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I have been serving the association and meeting community for 25 years with Omnipress. The last eight years I've had the pleasure of being the Chief Executive Officer.

We have a great team here at Omnipress and I've put together another great team at Engage365. My goal with this site is simple. To help the event community figure out how to apply, what I believe to be a powerful new set of tools, Social Media.

Engage365 is built on our Conference 2.0 platform. It's part technology and part services. With the technology we sought out an easy to use web based SaaS solution, attendees need to figure this out in minutes, and one that can be build on to include the content of the event. Something we have been doing for over 30 years.

The other key ingredient is community management. The saying –“ Build it and they will come”, does not apply. To have success with this technology you need to drive engagement. That's part well defined process, execution and exciting passion people unleashed to apply their talents. Omnipress supplies the defined process, knows how to execute and create a place for your education team, marketing team, conference team, and leadership team to be engaging and enhance the experience of both face-to-face events and virtual events.

We are committed to investing in talented thought leaders to bring valuable content to this site. We ask only one thing in return....share it.

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Matched on: Social Media, MPI, Leadership, and ASAE
Matched on: Social Media, MPI, Leadership, and ASAE

On The Web

Schedule

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Tue Feb-16, 3:00 PM EST- 3:30 PM EST
Wed Feb-17, 12:00 PM EST- 1:00 PM EST
Jessica Levin CMP, Jenny Andrawis
Tue Mar-16, 10:30 AM EDT- 12:30 AM EDT
Tue Apr-13, 3:00 PM EDT- 4:00 PM EDT
Tue Jun-08, 8:00 AM EDT- 3:30 PM EDT
Dave Will, Sterling Raphael, Lindy Dreyer
Mon Dec-13, 8:00 AM EST- 8:00 PM EST

Conversations

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Jul 19
"On behalf of the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives, please accept my personal invitation to participate in the National Leadership Summit on Association Innovation on September 14, 2011 in Madison, Wisconsin.  This half-day gathering of senior association leaders will explore how organizations across our community can collaborate to accelerate the overall pace of innovation. &n..."
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May 24
"Steve, can start a conversation just fine on this Xoom. Does not come with a pdf reader so Tizra a bit goofy but i think that will be fixed soon. i turn this over to you tomorrow. David"
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Jan 3
"Congratualtions!   Engage365 reached 1,000 members to get 2011 off to great start!    We are still fine tuning our 2011 objectives and need your help.   Please let us know what you think Engage365 should do in 2011.   http://engage365.org/2010/12/engage365-community-we-need-your-input/   David"
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Sep 13
"Engage365 is a living case study for using social technologies and best practices. It's sucess come from it many contributors, and you.   Some of the recent results include (since Dec 2009): 800+ members 14,300+ unique visitors / 31,000+ visits 81,000+ page views Almost 200 conversations with more than 500 public comments/responses Because of this, Engage365 ha..."
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Sep 13
"Hybrid * Hybrid * Hybrid Here is a link to live streaming content sponsored by Omnipress and Sonic Foundry produced by Wisconsin Society of Assocation Executives coming from Wisconsin Dells, WI. Michael Gallery, Ph.D., CAE - President, OPIS, LLC and Chair, Measure of Sucess will be the keynote speaker. September 15th  FREE Pass  http://bit.ly/cnG4sr Programs includes: 7 Measu..."
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Aug 31
"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 feeds the community.     Nine months ago when we introduced Conference 2.0 it was clear we were making a market with this product.   We had a lot to learn about how to leverage the power of these social tools.&n..."
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Jul 31
"Let me confirm Chris's confirmation that Engage365 is here to stay.    While the Omnipress team works hard at this, there are many contributing to its success.   The community we have built, are building, and specifically the people, are amazing.   We have only just begun.   One of the first goals in getting a community site goin..."
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Jul 20
"Search Engines Eye Foursquare’s Data   Copyright ContentNext Media Inc. 2002—2010   Are the major search engines about to give their badge of approval to Foursquare? CEO Dennis Crowley tells The Telegraph that his company is talking to Google (NSDQ: GOOG), Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) about some sort of data sharing deal. All three ma..."
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Jul 19
"I thought I'd share this Webinar for you technology aware meeting planners held tomorrow Tuesday, July 20, 2010 1:00 - 1:30 p.m. CDT   Why?   Find out why you shouldn't shy away from a blended approach - offering both onsite and online for the first time Grasp the benefits of hybrid meetings, from new revenue streams to driving online attendees to register on-si..."
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Jul 14
"Jaime - you may know better than I on how meeting planners "price" the event.   As an attendee to several events I've look at the cost of travel, hotel, meals, usually more than the cost to attend, as the cost to "network" and he event cost/fee is for the education.   We also all know that sponsors pay for much of the networking opportunities otherwis..."
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Jul 12
"Jamie has some great points here.   But, don’t you love those, I have a couple of thoughts to add to this discussion.      Absolutely, sell it but I don’t like Jamie pricing formula…. I think it lacks a value equation.   This stuff has value, tangible value.   Instead I’d look at pricing your recorded content based on ..."
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Jul 1
"This (FourSquare) being such a popular thread I thought I'd share a link to the MPI Blog Engage (a very good Blog by the way) that discusses Foursqure and it's use at the #WEC10 conference coming up this month (July). http://www.mpiweb.org/Community/Blogs/Engage.aspx MPI WEC also has an active community for attendeeds -  http://wec-2010.pathable.com/"
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Jun 23
"Other label ideas - good, bad or need authoization. Front "Pocket".... Engage Team Leader Event Engager Socail Media Engager Year a-round Engager   I'm an Engage365 Thought leader log on the pocket and on the back... Follow me to Engagement Leading Socail Media Engagement I'm a Socail Media Engager Ask me about Engage I'm Engaging...are you? ..."
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Jun 21
"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 video page... http://www.ustream.tv/nyc140conf David"
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May 18
"Rachel, I'm glad you could join us.   I think Shoutlet is a great fit for Associations as they usually are filled with ideas and content but struggle with executing on marketing plans.   Let me know if my team or I can help you or team Shoutlet.   David"
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Apr 8
"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 advertising, banner ads, exhibit booth, sponsor a session…   What would it take (product feature, service, a key metric) for you to be able to justify spending more money to be a sponsor on the events social network? &..."
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Mar 26
"F/Y/I Microsoft’s Bing is adding Foursquare To Maps. Users of Bing Maps will now be able to see foursquare check-ins, badges, and mayorships in Bing Maps and see tips from any foursquare customer and zoom to the location for visualization."
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Mar 24
"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 self help applications. Some are cool applications – although I’d focus on easy to use over cool so your attendees and sponsor can sue the tool intuitively. BUT, a community is not a self help application. It requires planning, execut..."
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Mar 17
"Wednesday, March 17 at 01:02PMMy two cents....Yes it can be a distraction (note the"can" be) and Yes it is a tool. But we aren't going to stop it unless speakers/organizers demand phones/computers to be turned off...but "can" we really demand attention? Sort of like saying "stop thinking about last nights party and concentrate on what I'm going to say"..if there is value in what is being prese..."
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Mar 17
"If you have the resources to devote to a special "social desk" and staff with an "expert” then more power to you. But, my feeling is that we all need to move into the social world as part of doing business...or planning an event. I'd invest time/training in your planners, organizer, volunteers, and speakers to learn these tools for two reasons 1) it should help them do their job better and i..."
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Mar 16
"WSAE Socail Media Workshop with Andy Steggles (recording will be posted too) http://engage365.conferencespot.org/meetings/4717"
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Mar 3
"Check out Corbin's recent TechTalk...always filled with great content.http://www.corbinball.com/techtalk/index.cfm?fuseaction=cor_av&artID=7516David"
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Feb 23
"If your organization plan events and distribute educational content (proceedings, handouts, abstracts) please read on...With the rapid changes in educational conferences due to travel, the economy and technology, we're looking for your feedback on how your organization is delivering and selling educational conference materials at your events.Please take a few minutes to complete this short surv..."
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Feb 19
"Eric,Thank you...great start on this important topic.My two cents,Using the insights you gained from Eric five points now you should have a better understanding of your customer or prospect...or advocate (don't for get those). Combine that with your "Content Marketing" efforts http://bit.ly/7USn1 you are able to then make sure the content you share has value and relevance...not just more noi..."
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Feb 17
"Midori, Yes, we will be posting the recorded presentation soon. GREAT, webinar...so much content I need the recording to take it all in (thank goodness for replays). When David Nour and I talked a few months back I wanted some real meaty content....he delivered. Stay tuned, we'll be promoting the recording as soon as it's available."
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Feb 13
"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-untech10-awesome.html http://meetingsnet.com/news/asae_tech_untech0211/ http://frankfortin.wordpress.com http://www.memberclicks.com/blog http://www.tagoras.com/2010/02/10/untech10-learning-20-in-action/ ...and now, let the case studies b..."
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Feb 10
"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 after idea was started, site has been live for 20 hours, 145 members and increasing by a dozen an hour, new session content is being posted every hour, sponsors lined up to participate. All that had to happen is an event be canceled...OK, ..."
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Feb 9
"I meant......should "NOT" be kidding...hang in there east cost friends..."
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Feb 9
"Maybe not....let it snow, snow, snow...I should kid about that as the east coast is struggling. I'm a Wisconsin boy and grew up in Michigan’s UP and enjoy snow blowing my 1/3 mile driveway.The Tech Sow is canceled but stay tone…we are working on a unconference solution, doing so in hours not days…so some of the great content and networking can still be shared."
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Feb 8
"Hello Engagers,I’m sure some of you will be joining me for the ASAE Tech Show Feb 10-12. It’s a great opportunity to hear how technology is helping associations grow and do more. This year I’ll be bringing a team – Sean Lawler and Tony Veroeven who is one of our Engage365 Bloggers. Please stop by the Conference 2.0 / Omnipress booth. I’ll be out scoping the floor and in as many session..."
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Jan 16
"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 over the next decade http://cli.gs/8ntGQa It's great to see the recognition and value of the role of Meeting Planners. Whether your event is social or educational or both, the impact on improving our lives is clear. Who doesn’t want to h..."
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Dec 14
"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/2684David McKnight"

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