Engage 365 :: Conversations

Sep 1

ASAE: Key Learning from ASAE on Social Media (3)

"Mad's -- I missed you and many other good peeps at ASAE. There were a lot of people I met through Engage365, Eventprofs, Eventcamp, etc I really wa..."

Community, David

Aug 31

All: The Engage365 Case Study (2)

"Good description Chris, and thank you for taking over leadership on the site and doing an excellent job facilitating and gathering the valuable content that ..."

Community Host

Aug 30

All: Can Social Media be Effectively Outsourced? (1)

"New article by Jeff Korhan on Engage365, "Can Social Media be Effectively Outsourced?" Read it at: http://engage365.org/2010/08/can-social-me..."

Community Host

Aug 30

All: Blended Events 101: A Primer for Webcasting Your Physical Conf... (1)

"New recorded webinar by Sonic Foundry on Engage365, "Blended Events 101: A Primer for Webcasting Your Physical Conference to an Online Audience" ..."

Community Host

Aug 23

All: Measuring ROI Of Online Communities (1)

"Monday, August 23rd: New post by Richard Millington on Engage365 Blog, "Measuring ROI Of Online Communities" Read it at: http://engage365.org/201..."

Community Host

Aug 23

All: Merging Your Social Media Communities (1)

"Monday, August 23rd: New post by Jeff Korhan on Engage365 Blog, "Merging Your Social Media Communities" Read it at: http://engage365.org/2010/08/..."

Community Host

Aug 23

All: 20 Ways to Deliver Content that Engages at Face-to-Face Meetings (1)

"Monday, August 23rd: New post by John Nawn on Engage365 Blog, "20 Ways to Deliver Content that Engages at Face-to-Face Meetings" Read it at: http..."

Community .. Lynn, Kevin, Rodrigo

Aug 20

All: Using Foursquare to Maximize Engagement at Conventions (34)

"Kevin - Thanks for the links. I am not familiar with Jane's work and will check it out. I have been fascinated by the whole concept of &#..."

Community .. Bob, Eric, Kristen

Aug 17

All: 19 Tech Tools for Meeting Planners and Attendees (7)

"Loving Evernote!"

Community, Theresa

Aug 10

All: A Social Media Guru Farewell for WEC 2010 (Part 5) (2)

"Vanessa: I'm sorry to hear that you didn't have badges etc. There should have been a kit delivered to your hotel room with items that wer..."

Community Host

Aug 9

All: How to Create Content That Engages At Face-to-Face Meetings (1)

"Monday, August 9th; New post by John Nawn on Engage365 Blog, "How to Create Content That Engages At Face-to-Face Meetings" Read it at: http://eng..."

Community .. Michael, Adrian, Traci

Aug 5

All: 5 Minutes To Build Your Own Blog Community (4)

"Hmmm...I installed it on one of our show sites but nothing shows up...maybe because I use Thesis Theme? www.livewellexpos.com"

Community Host

Aug 3

All: Hybrid Events are a Hit!! (1)

"Tuesday August 3rd: New post by Emilie Barta on Engage365 Blog, "Hybrid Events are a Hit!!" Read it at: http://engage365.org/2010/08/hybrid-event..."

Christopher .. Paul, Jeff, David

Jul 31

All: What if Engage365 Shut Down? (10)

"Let me confirm Chris's confirmation that Engage365 is here to stay. While the Omnipress team works hard at this, there are many contrib..."

Christopher Uschan

Jul 30

All: Engage365 T-Shirt Giveaway at MPI’s WEC (video interviews) (2)

"My Favorites were Mark Dunham because of his last comment and Renea Anderson for the acting."

Sue Pelletier

Jul 29

Associations, marketing, MPI, Social media, social media strategy: Media and social media expectations (1)

"I've been following all this conversation around MPI WEC and the socia media gurus with interest, dismay, delight, dread, and confusion. I guess I never ..."

Christopher Uschan

Jul 27

All: Guru on Deck at Vancouver – Scrolling on a Trackwheel (1)

"New post by Vanessa LaClair, CMP on Engage365 Blog, "Guru on Deck at Vancouver – Scrolling on a Trackwheel - Part 4" Read it now: http://..."

Community Host

Jul 26

All: Social Media: What Meeting Planners Need to Know (1)

"Monday, July 26th: New post by Sue Pelletier on Engage365 Blog, "Social Media: What Meeting Planners Need to Know" Read it at: http://engage365.o..."

Community Host

Jul 26

All: 20 Fantastic Content Ideas For Your Online Community (1)

"Monday, July 26th: New post by Richard Millington on Engage365 Blog, "20 Fantastic Content Ideas For Your Online Community" Read it at: http://en..."

Community .. Traci, Jessica, John

Jul 22

All: Being an MPI Social Media Guru Isn’t Without Its Challenges (13)

"Clearly, we're not in Kansas anymore. The issues raised here challenge our perception of traditional media, its roles and responsibilities, and our expec..."

Theresa Davis

Jul 22

All: MPI digital access to WEC (1)

"Based on posts and trends, meeting and event professionals are utilizing mobile tools professionally now more than ever. MPI understands that meeting profess..."

Community, Dana

Jul 21

All: Virtual Attendees are Real People Too! – 5 Mistakes with Hybri... (2)

"I am not usually a fan of throwing more people at a problem in hopes it all gets worked out, but I will say that at the IN Zone virtual event, I did not have..."

Theresa Davis

Jul 20

All: See WEC General Sessions Live (1)

"As the digital world and WEC merge next week (in Vancouver and on a computer screen near you), the MPI team came together to ensure we are maintaining our co..."

Community, Paul, VANESSA

Jul 20

All: The Power of Social Media: Making it Work for WEC Attendees (3)

"Paul - Thanks for the feedback and thoughts. I think MPI attendees and members should remember that this cause (the MPI Foundation) is a cause for th..."

David, Midori

Jul 19

All: What Do Meeting Planners Really Need to Know about Online Conf... (2)

"I use Sonic Foundry for a number of the events we produce and supply. I will be using their platform for a hybrid PCMA event I'm producing this Fall. H..."

Community Host

Jul 19

All: 43 Social Media Tips, Tricks, Big Ideas & Real World Examp... (1)

"Monday, July 19th: New post by Samuel Smith on Engage365 Blog, "43 Social Media Tips, Tricks, Big Ideas & Real World Examples for Meetings & Ev..."

Community .. David, Jaime, John

Jul 15

All: 5 Ways to Leverage Your Event Content (6)

"I'm a big fan of leveraging meeting content. The biggest challenge most face is, IMHO, creating content worth leveraging. Too little goes into soliciting..."

Community, Dana, Coleen

Jul 13

All: Social Networking for Events and Tradeshows (3)

"Hi Maddie - thoroughly enjoy reading your posts. Here's a question for you . . . I understand that users have their preferred medium, but how much is too..."

Coleen, Midori, James

Jul 13

Technology: Conference Video (4)

" Thank you both for the replies! Midori, it was great chatting with you and I'll be sure to keep you posted on how it goes. It will be interesting c..."

Community Host

Jul 12

All: 13 Ways Linkedin Supports Event Marketing (1)

"Monday, July 12th: New post by Ian McGonnigal on Engage365 Blog, "13 Ways Linkedin Supports Event Marketing" Read it at: http://engage365.org/201..."

Christopher, Dana, Emilie

Jul 9

All: IAEE Mid-year Meeting - Free Live Web Casts (3)

"It was such an honor when Dana Freker Doody called upon me to take her vision of the “Continuing the Conversation” area and turn it into a realit..."

Kari, Christopher

Jul 8

conference marketing, marketing, Social media, Twitter: Twitter chat as a marketing/community-building tool for events (3)

"What a great idea, Chris! I think Twitter chats used in that way gives those who were unable to attend a way to participate from afar. I was thinking pre-sho..."

Community Host

Jul 7

All: Harnessing the Power of Social Media Leaders: MPI’s Social Med... (1)

"Monday, July 7th: New post by Vanessa LeClair on Engage365 Blog, "Harnessing the Power of Social Media Leaders: MPI’s Social Media Guru Program&q..."

Community Host

Jul 7

All: Think Your Lurkers Aren’t Engaged? Think Again (1)

"Monday, July 7th New post by Maggie McGary on Engage365 Blog, "Think Your Lurkers Aren’t Engaged? Think Again" Read it at: http://engage365..."

Community .. Stuart, Barry, Jaime

Jul 3

All: 5 Ways To Make Your Members Feel at Home in Your Online Community (8)

"Stuart, I agree with you 100%. Yes, platforms exist on various places. There are hundreds of them. I think the key is to offer a unique value for..."

Christopher Uschan

Jul 2

All: Engage365 Trivia Contest (2)

"Congrats to Christina Stallings - She is the winner of the Engage365 Summer Trivia Contest. Thank you to all of those who played along. Any ideas for futur..."

Ryan, Christopher, Kari

Jun 29

All: Twitter Archiving (3)

"I've used TwapperKeeper, which I thought was pretty useful for archiving tweets not only for a specific hashtag, but for specific keywords. I do have a f..."

Community Host

Jun 28

All: Ban Twitter: How To Stop Free Speech At Conferences (1)

"Monday, June 28th: New post by Corey Silvera on Engage365 Blog, "Ban Twitter: How To Stop Free Speech At Conferences" Read it at: http://engage36..."

Community Host

Jun 28

All: Beyond the Big Three: UStream (1)

"Monday, June 28th: New post by Shannon Otto on Engage365 Blog, " Beyond the Big Three: UStream" Read it at: http://engage365.org/2010/06/beyond-t..."

Community, Teri

Jun 25

All: 35 Tips To Successfully Use Twitter For Your Event (2)

"Great information - just what I was looking for today :) Will be putting several of these ideas to work at our next meeting. Teri"

Christopher .. Lindsey, David, Maggie

Jun 24

All: Engage365 T-shirts (5)

"Maggie -- I absolutely love that! But was the ass not that good? LOL Unfortuntely, engage365 is not assnchat - bummer! Lindsey - I ..."

Community, Kari, Erin

Jun 22

All: Dealing With Sticky Situations in Social Media (3)

"We had a paid blogger go rogue on us. She was upset with something completely trivial that could have been handled privately and directly. Instead, she felt ..."

Community Host

Jun 21

All: 7 Ideas to Boost your Email Marketing Campaign (1)

"Monday, June 21st: New post by Jaime Romero on Engage365 Blog, "7 Ideas to Boost your Email Marketing Campaign " Read it at: http://engage365.org..."

Tony, David

Jun 21

All: Video at conferences (3)

"Tony, I'm seeing several events use UStream more to share their videos. Here is a link to a group that set up a nice little conference vide..."

Jaime, Terrance Barkan, Dave

Jun 18

All: Is Social Media worth Measuring? (4)

"Hi Terrance - Thanks for the reply. I completely agree with the ROI argument. My big dilemma is not that we don't see the value (and Dave, my gut tells m..."

Community Host

Jun 14

All: Social Media Case Study: ASAE and The Center (1)

"Monday, June 14th: New post by Sue Pelletier on Engage365 Blog, "Social Media Case Study: ASAE and The Center" Read it at: http://engage365.org/2..."

Community Host

Jun 14

All: Inhabiting a Social Media Territory (1)

"Monday, June 14th: New post by Jeff Korhan on Engage365 Blog, "Inhabiting a Social Media Territory" Read it at: http://engage365.org/2010/06/inha..."

Community Host

Jun 14

All: Six Technologies For Events That Will Rock Your World (1)

"Monday, June 14th: New post by Ian McGonnigal on Engage365 Blog, "Six Technologies For Events That Will Rock Your World" Read it at: http://engag..."

Community, Ray

Jun 10

All: 7 Ways to Use Psychological Influence With Social Media Content (2)

"Great article! I wonder what the cone of learning looks like in today's event...after two weeks we tend to remember - 10% of what we read, 20% of w..."

John Barber

Jun 8

Social media, blogs: FiveThirtyEight and the end of the amateur blogosphere http://... (1)

"FiveThirtyEight and the end of the amateur blogosphere http://bit.ly/bv72Pe -- thoughts?"

Midori Connolly

Jun 7

All: Free Webcasts - Various topics re:Social Media (1)

"Hello fellow E365 peeps! I have been watching free webcasts on the Brighttalk platform for the last year or so and I highly recommend joining to watch. T..."

Community Host

Jun 7

All: HOW TO: Use Foursquare for a Conference (or an Exhibit Booth) (1)

"Monday, June 7th: New post by Mitch Arnowitz on Engage365 Blog, "HOW TO: Use Foursquare for a Conference (or an Exhibit Booth)" Read it at: http:..."

Community Host

Jun 7

All: 13 Ways LinkedIn Supports Event Marketing (1)

"Monday, June 7th: New post by Ian McGonnigal on Engage365 Blog, "13 Ways LinkedIn Supports Event Marketing" Read it at: http://engage365.org/2010..."

Ryan, Kari

Jun 3

All: 25 Ways To Use Social Media For Your Next Event (2)

"This is such an awesome post - so many excellent ideas and tools! Thanks Jeff! SocialMention has a great embeddable widget where you can follow mentions of..."

Kari .. Corbin, Steven, Stuart

Jun 2

All: Social media management between show cycles? (7)

"Yes Kari, I do believe that. "

Ryan, Jeff, Steven

Jun 2

All: Charlene Li on social media strategy: The pre-event gameplan (3)

"Effective strategic points yet limited on tactical implementation examples. "Go where your prospective new community members might be," doesn't..."

Kari Rippetoe

Jun 2

Social media, Social Networking, event planning, conference marketing, Technology, mobile marketing, Mobile: Mobile Apps for Events (1)

"What is your favorite mobile app for events & why? I'm looking for suggestions to compile into a list. I'm not neccessarily looking for apps th..."

Community .. Stephen, Christopher, Jeff

May 28

All: Five Powerful Ideas For Using Facebook For Events (4)

"Chris - Great comments that I agree with 100%. My approach to Facebook is simple. If you are a member of a community where I hang out, such as a memb..."

Community Host

May 24

All: 11 Lessons Learned: Social Media & Event Marketing (1)

"Monday, May 24th: New post by Mitch Arnowitz on Engage365 Blog, "11 Lessons Learned: Social Media & Event Marketing" Read it at: http://engag..."

Community Host

May 24

All: Two Tweets Up for Creating Personal Learning Networks (1)

"Monday, May 24th: New post by Renée Robbins on Engage365 Blog, "Two Tweets Up for Creating Personal Learning Networks" Read it at: http://..."

Community, Jeff

May 20

All: 13 Things You Can Do Now To Improve Your Conference Content (2)

"Brent: Great question. What evidence do I base that statement on? First, hiring more than 3,000 professional speakers in the past ten years for audi..."

Community, Christopher

May 18

All: The Basics of Content Syndication (2)

"Hi Dr. Rachna - I could not agree more (but I am guilty too) with repurposing content multiple times. I was talking to David Nour last month about this. He..."

David, Rachel

May 18

ASAE: Welcome (2)

"Hi David, What a nice personal welcome...thank you! I couldn't agree more that Shoutlet can help almost any marketing team. We are planning on ..."

Community Host

May 17

All: Use LinkedIn Introductions to Build and Engage Event Communities (1)

"Monday, May 17th: New post by Coree Silvera on Engage365 Blog, "Use LinkedIn Introductions to Build and Engage Event Communities" Read it at: htt..."

Community Host

May 17

All: Stars, Champions, Trolls and Your Event Community (1)

"Monday, May 17th: New post by Samuel Smith on Engage365 Blog, "Stars, Champions, Trolls and Your Event Community" Read it at: http://engage365.or..."

Community .. Scott R, Jeff, Jordan

May 14

All: Marketing Trends on the New Social Web (4)

"Context is key here. YouTube certainly has many searches (I've seen reports that put it as the second largest search engine, but haven't seen first, ..."

Community Host

May 11

All: 5 Steps to Choosing a Conference Hashtag (1)

"Tuesday, May 11th: New post by Reynol Junco on Engage365 Blog, "5 Steps to Choosing a Conference Hashtag" Read it at: http://engage365.org/2010/0..."

Community Host

May 11

All: Charlene Li’s key tips for social media during an event (1)

"Tuesday, May 11th: New post by Theo Lambert on Engage365 Blog, "Charlene Li’s key tips for social media during an event" Read it at: http:/..."

Community Host

May 3

All: Social Media Tip Sheet (1)

"Monday, May 3rd: New post by Sue Pelletier on Engage365 Blog, "Social Media Tip Sheet" Read it at: http://engage365.org/2010/05/social-media-tip-..."

Community Host

May 3

All: Google Wave For Meetings & Events — An Early Look! (1)

"Monday, May 3rd: New post by Michael McCurry on Engage365 Blog, "Google Wave For Meetings & Events — An Early Look! " Read it at: http:..."

Community Host

Apr 26

All: How to Inspire Informal Learning by Sharing Conference Insights (1)

"Monday, April 26th: New post by Renee Robbins on Engage365 Blog, "How to Inspire Informal Learning by Sharing Conference Insights" Read it at: ht..."

Community Host

Apr 26

All: Social Media & Event Marketing in 2010: Engagement! (1)

"Monday, April 26th: New post by John Gibb on Engage365 Blog, "Social Media & Event Marketing in 2010: Engagement!" Read it at: http://engage3..."

Community Host

Apr 26

All: 5 Secrets To Promoting Yourself Using Someone Else’s Event (1)

"Monday, April 26th: New post by Coree Silvera on Engage365 Blog, "5 Secrets To Promoting Yourself Using Someone Else’s Event" Read it at: h..."

Gail Hines

Apr 21

All: Bag pulls for convention air transfer management (1)

"Does anyone have a system for organizing bags for air transfers at a convention other than using color coded tags for specific flights?"

Christopher .. Jeff, Samuel J., Steven

Apr 21

All: How to educate attendees about using social media at your event (5)

"Excellent topic and I am also sorry I missed the chat. Thanks for posting the link Sam. Am using the suggestions and also sending it to my hotel client..."

Jeff, Christopher

Apr 21

All: Dead Link (3)

"Oops! Sorry Chris, those comments weren't supposed to be public, especially about bragging on my site :) ...I guess they are now. Thanks for taki..."

Community Host

Apr 19

All: 5 Reasons for Speakers to Use Twitter and How to Do It (1)

"Monday, April 19th: New post by Jeff Russell on Engage365 Blog, "5 Reasons for Speakers to Use Twitter and How to Do It" Read it at: http://engag..."

Community Host

Apr 19

All: How Many Social Media Tools Do You Need? (1)

"Monday, April 19th: New post by Jeff Korhan on Engage365 Blog, How Many Social Media Tools Do You Need? Read it at: http://engage365.org/2010/04/how-many-s..."

Community Host

Apr 19

All: Top Nonprofit Marketing Insights -- 2010 NTC (Nonprofit Techno... (1)

"Monday, April 19th: New post by Nancy Schwartz on Engage365 Blog, Top Nonprofit Marketing Insights -- 2010 NTC (Nonprofit Technology Conference) Read it at..."

Community Host

Apr 12

All: Censorship in the Digital Age (1)

"Monday, April 12th: New post by KiKi L'Italien on Engage365 Blog, "Censorship in the Digital Age" Read it at: http://engage365.org/2010/04/ce..."

Community Host

Apr 12

All: 7 steps to your event's social media marketing campaign (1)

"Monday, April 12th: New post by Jen Merkel on Engage365 Blog, "7 steps to your event's social media marketing campaign" Read it at: http://en..."

Community Host

Apr 12

All: Integrating Social Media into Event Strategies (1)

"Monday, April 12th: New post by Coree Silvera on Engage365 Blog, "Integrating Social Media into Event Strategies" Read it at: http://engage365.or..."

Matt .. Idelisa, Ellen, Peggy

Apr 9

All: Onsite Badge Printing (6)

"Hi - for our chapters which all generally use volunteers for on-site registrations, we have a traveling laptop with an access database with a very simple ons..."

David McKnight

Apr 8

All: Crowd Sourcing with Event Sponsors (1)

"To all Event Sponsors – meaning those of you who have cut a check to an association or event organizer to be s sponsor at an event – the buyer of..."

Community, Shannon

Apr 7

All: Social Media: Do you still need convincing? (3)

"woops Eric, with a C sorry!"

Jen Merkel

Apr 6

Social media, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Social Networking, marketing, event planning, online strategy, social media strategy, conference marketing, socialmedia, social networks, Technology, blogs, MPI: 7 steps to your event's social media marketing campaign (1)

"It's important to have a clear, well thought-out plan when using social media to promote your convention or trade show. Here's a blog post on the 7 s..."

Brian Birch

Apr 6

Aligning Social Media Strategy with A...: Speaker introduction--Brian Birch (1)

"Hi all, This is Brian with the Snow & Ice Management, I'll be sharing some ideas and a real-life example of using social media/the web to h..."

Community Host

Apr 5

All: 7 Creative Ways to Introduce Social Media to Your Team (1)

"Monday, April 5th: New post by Rene Robbins on Engage365 Blog, "7 Creative Ways to Introduce Social Media to Your Team" Read it at: http://engage..."

Community Host

Apr 5

All: 12 Twitter Tools Every Event Marketer Should Know About (1)

"Monday, April 5th: New post by Ian McGonnigal on Engage365 Blog, "12 Twitter Tools Every Event Marketer Should Know About" Read it at: http://eng..."

Maddie Grant

Apr 2

All: Does designed hybridization pay off (1)

"Hi all, We presented a webinar on hybrid events the other day, and we received a great question from an attendee afterwards. He wants to know: Spec..."

John Barber

Apr 2

Twitter, event planning, conference marketing, socialmedia: Exhibitors in the event Twitter hashtag (1)

"Coree, am getting steadily more interested in using contests the way you suggest. Actually both onsite/live and pre-event on Twitter. Cool idea for an ..."

John Barber

Apr 2

Twitter, event planning, conference marketing, socialmedia: Exhibitors in the event Twitter hashtag (1)

"Coree, am getting steadily more interested in using contests the way you suggest. Actually both onsite/live and pre-event on Twitter. Cool idea for an ..."

John Barber

Apr 2

Twitter, event planning, conference marketing, socialmedia: Exhibitors in the event Twitter hashtag (1)

"Thanks, Jeff. Enjoyed your response and agree. The trend appears to be our friend in driving adoption of social by exhibitors. And I like the "light tou..."

John Barber

Apr 2

Social media, Twitter, event planning, conference marketing: Exhibitors in event Twitter hashtag (1)

"Christopher, agree with Coree -- the post you shared on this exact topic of exhibitors in the event Twiiter hashtag has some great tips. Perfect relevance an..."

John Barber

Apr 2

Social media, Twitter, event planning, conference marketing: Exhibitors in event Twitter hashtag (1)

"Christopher, agree with Coree -- the post you shared on this exact topic of exhibitors in the event Twiiter hashtag has some great tips. Perfect relevance an..."

Community, Coree

Apr 2

All: Storytelling in Social Media and Events (2)

"Excellent tips on engaging your community. People love to hear stories and feel involved with the storyline somehow. A master storyteller can cra..."

John .. Christopher, Jeff, Coree

Apr 1

All: Guidelines for exhibitor tweets into the event's Twitter hashtag? (4)

"My experience has been that most exhibitors that understand what a hashtag is generally understand and respect the underlying social etiquette of using it.&n..."

Maggie, IANA, Rosemary

Mar 31

All: SCVNGR and other mobile apps (3)

"Wow...love the concept. I am a fan of Geocaching - so similar in nature...but usable on IPhone vs. having to have a GPS unit. http://www.geocaching.com/ T..."

Tamara Mendelsohn

Mar 31

Social media, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Social Networking, marketing, event planning, online strategy, social media strategy, socialmedia, social networks: Webinar with Charlene Li: How to Create a Social Media Strateg... (1)

"Hi Everyone!Just wanted to let you know about a webinar featuring social media strategist Charlene Li. She'll be talking about how to create a social media s..."

Community, Midori

Mar 29

All: The End of 'Panel Discussions' and 'Discussion Panels' (3)

"Doh. Pardon the typo's. Passion moves faster than keyboard sometimes. Wish I could edit my own postings!"

Community Host

Mar 29

All: How To Market Your Event With Social Media – Tips From The Exp... (1)

"Monday, March 29th: New post by Coree Silvera on Engage365 Blog, How To Market Your Event With Social Media – Tips From The ExpertsRead it at: http://engage3..."

Community, David

Mar 24

All: What to look for in an online event community (2)

"Clinton brings up several good points in this post.There is a rush by technology companies to bring social networking to events but in most cases they are se..."

Christopher, Laurie

Mar 23

All: ROI with Twitter (and social media) (4)

"Here's a good video on measuring the ROI of Social Media from David Meerman Scott (at SXSW 2010) author of The New Rules of Marketing & PR.I am starting to r..."

Community .. David, Janice, Christopher

Mar 18

All: Live Tweets at Events – Tool or Distraction? (9)

"Eric -- Wow... no cell phones in a session about virtual events... LMAO. What is this high school? The fact is, we as humans are always multi-tasking and e..."

Tony Veroeven

Mar 18

All: SuperHeroes of Social Media (1)

"Wonder Triplet powers, Activate!Samuel Smith, Mike McCurry, and Jeff Hurt all on the same webinar?If these guys were superheroes, They would be the "Justice ..."

David McKnight

Mar 16

All: Live from Madison (1)

"WSAE Socail Media Workshop with Andy Steggles (recording will be posted too) http://engage365.conferencespot.org/meetings/4717"

Community, Scott R, Carol

Mar 15

All: 101 Twitter Tools to Help Achieve Your Relationship-Centric Goals (3)

"Hi David - this is good information! Have you ever heard of BubbleTweets? I can see so many fun ways to use this to generate interest in upcoming events. Exa..."

Lindy, Christopher, Anne

Mar 14

All: Experience of following a conference hashtag from home (3)

"Lindy, You should check out Mike McCurry's blog, McCurry's Corner: http://www.michaelmccurry.net/ He has written several posts on the subject.Carey (my nickn..."

Beth, Jeff

Mar 11

All: What are your favorite free and low-cost online tools? (2)

"Beth - Here is a blog post I recently wrote on my favorite 12 iPhone Apps for Small Business Efficiency, Learning, and Sharing: http://bit.ly/dvj2INMany of ..."

Community, Jeff

Mar 9

All: Eight Ways To Make Your Meeting Or Event Blog And Twitter Frie... (2)

"Jeff - Participation Guide - excellent idea! I know I'll be applying in my work with associations. Jeff"

Community Host

Mar 8

All: Learning Lessons from a Hybrid Event Experience - MPI's #MD10 ... (1)

"Monday, March 8th: New post by Michael McCurry on Engage365 Blog, "Learning Lessons from a Hybrid Event Experience - MPI's #MD10 Conference"Read it at: http:..."

Community, Margaret

Mar 3

All: Five Ways Social Media Amplifies Event Marketing (2)

"great outline Ian -- I agree with you -- see it everyday"

David McKnight

Mar 3

All: Corbin's March/April 2010 TechTalk Newsletter (1)

"Check out Corbin's recent TechTalk...always filled with great content.http://www.corbinball.com/techtalk/index.cfm?fuseaction=cor_av&artID=7516David"

Community Host

Mar 1

All: Top 10 Ways Social Media Will Impact Employee Development and ... (1)

"New post for Monday, March 1st:1 way = OK3 ways = Pretty Cool10 ways = Renee Robbins awesome post "Top 10 Ways Social Media Will Impact Employee Development ..."

Community Host

Mar 1

All: How to Make Your Event’s Social Network Easy to Join (1)

"New post for Monday, March 1st:Who knows How to Make Your Event’s Social Network Easy to Join?Samuel Smith does, and he was nice enough to share this informa..."

Eric Hatch

Feb 24

All: Exhibitors and Experts: a topic Terrance Barkan started (1)

"Terrance Barkan suggested an idea about involving exhibitors with an event-centric online community. I thought the E365 community could build upon it and gi..."

Community, mireille, Maddie

Feb 23

All: Six Lessons from #Untech10 (3)

"Awesome, thanks Mireille! Yes I think more and more of us who put on events or present at conferences are experimenting with these kinds of hybrid and "un"-..."

David McKnight

Feb 23

All: State of the Conference Proceedings (1)

"If your organization plan events and distribute educational content (proceedings, handouts, abstracts) please read on...With the rapid changes in educational..."

Community Host

Feb 22

All: Lessons in Engaging Attendees from Event Camp NYC 2010 (1)

"New post for Monday, February 22th:Samuel Smith shares the important lessons that can be learned from the 2010 Event Camp unconference.Get some great info on..."

Eric .. Cija, David, Terrance Barkan

Feb 22

All: If you exhibit, how do you use Social Media? (5)

"David, you are right. The difference between noise and promotion is design and focus. An exhibitor is usually aware of their most attractive product/servic..."

Community Host

Feb 22

All: EventCamp Wrap Up - Fishbowls in NYC (1)

"New post for Monday, February 22th:Tony gives us a great recap of his experience with Event Camp 2010.Read the article at http://engage365.org/2010/02/eventc..."

MICHELLE BRUNO

Feb 19

All: SXSW (1)

"Is anyone planning to attend? If so, why are you going? Do you see value in attending an event that is outside of the events industry realm but inside the te..."

David .. Tony, Midori, David

Feb 18

Ten Best Internet Marketing Best Prac...: What internet marketing best practices are you using / have yo... (6)

"David Nour's session is now recorded and available for viewing. Please spread the word!http://engage365.conferencespot.org/meetings/3465"

Community Host

Feb 15

Engage365 Blog: Social Media & Event Marketing Part III: Twitter (1)

"New post for Monday, February 15th:John Gibb's Multi-part blog post about Social Media and Event Marketing can be found at http://engage365.org/2010/02/socia..."

Community Host

Feb 15

Engage365 Blog: Hybrid Events — Whats All the Buzz? (1)

"New post for Monday, February 15th:Michael McCurry talks about the Hybrid Event in his blog post "Hybrid Events — Whats All the Buzz?"If you got involved wit..."

Community Host

Feb 15

Engage365 Blog: Event Communities and Conference Challenges (1)

"New post for Monday, February 15th:Christopher Uschan provides us with a great look at how technology can help us solve problems and add value to your event ..."

David McKnight

Feb 13

All: Thank You UNTECH10 – The Power of a Community (1)

"Thought I'd share this with our community... http://blog.omnipress.com/ Here are some early posts.... http://www.socialfish.org/2010/02/continuing-the-unt..."

David, Christopher

Feb 10

All: ASAE Tech Show (5)

"This is incredible...even if you aren't a techy you should check out this site. The power of social networking for events – site went live three hours afte..."

Christopher Uschan

Feb 9

All: Vote for Engage365 Webinars (2)

"Some of the feedback from the back channel during engage365 webinars has been to offer more case studies showing real results, practical tips and examples on..."

Amma, Rosemary

Feb 2

All: How well do you know your host? (2)

"In most cases there is a conference advisory board/committee which consists of representatives from the host organization, various academic organizations, go..."

Terrance Barkan CAE

Feb 2

All: Social Media Legal Issues (1)

"If anyone is interested in... a.) the legal aspects of using social media and/or b.) to see a live example of using the same application that Engage 365 is..."

Tony .. Matt, Beth, Jeff

Feb 2

All: engage365 expert articles (22)

"Great discussion and wonderful suggestions - thanks to all of you for your teleprompter links and recommendations."

Ellen Maiara CMP

Feb 1

All: Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) Information Session (1)

"Starts: Tuesday February 09, 2010, 06:30PMEnds: Tuesday February 09, 2010, 08:00PMEvent Type: Training/SeminarLocation: This is a virtual event.Price: ..."

Abena Mansa

Jan 29

Social media, LinkedIn, Social Networking, Associations, event planning, conference marketing: Questions for Conference Hosts and conference organisers (1)

"What do conference hosts want to know about a conference? How do they interact With organizers? With attendees ?"

Amy, Jodi

Jan 27

All: Speaker Interviews (2)

"Hi Amy,Serenity Knutson gives great interviews and is renowned editor for Plannerwire. She may have some helpful insight. Here is her profile, right here on..."

Amma .. Tessa, Traci, Angela

Jan 26

All: 100 million Conference attendees (7)

"My organization has a small staff (five total employees, currently). We hold an annual conference that rotates location. Our 2007 conference was in Houston..."

Carol, Tony

Jan 22

Meetings 2.0 - How to Use Social Medi...: n00b question (7)

"Thanks - I thought I had clicked in both places, but perhaps not. I'll be sure to take both actions next time and see what happens. Thanks for your help! Hav..."

Maddie, Serenity

Jan 21

engage365 expert articles: Who are the People in your Neighborhood? Using Twitter to Buil... (2)

"This is a thorough and thought-provoking look at using Twitter for community-building. Ian asks, "Who are the people in your neighborhood?" When getting to k..."

Sarah, Traci, Samuel J.

Jan 20

All: Destination/Venue marketing (4)

"Thank you, both for your great advice. I will definitely click on your suggested links to find out more....thanks!"

Shawn .. Carol, Samuel J., Beth

Jan 19

All: Twitter for Customer Service? (6)

"Thanks everyone for your thoughts! Much appreciated."

Corbin .. Samuel J., Robert, Leasa

Jan 19

Meetings 2.0 - How to Use Social Medi...: What areas would you like to focus? (11)

"Corbin, I'm sorry that I won't be able to participate in your webinar on Thursday. It is timely and I know it will be informative as you always are. I'm hopi..."

Abena, Tony

Jan 19

social networks: Social Network for Event (3)

"Tony,I will register for the webinar. I hope to learn something new from this webinar. I would also be happy if the webinar discussions will address why even..."

Beth Kanter

Jan 17

All: Webinar: Social Media Bag of Tricks for Trainers (2)

"If you plan to participate, please take a few minutes to fill out this pre-survey - this will help me learn more about your - and also serve as an example in..."

David McKnight

Jan 16

All: Meeting Planner - Best Careers of 2010...and Facilitating Change (1)

"Many of you may have already see this.... US News and World Reports: Meeting Planner As one of the 50 best careers of 2010, this should have strong growth o..."

Amma Baffoe

Jan 14

All: Value of conference networking tools (1)

"Hello friends, for almost 6 months now, I have been researching on 'NETWORKING @ CONFERENCES'. My final goal is to find out how much value attendees and conf..."

Barry, Cathie, Nigel

Jan 14

All: Best event management software? (3)

"Hi Tia,We use EventsPro by Certain (www.certain.com) which is very comprehensive system and also features online event registration. What I can suggest is t..."

Maddie, Amy

Jan 13

Building an Event Blog Webinar: Do you have an event blog for your conference? (2)

"I don't haved any examples or radical ideas, in fact this idea will be new to my assoication. My big question is will I have enough time to blog in a timely..."

Traci, Lindy

Jan 13

All: How does your event handle bad press (2)

"At Expo! Expo! there was a session related to this called, The AIG Effect: How to Maximize Your Meeting Amidst “All or Nothing” Anti-Travel Sentiment. I did ..."

Christopher, Tia

Jan 13

Building an Event Blog Webinar: Building an Event Blog (2)

"I've posted interviews with presenters with more casual pics of them (as opposed to the "speaker photo" pic). I post interviews with past attendees, videos o..."

Tony, Samuel J.

Jan 13

engage365 expert articles: Hot Topic: Twitter + Heckling = “Tweckling” (2)

"Hi Tony, There have been a couple of well discussed "Tweckling" cases recently. In my opinion, Tweckling is a result of poor communication between the speake..."

Lindy Dreyer

Jan 11

All: Building an Event Blog (1)

"Hi All,Maddie and I are presenting a webinar this Wednesday on this topic. http://engage365.conferencespot.org/meetings/2683Wanted to open this conversation ..."

Maddie Grant

Jan 8

engage365 expert articles: Is Your Organization Human Enough For Social Media? (1)

"Just want to point everyone to this guest post by Jamie Notter which originally appeared on the SocialFishing blog (http://www.socialfish.org/blog). http://..."

Maddie Grant

Jan 8

engage365 expert articles: 9 Rules of Engagement... Marketing (1)

"MUST READ article by Ian McGonnigal - http://engage365.org/?p=1178I truly believe this is the year of social media ROI, which very specifically means measuri..."

Maddie Grant

Jan 8

engage365 expert articles: Exhibiting to the Non-attendee (1)

"This is a great article by Eric Lukazewski about engaging non-attendees (or virtual attendees, basically) using social media tools. http://engage365.org/?p=..."

Traci, Maddie

Jan 8

Associations, ASAE, Strategy, nonprofit, leadership: How do you handle bad press at an event? (2)

"Great question. Look forward to hearing if anyone has dealt with this situation! (and p.s. just for reference this is the story Traci's referring to - http..."

Tony .. Deirdre, Christopher, Brian

Dec 18

Associations, online strategy, conference marketing, Social Networking, event planning, social networks: Engaging your attendees/customers (7)

"Check out what the Kenosha, WI, Police Dept. did this year. 12 Days of Christmas, (My Chief gave to me...)I love the 7th day. http://ow.ly/NomO"

Lindy .. Matt, Midori, Jamie

Dec 15

All: What about a closed meeting? (4)

"If you're going to be "more candid" as a speaker, then it's not really a conference, it's a consulting engagement with the organization, and then I suppose t..."

Tony .. Eric, Barry, Lynn

Dec 14

All: Article Discussion: What a Blogger Wants (13)

"Eric, I'm an Android user myself & have found it very helpful in all my social media work. I couldn't have survived Conference last year without it. I happen..."

Eric, David

Dec 14

Social media, Associations, Social Networking, marketing, socialmedia, social networks, professional development: Corbin Ball for FREE! (2)

"I agree Eric. If anyone misses the Dec 14th webinar join us on Engage365 on January 21 for more from Corbin.http://engage365.conferencespot.org/meetings/26..."

Tony Veroeven

Dec 14

engage365 expert articles: Keep Your Ear to the Web (1)

"Have you read Serenity Knutson's article, "Keep Your Ear to the Web" yet? Here's the link: http://engage365.org/2009/12/keep-your-ear-to-the-web/Even though ..."

Matt .. Jessica, Sue, David

Dec 13

All: What to do when your attendees are not that technical? (5)

"Appeal to their logical self-interest! Show them how internet marketing broadly and social networking specifically is changing buyer behavior (think about t..."

Tony, Jeff

Dec 8

engage365 expert articles: Article Discussion: Forget Twentysomethings; Let Carol Brady T... (2)

"I couldn't agree more!I just wrote an article for the Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA) that touches on this very point. I intentionally did not give th..."

Corbin Ball

Dec 5

All: Social Media for Events (1)

"Looking forward to my presentation for Engage365 on January 21, 2010. Social media is the fastest changing area I ever seen in technology. Some of my though..."

Christopher, Tony

Dec 3

All: Social Media for events: know the degree of effort required to... (3)

"Well, the event back in Philadelphia, long ago, was a smash: the event's attendees were thrilled to see themselves up on the "new" medium that was the 'web'...."

Tony, Margaret, Christopher

Dec 3

Social Media at Events - Webinar: Social Media at Events Webinar Discussion (4)

"Margaret -- I especially like slides 2 and 11 in your presentation.http://www.slideshare.net/mcore/social-media-at-events"

Tony, Jeff

Dec 1

engage365 expert articles: 26 Tips for Designing Great Webcasts & Webinars (2)

"Great info. My favorite take-away was dividing the material into three groups for better learning:1. Materials and Information that participants can read an..."

Tony, Christopher

Nov 30

engage365 expert articles: Article Discussion: 10 Tips for Launching an Online Community (2)

"As we just roll out the engage365 community, Maddie's 10 points are dead on and a must!!!!1. Define your objectives --- very important, check!2. Define a max..."

Tony Veroeven

Nov 29

engage365 expert articles: Article Discussion: The DOs and DON’Ts of Participating in an ... (1)

"Have you read the article, "The DOs and DON’Ts of Participating in an Online Event Community"? Here's the link: http://engage365.org/2009/10/the-dos-and-don%..."

Tony Veroeven

Nov 29

All: Article Discussion: 5 Ways Associations are Using Video to Pro... (1)

"Have you read article by Chris Uschan, "5 Ways Associations are Using Video to Promote Events"? Here's the link: http://engage365.org/2009/10/5-ways-associat..."

Tony Veroeven

Nov 29

engage365 expert articles: Article Discussion: 10 Reasons Why You Should Use A Back Chann... (1)

"Did you read the article, "10 Reasons Why You Should Use A Back Channel At Your Conference"? Here's the link: http://engage365.org/2009/11/10-reasons-why-you..."

Tony Veroeven

Nov 29

engage365 expert articles: Article Discussion: Eight Ways To Make Your Meeting Or Event B... (1)

"Have you read Jeff Hurt's article, "Eight Ways To Make Your Meeting Or Event Blog And Twitter Friendly"? Here's the link: http://engage365.org/2009/11/eight-..."

Tony Veroeven

Nov 29

engage365 expert articles: Article Discussion: 6 Tips For Using Twitter For Your Event &a... (1)

"Did you read Jeff Hurt's article, "6 Tips For Using Twitter For Your Event & Conference"? Here's the link: http://engage365.org/2009/11/6-tips-for-using-twit..."

Tony Veroeven

Nov 29

engage365 expert articles: Article Discusson: Is Social The New Conference Black & Ar... (1)

"Did you read the article, "Is Social The New Conference Black & Are Attendee Lists The New Allure?" Here's the link: http://engage365.org/2009/11/is-social-t..."

Tony Veroeven

Nov 29

engage365 expert articles: Article Discussion: Pre-Event Community Building (1)

"Have you read Robert Swanwick's article, "Pre-Event Community Building"? Here's the link: http://engage365.org/2009/11/pre-event-community-building/Be certai..."

Tony Veroeven

Nov 29

engage365 expert articles: Article Discussion:What Social Media Means for the Way We Work (1)

"Have you read Maddie Grant's article, "What Social Media Means for the Way We Work" yet? Here's the link: http://engage365.org/2009/11/what-social-media-mean..."

Tony Veroeven

Nov 29

engage365 expert articles: Article Discussion: Why User-Generated Content is Good for Mee... (1)

"Be certain to read the article, "Why User-Generated Content is Good for Meetings & Events".Here's the link: http://engage365.org/2009/11/why-user-generated-c..."

Tony Veroeven

Nov 29

engage365 expert articles: Article Discussion: Social Media for Events, ROI, & The At... (1)

"Have you read the article, "Social Media for Events, ROI, & The Attendee Experience"? Here's the link: http://engage365.org/2009/11/social-media-for-events-r..."

Tony Veroeven

Nov 29

engage365 expert articles: Article Discussion: The New Playground – A Digital Conference ... (1)

"Have you read the article, "The New Playground – A Digital Conference Collaboration"? Here's the link: http://engage365.org/2009/11/the-new-playground-a-digi..."

Tony Veroeven

Nov 29

engage365 expert articles: Article Discussion: New construction and building community (1)

"This is the place to discuss the article, "New construction and building community"Haven't read it yet? http://engage365.org/2009/11/new-construction-and-bui..."

Tony Veroeven

Nov 29

engage365 expert articles: Article Discussion: Social Media Flower for Volunteer Leaders (1)

"This is the place to discuss the article, "Social Media Flower for Volunteer Leaders"Haven't read it yet? http://engage365.org/2009/11/social-media-flower-fo..."

Lindy .. Christopher, Samuel J., Ray

Nov 25

All: What was your best event/social media experience (8)

"Buzz2009 was it for me. It was memorable on a number of levels:1) Backchannel participation -- it got me hooked on being part of the backchannel and virtual..."

Margaret, Tony, Lindy

Nov 23

online strategy, conference marketing, socialmedia: Content Content Content Chop Chop Chop Repackage Repackage (3)

"I've been thinking about this - I'm so not a show daily girl, but I still see so many people who are. I think what I would do is look for a way to do the sho..."

Debra .. Maddie, Jenny, Terrance Barkan

Nov 20

All: social media for conference event (7)

"Debra,Here’s some data:At ASAE 2009 in Toronto, Bruce MacMillan, CEO MPI (Meeting Professionals International) attributed a 8 & 9% increase (respectively) i..."

Tony Veroeven

Nov 16

All: Leadership and Social Media (1)

"How is your organization leadership "taking" to social media. I'd love to hear if they are having a "V-8" moment (hand to the forehead), or if you are strugg..."

Tony, Lindy

Nov 13

All: Use of Social Media at your Events (2)

"In our event work, we use it to do all of those things. I think of social media as an informal learning channel - that's how we get people engaged. By focusi..."

Tony, Lindy

Nov 13

All: Webinars, Webinars, Webinars (3)

"*blush* We were actually thinking along those same lines. We can use the Buzz2009 event blog as the case study...and we can share what worked, and what didn'..."

Tony Veroeven

Oct 29

All: Welcome to Engage365! (2)

"Want to Join? Click Here!http://ow.ly/xoZ1"

Ryan Hood

Oct 23

All: Show off a little more about yourself! (1)

"Hey everyone, Show off a little more about yourself!Go to your profile, and edit it to:-- Choose the category that best suits you-- Update your Responsibilit..."

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