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5 Meetings Industry Trends Defining 2017

Associations Now

Sure, we can be in constant contact with those near and far through email, social media, videoconference, and more, but the benefits of face-to-face interaction are still clear. Planners want cities that are attracting innovation. Cities that invest in technology and innovation are setting themselves up for success.

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3 Ways to Bring Your Work to Your Donors (Instead of Asking Them to Come to You)

Achieve

After my colleagues and I figured that out (it took us a few years), we adopted a number of practices designed to bring our work online: posting photos and videos on social media, sending out a series of emails, and so on. Because people are busy. Here are three examples: 1. The technology of tomorrow.

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To What End?

Beth Kanter

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Otherwise, all our talk of innovative, new approaches will be just that: talk. Flickr Photo By PetroleumJelliffe. To What End? – guest post by Phil Buchanan.

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The Failure Bow: How To Stop the Blame and Shame Game and Start Learning

Beth Kanter

I think people and organizations need to shift to the growth mindset when comes to implementing social media – and working networks – and need to incorporate a steady program of measurement and learning. But often, our feelings of shame or the blame gets in the way. Here’s how.

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SXSW 2013 – Social by Global: Failure Is Not An F-Word!

Beth Kanter

I was only there for 48 hours, but I did two workshops on two different topics ( nonprofit social media managers workshop and measurement ), a discussion on impact measurement in the Beacon Lounge , and lighting talk failure Good By Global (the Social Good Summit at SXSW).

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The Internet Gets Charitable

Beth Kanter

Note from Beth: I hosted a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference that took place last week in Seattle. We can easily fall into the use of shorthand or brand names to describe it: it is “social media” or the internet or Twitter or Facebook.

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The Hourglass Blog: Don't Forget the Baby Boomers

The Hourglass Blog

I listen to KEXP in Seattle. Innovation. Social Media. Principled Innovation. I said, "Johnny Rivers? He wrote that?" " My brother said, "Yes." " I got out an old Leadbelly album from the 1930s and played the song for him. They play the cutting-edge music of today. Generation Jones.