cutting-edge research, get to know their peers, and hear from industry leaders. Organization: Association for Information Systems. Conference: International Conference on Information Systems 2018. MORE
We are all overwhelmed by information these days. Context is especially important for professional information. Your members, too, are drowning in a sea of information, with no way to ensure that it comes from trustworthy sources. You are a trustworthy source of information. MORE
Association Managers that are wondering why their members are not engaging on Facebook or any other online community that is primarily designed to be a social meeting place, may want to consider that online social communities are designed primarily for transient information and communication. Most do not deal well with persistent information because they were not designed for that. Persistent information does not go away. MORE
From my new whitepaper, Attention Doesn't Scale: The Role of Content Curation in Membership Associations : The concept of information overload was originated by futurist Alvin Toffler in his 1970 book Future Shock as part of his depiction of a world in which the rate of change would accelerate to the point that governments, society, and individuals would be unable to keep up – would, in fact, be “future shocked.” MORE
Dane Snowden issued the following statement on the reintroduction of the INFORM Consumers Act: “IA members take protecting consumers from counterfeit goods seriously. Washington, DC – Internet Association’s President and CEO K. MORE
Inform your community. Starting an online community can seem like a daunting task at first. It’s easy to think that you need experience with other online communities to build a successful one for your own organization. However, while communities on a screen seem like a new phenomenon, their goal is to mimic a real-life community. MORE
One of our readers asked some great questions in a comment to a recent post about getting started with social media: What will people find interesting and useful? Will they find excessive messaging annoying? How does an organization find a balance? Since many membership and non-profit organizations may be asking themselves these very questions in terms of their member communications, we offered some ideas on how you can begin to answer these questions.( read more ). MORE
Informed or transformed? The Best Learning At Conferences For me, I want to be more than just informed. I can be informed by reading information online. I don’t need to travel to a conference to become informed. Not something that just gives us more data, facts, figures and information about a topic. Informational Learning Too often conferences herald informational learning through their educational sessions. MORE
The National Journal held a briefing yesterday on communications use and the state of the information landscape in Washington, DC. The presentation, entitled “Washington in the Information Age,” gave a comprehensive overview of media consumption in the District using data … Continue reading → Digital Tactics Congress Information National Journal Online News Social Media MORE
Mizz Information. Friday, December 2, 2011. Book Giveaway: Humanize! What better way to kick off the holiday season than with a giveaway? And not just any giveaway--an awesome one. My friends Maddie Grant and Jamie Notter recently published Humanize: How People-Centric Organizations Succeed in a Social World. I was fortunate enough to review a few chapters while it was still being written and was totally bowled over by how smart and awesome it is. MORE
In the meantime, though, I’ve added a new feature to Mizz Information–a community ! Hey there–sorry it’s been a while since I’ve posted here. I say “posted” rather than “written,” because I’ve been writing a ton over the past few months, actually. Just none of it here, or anywhere public. Working on the blogging part, because I still think there’s value in blogging and I still have a lot to say, even after a decade. MORE
Mizz Information. Last March, I got an email from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) informing me of a new member category they had just created: Tech Enthusiast. These include free and discounted products, advance product launch information, access to industry events, and beta testing opportunities. information. Wednesday, December 14, 2011. Association Swing and a Miss--CEA Tech Enthusiast Membership. MORE
Information overload is no joke. We are constantly inundated with details, lists, tasks, content of all sorts. In today's world of ever-changing and constantly advancing technologies, how can you stay on top of it all MORE
Information sharing is easy and effortless with online community software. There are countless ways to share information including discussion forums, community posts, document sharing and editing, video sharing, and more! MORE
Association Managers that are wondering why their members are not engaging on Facebook or any other online community that is primarily designed to be a social meeting place, may want to consider that online social communities are designed primarily for transient information and communication. Most do not deal well with persistent information because they were not designed for that. Persistent information does not go away. MORE
The National Information Officers Association’s 2017 Training Conference takes place in Clearwater Beach, Florida, next week. Public information officers (PIOs) from around the country are headed to the Sunshine State in the coming days to learn from colleagues and subject matter experts, who will discuss incidents and review case studies involving some of the most high-profile events in the profession. Organization: National Information Officers Association. MORE
Are you helping your members with managing all the information that’s thrown at them or just piling on? By walls, I mean the filter you use to keep out all the useless information in the world, particularly online. Managing information overload topped the list of member concerns identified by association executives in Association Laboratory’s “ Looking Forward 2014 ” report, released last week. MORE
This will enable future plans to automatically categorize discussions and derive other valuable information. “We Since starting this partnership with Association Analytics, we’ve aimed to make data analytics top of mind for associations,” said Reggie Henry, Chief Information Officer of ASAE. “We Staff liaisons have accessible information at their fingertips. These staff groups take that information back to ASAE to compare notes and plan engagement outreach accordingly. MORE
The past two days I spent locked away in a workshop going over the ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 standard for personnel certification. As an organization we decided this was a top priority for us to accomplish and this was a first step as we prepare to file for pre-approval. We see this as a top priority because of the increasing interest and support of the government in ANSI Accredited programs, which will greatly benefit our certification base. MORE
Mizz Information. Saturday, March 31, 2012. Spring Break. Source: katiearmour.tumblr.com via Holly on Pinterest. Guess what time it is? Blogcation! For the first time ever were actually going away for spring break. So no blog posts for a week or so. In the meantime, heres the post I recently wrote for SocialFish: The Perils of Pinterest (yes, Im slightly obsessed with Pinterest lately.). On spring break yourself and looking for non-work book suggestions? MORE
46 Spark Consulting published its first whitepaper, “Attention Doesn’t Scale,” which discussed the emerging issue of information overload and provided content curation as a potential solution, in 2012. MORE
Information overload. This is the newest and greatest challenge of our information age: With all of the content published everyday, how can we make sense of it, organize it and reference it after the fact? Clearly we need some way to separate the wheat from the chaff. Recommender systems, such as Amazon uses, are one potential answer, but they’re a little hit or miss. The best judges of value are still people. Even better, are people like us. MORE
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Did you miss the webinar Hilary Marsh (Content Company) and I gave last week on content curation and why your association needs to get on board with it to help your members and other audiences deal with information overload? In the webinar, Hilary and I: Outline the problem of information overload. The post Content Curation: Your Association’s Secret Weapon Against Information Overload appeared first on Spark Consulting.
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Then began the fact-checking explosion: everywhere you look, there is an alert or tag stating that the information contained within a post is false or exaggerated. No longer can associations just publish information in a whitepaper or news article and expect it to be received by many.
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Amazon never asks me to enter payment information at checkout. Instead, payment information is stored under the Manage Payment Options under My Account. Once your stored payment information is established, every time you checkout it is a snap!
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Spark Consulting published its first whitepaper, “Attention Doesn’t Scale,” which discussed the emerging issue of information overload and provided content curation as a potential solution, in 2012.
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Information overload is no joke. We are constantly inundated with details, lists, tasks, content of all sorts. In today's world of ever-changing and constantly advancing technologies, how can you stay on top of it all
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From my new whitepaper, Attention Doesn't Scale: The Role of Content Curation in Membership Associations : The concept of information overload was originated by futurist Alvin Toffler in his 1970 book Future Shock as part of his depiction of a world in which the rate of change would accelerate to the point that governments, society, and individuals would be unable to keep up – would, in fact, be “future shocked.”
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Information sharing is easy and effortless with online community software. There are countless ways to share information including discussion forums, community posts, document sharing and editing, video sharing, and more!
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Inform your community. Starting an online community can seem like a daunting task at first. It’s easy to think that you need experience with other online communities to build a successful one for your own organization. However, while communities on a screen seem like a new phenomenon, their goal is to mimic a real-life community.
Speaker: Tim Slade, Speaker, Author, and Creator of The eLearning Designer's Academy
In this session, we will explore many of the reasons why most eLearning fails and the components that contribute to bad eLearning design. we will also explore how bad eLearning design can negatively affect the learning experience. Finally, this session will walk you through several practical methods you can immediately apply to fix your bad eLearning courses.
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AGC MA Operations Manager Barbara Canoni led the efforts for the association to evaluate various software options where all member information could be accessed in one place. We needed a system that would help us provide our members with timely and accurate information,” said Barbara. “It It used to be that financial information was only accessible through our bookkeeper, so if a member needed to check an invoice, we would have to wait until the bookkeeper could get to it.”.
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In the meantime, though, I’ve added a new feature to Mizz Information–a community ! Hey there–sorry it’s been a while since I’ve posted here. I say “posted” rather than “written,” because I’ve been writing a ton over the past few months, actually. Just none of it here, or anywhere public. Working on the blogging part, because I still think there’s value in blogging and I still have a lot to say, even after a decade.
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We’re always collecting your feedback from a variety of sources to inform the direction Wild Apricot takes. This month sees us taking our commitment to collecting feedback to new heights. We've implemented software usability testing that allows select users to test out upcoming features before they are released! Wild Apricot
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The behavior I chose is: We share information openly and proactively, demonstrating an understanding that our actions impact others. And sharing information openly and proactively is definitely something I could improve upon. Fact is, I don''t share enough information with the team--especially about the evolving strategy of the organization. But upon reflection, I realized that the information I was keeping locked up in the corner office had more value out in the trenches.
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OCTOBER 3, 2018
In the meantime, though, I’ve added a new feature to Mizz Information–a community ! Hey there–sorry it’s been a while since I’ve posted here. I say “posted” rather than “written,” because I’ve been writing a ton over the past few months, actually. Just none of it here, or anywhere public. Working on the blogging part, because I still think there’s value in blogging and I still have a lot to say, even after a decade.
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Dane Snowden issued the following statement on the reintroduction of the INFORM Consumers Act: “IA members take protecting consumers from counterfeit goods seriously. Washington, DC – Internet Association’s President and CEO K.
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We are all overwhelmed by information these days. Context is especially important for professional information. Your members, too, are drowning in a sea of information, with no way to ensure that it comes from trustworthy sources. You are a trustworthy source of information.
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One of our readers asked some great questions in a comment to a recent post about getting started with social media: What will people find interesting and useful? Will they find excessive messaging annoying? How does an organization find a balance? Since many membership and non-profit organizations may be asking themselves these very questions in terms of their member communications, we offered some ideas on how you can begin to answer these questions.( read more ).
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This will enable future plans to automatically categorize discussions and derive other valuable information. “We Since starting this partnership with Association Analytics, we’ve aimed to make data analytics top of mind for associations,” said Reggie Henry, Chief Information Officer of ASAE. “We Staff liaisons have accessible information at their fingertips. These staff groups take that information back to ASAE to compare notes and plan engagement outreach accordingly.
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Washington, DC – Today, the Arkansas House of Representatives passed the Online Marketplace Consumer Inform Act (SB 470).
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The resulting FieldRise program gives us closer relationships with growers, and yields information ranging from simple measures to advanced statistical analyses that help document our supply chain sustainability,” Del Monte Research Fellow Brian Flood said in a news release. The program is supported by the industry—and, as a result, individual farmers pay nothing for access to the information gathered.
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The nonprofit in charge of the internet’s management has called on the Internet Society and the Public Interest Registry to make public more information on PIR’s sale to a private equity firm.
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Association Managers that are wondering why their members are not engaging on Facebook or any other online community that is primarily designed to be a social meeting place, may want to consider that online social communities are designed primarily for transient information and communication. Most do not deal well with persistent information because they were not designed for that. Persistent information does not go away.
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Whether you’ll be face-to-face, all online, or some combination of the two, keeping attendees informed and engaged is imperative to event success.
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Are you helping your members with managing all the information that’s thrown at them or just piling on? By walls, I mean the filter you use to keep out all the useless information in the world, particularly online. Managing information overload topped the list of member concerns identified by association executives in Association Laboratory’s “ Looking Forward 2014 ” report, released last week.
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Mizz Information. New Look for Mizz Information. So there you have it.because I know it was killing you not knowing why Id suddenly changed the look of Mizz Information! Wednesday, July 13, 2011. You may have noticed that suddenly, this blog looks totally different. I started tinkering with it when I switched from the old commenting platform I was using (Echo comments) to Disqus. Why did I switch?
AssociCom
NOVEMBER 1, 2011
Information overload. This is the newest and greatest challenge of our information age: With all of the content published everyday, how can we make sense of it, organize it and reference it after the fact? Clearly we need some way to separate the wheat from the chaff. Recommender systems, such as Amazon uses, are one potential answer, but they’re a little hit or miss. The best judges of value are still people. Even better, are people like us.
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OCTOBER 9, 2012
Association Managers that are wondering why their members are not engaging on Facebook or any other online community that is primarily designed to be a social meeting place, may want to consider that online social communities are designed primarily for transient information and communication. Most do not deal well with persistent information because they were not designed for that. Persistent information does not go away.
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FEBRUARY 1, 2012
Mizz Information. While checking out Google Voice I landed on their blog and was intrigued by the Dynamic View theme, so Im trying it here on Mizz Information. Wednesday, February 1, 2012. Want Traffic? You Need Images. Source: Uploaded by user via Maggie on Pinterest. See those tabs across the top of the blog now--"Classic" "Flipcard" "Magazine" etc? You can click on those to view this blog in those formats.
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Mizz Information. Friday, December 2, 2011. Book Giveaway: Humanize! What better way to kick off the holiday season than with a giveaway? And not just any giveaway--an awesome one. My friends Maddie Grant and Jamie Notter recently published Humanize: How People-Centric Organizations Succeed in a Social World. I was fortunate enough to review a few chapters while it was still being written and was totally bowled over by how smart and awesome it is.
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MARCH 20, 2012
The National Journal held a briefing yesterday on communications use and the state of the information landscape in Washington, DC. The presentation, entitled “Washington in the Information Age,” gave a comprehensive overview of media consumption in the District using data … Continue reading → Digital Tactics Congress Information National Journal Online News Social Media
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JULY 18, 2013
Maybe I could help someone who is new to blogging and wants exposure (not that there''s a ton of exposure over here at Mizz Information, I''ll grant you, but hey, I guess some is more than none). Do you read this blog for information and think it would be better if it wasn''t just me chatting about movies and cocktails (I do admit that I think my "cocktails" Pinterest board is getting to be pretty awesome) and ranting about Facebook?
Mizz Information
MARCH 31, 2012
Mizz Information. Saturday, March 31, 2012. Spring Break. Source: katiearmour.tumblr.com via Holly on Pinterest. Guess what time it is? Blogcation! For the first time ever were actually going away for spring break. So no blog posts for a week or so. In the meantime, heres the post I recently wrote for SocialFish: The Perils of Pinterest (yes, Im slightly obsessed with Pinterest lately.). On spring break yourself and looking for non-work book suggestions?
Associations Now
AUGUST 24, 2017
The National Information Officers Association’s 2017 Training Conference takes place in Clearwater Beach, Florida, next week. Public information officers (PIOs) from around the country are headed to the Sunshine State in the coming days to learn from colleagues and subject matter experts, who will discuss incidents and review case studies involving some of the most high-profile events in the profession. Organization: National Information Officers Association.
Mizz Information
DECEMBER 14, 2011
Mizz Information. Last March, I got an email from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) informing me of a new member category they had just created: Tech Enthusiast. These include free and discounted products, advance product launch information, access to industry events, and beta testing opportunities. information. Wednesday, December 14, 2011. Association Swing and a Miss--CEA Tech Enthusiast Membership.
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DECEMBER 15, 2011
The past two days I spent locked away in a workshop going over the ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 standard for personnel certification. As an organization we decided this was a top priority for us to accomplish and this was a first step as we prepare to file for pre-approval. We see this as a top priority because of the increasing interest and support of the government in ANSI Accredited programs, which will greatly benefit our certification base.
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