3-Year Social Media Plan for Events 10/19/10

I recently spoke to a group of meetings professionals at Affordable Meetings National here in DC. The slides for the presentation, Social Media & Events–Get Beyond the Hype, are on Slideshare. My co-presenter, Paul Wehking from Omnipress, and I covered a lot of ground in a little time, but I think the point that resonated most was this… Set measurable (and achievable!) goals. And to follow that point to it’s conclusion–if you’re being reasonable with your social media plans, the goals you set in yea...

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What a Blogger Wants 11/07/09

If you haven't seen it yet, check out this great article by Jeff Hurt, 8 ways to make your event blog/twitter friendly. I'm a blogger, so I thought it might be useful to revisit Jeff's article, switching the point of view to focus on my basic needs as a blogger. 8 seems to be a popular number. Free wifi that actually works--Unless you want me tweeting that the wifi is too slow, you better make sure your facility has the wifi capacity to handle me and my blogging pals. We're going to push most ne...

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