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Connecting Brands, Clearing Inboxes, and Cultivating Employee Engagement with an Intranet Community

Higher Logic

Ascend Learning uses 12+ brands to deliver custom products and services to high-value industries like healthcare. Ascend Learning’s intranet has been so successful that, just a year after launch, basecamp was awarded the Gold PRISM award for Internal Communication by the Greater Kansas City Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).

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Match a City’s Perks with Your Attendees’ Interests

Associations Now

“Indianapolis has done an exceptional job in embracing the sports culture, which in turn attracts volunteers as well as state-of-the-art facilities that are available,” says Mark Koski, director of marketing for NFHS and CEO of NFHS Network. In January 2000, both the NCAA and NFHS moved from Kansas City, Mo., to Indianapolis. “We

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Connecting Brands, Clearing Inboxes, and Cultivating Employee Engagement with an Intranet Community

Higher Logic

Ascend Learning uses 12+ brands to deliver custom products and services to high-value industries like healthcare. Ascend Learning’s intranet has been so successful that, just a year after launch, basecamp was awarded the Gold PRISM award for Internal Communication by the Greater Kansas City Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).

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Electronic Security Association to World: Our Industry Has Jobs

Associations Now

And by pitching that way, notes Kansas City Star columnist Diane Stafford , ESA is effectively selling its industry as one that could appeal to blue-collar workers who most seriously felt the pain of the 2008 recession. That’s why the industry is working to play up its lower barrier to entry. You don’t need a college degree.

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A New Type of Conference Education

SCD Group

No audio/visual equipment was provided and most exhibitors utilized products for demonstration rather than relying on images or PowerPoint presentations – one exhibitor even snuck in his backyard chickens. The sessions were scheduled and marketed as the educational component for the convention and sales pitch sessions were discouraged.

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3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofits That Can Boost Professional Success

Beth Kanter

I keynoted many conferences, including ConnectVA , American Marketing Association Nonprofit Conference , the Institute of Fundraising in London , and others. When I look back on 2016, it was a very rich and productive year. And, I expect no less in 2017. What about you? What will you accomplish in 2017?

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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. bkmcae - Ben Martin; Richmond, Virginia; Product mgr for MemberFuse & RealWeb by NFi Studios.