Poll your audience in real time by downloading a slide from the Poll Everywhere site and inserting it into your PowerPoint file. Audience members can respond to questions by texting or going to your customized PollEvereywhere web page all from their phones, tablets or computers. Results are almost instantanous and display live on the PowerPoint slide being shown during your event or learning program. You can use both poll questions as well as open ended questions.
Now you can engage your in person audience and inc...
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One of the most common questions I get from association professionals is about eBooks – from “How” and “Which kind,” to “Do we really have to give Amazon 30 percent?”
eBooks are clearly a hot area and one that every association needs to be investing in to reach members and others. The question is not “should you.” The question is “how should you.” There are entire books, (and eBooks) devoted to the topic. But for associations, here are some important considerations.
Understand you...
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Did you miss last week's #engage365 Twitter Chat? Here's a transcript to catch up with. Read on for a great discussion on new skills and how to share them with others. Many thanks to @AssociCom, @SanneJolles, and @justinlocke for their thoughts and tips!
Join us Friday, March 23 at 1 p.m. for an all new #engage365 Twitter chat on new conference technology!
Chris Aylott @ChrisAylott: Welcome to our “Spring Training” #engage365 chat! F...
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Like the telephone and email, social media is not going away.
It’s not going to implode, explode or just die. It’s a communication tool that will be around for a long time.
People use social media for personal and business reasons. They use it for entertainment, to learn, to network and to source products and services. Savvy organizations use it for customer engagement, marketing and to share resources.
One in three small businesses now use social media. They understand that having a Website is not enoug...
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Are we witnessing a digital revolution? Or digital evolution?
Can we simply adapt and apply old skills to new contexts? Or do we need to learn new ways of thinking, doing and being?
One thing is certain. Our nonprofit institutions are dynamic, complex systems embedded within an even more dynamic, complex übersystem: human society.
The Traditional Nonprofit Conference Scenario
Consider the following typical conference scenario:
After registering for a conference and paying a fee, Sue travels to the headq...
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Social media is the key to making your webinar a success. Use it before, during and after your webinar to engage with your audience on more than a superficial level. You may develop new professional relationships or get new customers by taking the time to interact with your webinar's audience.
Frost & Sullivan, a growth consulting business, reported in April 2010 that a survey of 1,500 employees found that almost 2/3 used social media for work, and almost ¾ used it for personal reasons. Social media is a powe...
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