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Daily Buzz: Sky-High Inspiration for Your Next Conference

Associations Now

The conference, which included 200 entrepreneurs, executives, and investors, started off with a special United Airlines flight from Newark to San Francisco—complete with champagne, spa treatments, high-priced giveaways, and plenty of time to mingle. “By The Sprout Social blog offers tips on how to do it right.

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Wednesday Buzz: Recruiting Passionate Members As Marketers

Associations Now

The massive software-as-a-service (SaaS) firm has 171,000 attendees coming to this year’s event, giving San Francisco a significant temporary population bump this week. The most prolific tweeter at last year’s Dreamforce, social media consultant Alex Plaxen, was profiled in Associations Now earlier this year.

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63 people on GovLoop you should know

ChatterBachs

Cindy Lou Baker - Social Services Assistant, USFS. Gadi Ben-Yehuda - Social Media Director, IBM Center for the Business of Government. Heather Coleman - SharePoint Manager and Social Media Specialist, Army Contracting Command (contractor with CorpComm, Inc.). Megan Price - Manager, Partnerships and Events, GovLoop.

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Social Media Roundup: Small Plates, Big Lessons

Associations Now

Also: how to price your online advertising. A foodie’s lesson in flavor in today’s Social Media Roundup: A Bite-Sized Treat. That’s a lesson Conferences That Work author Adrian Segar picked up on a recent trip to San Francisco, and he enjoyed (almost) every bite. ” (ht @ ASegar ).

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What Burning Man's 10 Principles Can Teach You About Building Community

Higher Logic

Nope, this all began (on a much smaller scale) back in 1986 when friends Larry Harvey and Jerry James built an 8-foot tall human effigy and burned it on Baker Beach in San Francisco (population: 35). In terms of finances, we don't always have the flexibility to change or lower our membership fees or product pricing. A new trend?

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Lean Impact Series: 10 Changemakers Using Lean Startup Methods For Greater Social Impact

Beth Kanter

To help us learn more about how to apply Lean Start Up ideas to nonprofit causes and organizations, Meg Rulli is the Social Media Director for Lean Impact and her colleagues will be contributing a regular blog post covering different aspects of the Lean Impact practices. Fasal was created to combat this issue.

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Coronavirus Updates for Association and Events Professionals – What You Need to Know

AssociationChat

We found that while Retail, Real-Estate, and Travel & Hospitality industries have struggled, industries such as Media & Entertainment, Video Conferencing and Social Media have prospered. Audiences still want to engage in the content and follow the shows and actors on social media. Harris, M.D.,