Did you miss last week's Twitter chat? Catch up with this transcript! Thanks to Paul Barchilon (@AGFgo), who joined us to talk about how the American Go Foundation refocused its go website on a target audience of teachers, librarians, and teens.
Chris Aylott (@EngageChris): Welcome to our "Ancient Game, Modern Technology" #engage365 chat! I'm very pleased to introduce Paul Barchilon of the American Go Foundation!
Paul has been modernizing the AGF's go website and uniting a widespread memb...
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Founder and CEO of BizBash, David Adler is perhaps one of the most progressive thinkers in the events industry. He is known for being an engaging speaker and is also often the herald of some new trend or technology that seems to overtake the industry within short order.
I recently asked David to share his thoughts on trends in the industry by answering five questions. Not surprisingly, his responses were fascinating and full of useful information on what's coming down the pike. In fact, he gave me enough great con...
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Last year the very first Event Camp Twin Cities, #ECTC10, gained attention for it's unabashed eagerness to experiment publicly with new conference formats and technology. The experiment came off as an elegantly produced hybrid event that featured remote pods; live online streaming that combined slides, video and conference tweets; Virtual Emcee Emilie Barta; and interactive presentations focusing on ways to improve events.
This year organizers Sam Smith and Ray Hansen are determined to up the ante by adding another ...
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You may know KiKi L'Italien as the moderator of Association Chat (#assnchat), or as host of the webcast, The Social Media Sweet Spot, but Joplin Missouri knows her as one of its own.
Like so many families, KiKi's was hit hard by the recent tornado that devastated her hometown. Now she is teaming up with her sister Kylee Coffman and pal Lindsey Rosenthal of Events For Good to create a fundraising event, June 13 from 6-9 pm in Washington DC, to benefit Joplin. She recently shared a little about the upcoming fundraise...
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Andy Steggles knows a little about using social media for non-profits. His book, Social Networking for Non-Profits, explains how to increase member engagement in a mobile and web 2.0 world.
He is also the Chief Operating Officer & Social Strategist for Higher Logic, LLC, a social media and mobile software company for associations and nonprofits; and spent 10 years serving as the Chief Information Officer at the Risk & Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) where he headed their social strategy i...
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Mitchell Beer is big on making the most of the content generated at events. As founder and president of The Conference Publishers Inc., he has been responsible for producing online or printed content for more than 3,000 conferences, in more than 200 communities, since its formation in October 1984.
Mitchell, who completed his Certification in Meetings Management (CMM) in 2003, also serves on the board of the Green Meeting Industry Council (GMIC), is founding chair of the GMIC Sustainable Meetings Foundation, an...
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