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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.24.20

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The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Is social media about paying attention … or getting it? That’s the problem with social media today. We’re in the midst of a trust crisis—and the way social media is abused doesn’t help. LinkedIn has its moments.

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Time to Declare Independence From Social Media?

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The reason that Facebook has become such a powerful and important social media outlet is its wide reach and ability to drive lots of traffic and conversation. I use my Facebook feed to read news—with sites like Gawker , Vox , and Mental Floss near the top of the list. Time for a New Direction?

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 10.4.19

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Dan Lautman of DelCor Technology Solutions did something that many people only talk about: he unplugged for a month. When you’re selecting technology, like a learning management system (LMS), there’s so many ways you can botch the decision, mostly because you don’t know what you don’t know. Host: Association Women Technology Champions.

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Social Media Roundup: From Big Ideas To Practice

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Apply these ideas from The Atlantic’s New York Ideas Conference to your social media strategy. Also: Gather some knowledge from Forbes’ Top 50 Social Media Influencers list. What do you get when you place some of the world’s most influential social media and consumer thinkers in one room?

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Social Media Roundup: The Glasslash Begins

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The device, which has had more than two years in the public eye (specifically, the right eye), is starting to feel the kind of backlash that a lot of technology eventually does. It comes just three days after a Reuters report highlighted the growing pains the wearable computing technology is facing. Two words: big data.).

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Alumni Associations Use Social Media to Reinvent Donation Drives

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Berkeley even got a few famous alums together to promote the event in a viral video: Such campaigns are becoming more common in both the United States and Europe, as alumni associations and their parent schools try to attract new audiences. How’s your alma mater reaching out to you on social media these days?

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 11.13.20

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This study investigates more than 60 factors influencing members across six domains, including economic, technology and market psychology. AIANYS, CAE, executive vice president, American Institute of Architects, New York State. Sabrina Meyers, Co-Founder, Two Social Media Chicks. The future of work. 1 CAE credit.