The USA Today tagged 2010 as: The Year We Stopped Talking.
Despite all of the technology that makes communicating easier than ever, the connectivity revolution is creating a lot of divided attention and social angst. Analysts say it's time to step back and reassess the reasons why we’ve stopped talking to one another.
We’re addicted to wireless devices.
We divide our attention between the person in the room and our wireless device.
We've come to confuse continual ...
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For those of you who haven’t been introduced to Quora, it’s a site that’s collection of questions and answers created, edited, and organized by everyone who uses it. In other words, it’s a wiki tool for crowdsourcing content about any subject. Although still quite new, it could be an effective tool for event, conference, tradeshow and even wedding planners. Sure there are plenty of others, like Twitter, Facebook Pages and Formspring, that allow you to ask and answer questions, but Quora seemingly blends...
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Join me this Friday for an Engage365 chat unlike any other. The topic will be "Your plans for 2011 and how to make them a reality."
For some it will be about getting healthy, for others it will be about building a bigger client base or just trying something you've never tried before. Whatever it is, there's a very good chance that another Engage365 member has some tips or can help you in some way. If not, sometimes just talking about it helps to clarify the next steps you need to take.
Bring yo...
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Nonprofit organizations of all sizes have a valuable opportunity to position their organizations, programs, fundraising campaigns and special events. Those that hone their messaging well are part of a growing trend of healthy organizations whose taglines help to build awareness of their value and put them firmly in audiences’ hearts, minds, schedules and wallets.
“The winning taglines in the 2010 Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards showcase how powerfully taglines can work as a first step i...
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Linkedin is an amazing tool. Being “Linked In” means different things to different people. For some its an address book that gets updated when people move, for others its a trust-based network. Here are some quick ideas on how you can use Linkedin to support your event marketing efforts!
1. Create a group for your event: You can invite people to join your group, start discussions around the event or event-related topics, give important news updates to your audiences or promote your eve...
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Linkedin is an amazing tool. Being “Linked In” means different things to different people. For some its an address book that gets updated when people move, for others its a trust-based network. Here are some quick ideas on how you can use Linkedin to support your event marketing efforts!
1. Create a group for your event: You can invite people to join your group, start discussions around the event or event-related topics, give important news updates to your audiences or promote your event to othe...
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