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New, exciting changes are on the horizon! Keep your eye on your inbox next week for an email full of updates on changes happening in the community, ..."
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Study supports value of incentive tripst over cash rewards by Brad Nickel
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Do you have a tough time figuring out whether prospective venues can meet your event technology requirements? James Spellos and Corbin B..."
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This week was a big one for #eventprofs with TWO Event Camps happening at the same time, Event Camp Vancouver and Event Camp East Coast. ..."
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Lessons for Events From The Conan O'Brien Show
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"We are excited about collaborating with the f2f and virtual audiences November 4 - 6 and talking sustainability, gamification, event design, hybrid events an..."
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Your Thoughts on Making Engage365 Better
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If you are a meeting planner who helps corporations produce/plan employee, sales and executive meetings I'd love to talk with you! Or if..."
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Will Tradeshows Adapt or Die? Q&A with Michelle Bruno
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There are some very interesting and useful posts on Engage365 this week.
Event Camp East Coast: Creating a Think Tank for Event Innova..."
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ECTC11 Experiences of a Remote Attendee by Derrick Stomp
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"Traci,
That's the exact feedback I got from my team that were watching my presentation online. The first feedback was that I picked the wrong shirt! du..."
"Hey Ruud! I wasn't able to attend any of the EventCamp in Twin Cities...any chance you can share the results of this experiment? I contributed the day yo..."
"For all you San Francisco Bay Area Peeps please join us for EventCamp Silicon Valley & Twin Cities Pod location!
On August 24th in the heart of innovat..."
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Event Camp Europe to Bring Innovative Tech to New Audience
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I wanted to share an invitation to an upcoming webinar that will talk to Blue Sky’s eLearning Portal integrates with Avectra netFORUM...."
"On behalf of the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives, please accept my personal invitation to participate in the National Leadership Summit on Associ..."
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KiKi L'Italien Talks About Being a Social Media Badass For Your Event
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"I run an networking platform called Leebug that is specifically designed for conferences and events. Any event producer can create a community and use ..."
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Tips For Getting More Engagement On Your Event Or Business Facebook Page By Emily Breder
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What are some sites that represent the best integrations of Brightcove with Pluck to create community that is vivified by streaming or on-demand vid..."
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Small Meetings Find Business Impact ROI at Sea
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New Apps That Can Help Event Planners by Mariana Ashley
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If you are an association type I ask that you help contribute to the survey being done by Haleema Burton of NACUA for her ASAE Leadership ..."
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An Event Pro's Journey from Social to Media to Social Media by Tahira Endean
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Event pros come together to show support for Joplin, MO
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"Recently Finanical Times announced that they are going around Apple and publishing their app as a HTML5 web app instead of going through the app store. ..."
"The eEvent blog has just had a complete makeover, and we're seeking to celebrate by featuring more event-related apps, event planners and event-related s..."
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Why is Face to Face Marketing so Powerful? Special to Engage365 by Bob James
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"Hey guys:
I run Leebug in New York. Our new multi event mobile app is coming out next month and we know everyone wants one of these for their event. ..."
"Brian,
There are a number of ways this can be a profit opportunity for both the show and the reg/lead management company. Barbara's solution is just on..."
"Check out Streampoint Solutions. One of their registration solutions is the Attendee Resource Center. One of the ARC modules is MeetingMaker and it does exac..."
"Did you know that cyber-bullying can happen to anyone? Even well respected representatives of associations? In a recent podcast, KiKi L'Italien of The De..."
"CORRECTION - Tim Supples, author of "Goodbye QR codes, Hello Near Field Communication" is the social media manager and content curator at Ettend, a..."
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Are you confused by the array of mobile apps for events currently available? Our front page article features an interview with Marie-Cla..."
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I'm very excited to announce that the brilliant Mitchell Beer of The Conference Publishers Inc. (and an Engage365 member) will be sharing ..."
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Do you know an Engage365 member who would make an interesting profile interview? Do you have information to share about yourself (birth..."
"A.S.P.E.N. is seeking a Program Director for Corporate Relations. Primary responsibilities include establishing and maintaining year-round relationships with..."
"Hey Everyone!
We've got some very useful posts on Engage365 this week. First, Liz King shares tips for using social media to connect at conferences
h..."
"This week Engage365 announced it's new webinar series entitled Educate365. The program, the product of a partnership between Omnipress and Peach Ne..."
"Hey Everyone!
This week on Engage365 we are featuring two articles that point out how technology is forcing major changes in the way we do events.
This o..."
"In this week's Featured Member Article, Engage365 member Judy Kucharuk shares tips she learned at the recent GMIC Sustainable Meetings Conference on inno..."
"Hi Katie,
I have seen a couple of interesting tactics some of our clients have used. Specially if you use ARS, it's much easier to encourage people to ..."
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This week, Omnipress's own Patty Keller shares some great tips for designing innovative meetings that she got at Event Camp National Confe..."
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Engage365 member Randall Whatley recently wote a thoughtful post especially for us about the rise of fuel costs and how they could actually s..."
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Did you know you can rate the articles you read at Engage365?
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I recently gave Sam Smith's article on ..."
"Did you miss Event Camp National Conference, held recently in Chicago? Not to worry, Engage365 member Tahira Endean went and shares her takeaways from the ev..."
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NEW Engage365 Post! Jeff Korhan recently posted an excellent article highlighting Google's new emphasis on social search. Great info to h..."
"The growth of 4G networks from Verizon and other service providers make a huge difference in the ability to harness public wireless signals at faster speeds...."
"Hi Everyone!
Engage365 has a new writer on board! Her name is Sara Olbrantz and she has written a very useful summary of the recent Engage365 chat on using..."
"Leadership, Conferences and Freedom
Unconference expert Adrian Segar agrees that true leadership is about confronting people with their freedom.
http://e..."
"Hi Everyone!
Want to rise above the competition when producing virtual events or webinars this year? Here are five tips from Dave Lutz of Velvet Chainsaw C..."
"A cocktail party at a nearby home gave attendees at Event Camp East Coast a chance to get to know each other AND design their own conference in a relaxed, fu..."
"Laura Fitton, or @pistachio as she's known on Twitter, is the founder of oneforty.com, co-author of Twitter For Dummies and has been speaking about Twitt..."
"Sam Smith, of Interactive Meeting Technology, and Ruud Janssen, of The New Objective Collective, recently shared a suggested shopping list of the latest tech..."
"Hey Everyone!
Just in cased you missed it, I did a Skype interview with Jessica Levin recently about Event Camp National Conference coming up in Chicago. T..."
"Hi everyone, I thought I'd take the opportunity to introduce http://www.moreconference.com which may be of interest to people in this forum.
We provide..."
"Things are changing a at Engage365. Our focus is a little broader now. Check it out!
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"A list of upcoming conferences for meeting & events professionals.
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"Hi All,
Good timing! We are considering using Pathable for our next conference and one concern that came up from a staff/speaker is finding the time t..."
"Hi Everyone!
Heidi Thorne of Promo with Purpose has an excellent strategy for encouraging attendees to recycle event promotional materials such as la..."
"First I want to point out that I never gave permission to use my image in that post!
The selfish person in me is glad that Adrian had a bad experienc..."
"Have you taken the Engage365 Survey yet?
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"Hi Adrian, Thank you for sharing this video. As much as I would love to facilitate an unconference --- I am learning from the constituents, my senior staff, ..."
"Hey Everyone!
Engage365 member Laura Lear of NCM Fathom, has written up some excellent tips on creating great content for your audience before, during and ..."
"While VPN is a viable security option for individuals who are connecting to non-https sites over wifi, it can slow your connection depending on your distance..."
"Hello Sean,
The idea is to be able to track something for yourself and for your sponsors. Everything is possible but you will make decisions based on..."
"Eventbrite states that they have about 35% of the toal events created on their platform that are payd events (they sells ticket). This means that 65%, actual..."
"Any engage365 bloggers attending IAEE's Annual Meeting in New Orleans? We will be having a bloggers meetup on Wednesday, December 8 in the Media Lounge a..."
"Hey Everyone!
Event Camp East Coast took place last weekend and the Twittersphere is still buzzing about it. Find out what people who actually attended thi..."
"Thanks for your comment, Kristen!
I don't disagree with your approach at all - in fact, we do something similar. During an event, we have someone at HQ..."
"For Foursquare to grow, it has to be more than a game or a gimmick. But they've got a solid team and backers (Silicon Valley’s Andreessen Horowitz)..."
"Hey Everyone!
I will be attending Event Camp East Coast next week to hang out with some VERY cool people, meet more cool people, learn about innovative tec..."
"Looking to maximize your time at Engage365?
Jenise Fryatt tells you how in this article:
Take a Video Tour, Explore Things to do, Guest Blog: New Feature..."
"Hello Angela!
I've used polleverywhere.com for the last 2 years for about 15 clients and personal presentations. The service is almost unflappable!
M..."
"New Guest Post by Chris Uschan:
Open Community and Events – An Interview with Lindy Dreyer and Maddie Grant
http://engage365.org/2010/11/open-commu..."
"Thanks for the excellent Setting Measurable Goals slide - based on this we've made it through Year 1 (whew!), and it gives me a really useful structure f..."
"Great post, Sam.
Do you (or anyone reading) have any additional statistics that address the cannibalization fear that many are still hanging on to.
..."
"Hey Members --
If you're finding value at Engage365, be sure to take just 2 minutes to give your review to our nominated community at the Forrester'..."
"Hi Everyone!
Have you checked out the new features on Twitter and Facebook lately?
http://engage365.org/2010/10/how-will-event-pros-use-the-new-twi..."
"Trey I don't know what the format will be for your event, but if you're not worried about the best in production quality, Skype or ooVoo should be fi..."
"I'd reco adding TweetReports.com to the research and monitoring tools list. Provides great search results and the Filter Results option means there's..."
"Join Jeff Hurt this Friday at 1pm ET at the hashtag #engage365 on Twitter for this week's online chat.
The topic is WOM Marketing for events.
#engage..."
"Andrea -- one of the things we discussed at EventCamp Twin Cities was you need to plan for your post-event conference content communications and distribution..."
"Wow -- an Informous content marketing web property for the event industry. Hadn't thought of that, but how incredibly useful would it be to have all that..."
"Hybrid * Hybrid * Hybrid
Here is a link to live streaming content sponsored by Omnipress and Sonic Foundry produced by Wisconsin Society of Assocation Exec..."
"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..."
"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 ..."
"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 ..."
"Clearly, we're not in Kansas anymore. The issues raised here challenge our perception of traditional media, its roles and responsibilities, and our expec..."
"Based on posts and trends, meeting and event professionals are utilizing mobile tools professionally now more than ever. MPI understands that meeting profess..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
" 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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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 ..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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, ..."
"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..."
"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..."
"Monday, April 19th:
New post by Nancy Schwartz on Engage365 Blog, Top Nonprofit Marketing Insights -- 2010 NTC (Nonprofit Technology Conference)
Read it at..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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 ..."
"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 ..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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 ..."
"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, 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 - 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 ..."
"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:..."
"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 ..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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"-..."
"If your organization plan events and distribute educational content (proceedings, handouts, abstracts) please read on...With the rapid changes in educational..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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 ..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"In most cases there is a conference advisory board/committee which consists of representatives from the host organization, various academic organizations, go..."
"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..."
"Starts: Tuesday February 09, 2010, 06:30PMEnds: Tuesday February 09, 2010, 08:00PMEvent Type: Training/SeminarLocation: This is a virtual event.Price: ..."
"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..."
"My organization has a small staff (five total employees, currently). We hold an annual conference that rotates location. Our 2007 conference was in Houston..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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 ..."
"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..."
"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..."
"Hi All,Maddie and I are presenting a webinar this Wednesday on this topic. http://engage365.conferencespot.org/meetings/2683Wanted to open this conversation ..."
"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://..."
"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..."
"This is a great article by Eric Lukazewski about engaging non-attendees (or virtual attendees, basically) using social media tools. http://engage365.org/?p=..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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 ..."
"Appeal to their logical self-interest! Show them how internet marketing broadly and social networking specifically is changing buyer behavior (think about t..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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'...."
"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..."
"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..."
"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%..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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-..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
"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,Here’s some data:At ASAE 2009 in Toronto, Bruce MacMillan, CEO MPI (Meeting Professionals International) attributed a 8 & 9% increase (respectively) i..."
"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..."
"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..."
"*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'..."
"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..."