Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide 2013
Wild Apricot
OCTOBER 21, 2013
Idealware''s updated Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide 2013 is a great new (free) resource for non-profits looking for social media guidance. social media'
5 Social Media Trends for 2013 that membership bodies should take note of
Optimist Consulting
JANUARY 31, 2013
I think that these trends will influence the way we live in 2013, which in turn could result in increased expectations from members of their membership body. Social content will be king. Instagram and Pinterest were the big social media hits of 2012. Are you ready? Visual will become vital.
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Cutting Edge Social Media for Associations
Association Navigator
FEBRUARY 18, 2013
The highlight is the article about the social media strategy at the Colorado Oil and Gas Association. It’s really a shift from an old-school style of communication to really embracing the social media world that we live in now.”. With visibility comes vulnerability, but you have to open up to stay relevant. .
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Reads of the Week: March 1, 2013
Reid All About it
MARCH 1, 2013
I read far too much good stuff this week, so here’s a quick list of other useful and interesting reads: Microsoft, damn them, is limiting Office 2013 installations to one per computer, meaning, if your computer crashes or you have to reformat, you’re SOL. Tagged: Community , Web and Social Media. Digital Trends ). I love Waze.
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Reads of the Week: January 25, 2013
Reid All About it
JANUARY 25, 2013
In the fall of 2012, Maddie Grant and Jamie Notter , authors of Humanize , surveyed 505 individuals about social media and leadership. Among the findings: “84% agree that leadership involvement in social media gives their company a competitive edge.” However, many CEOs still resist social media at their own peril.
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Reads of the Week: April 26, 2013
Reid All About it
APRIL 26, 2013
After seeing online comments about who should or shouldn’t be tweeting during a breaking news story, Geoff Livingston writes about the devolving online civility situation, social media vigilantes and respect. Tagged: Digital Media , Web and Social Media. Mama mia, that’s good. Happy Friday! Brilliance.
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Reads of the Week: March 15, 2013
Reid All About it
MARCH 15, 2013
Use your social media powers for good! Find out if a local charity needs social media ambassadors to help share their stories and news. Tagged: Content Marketing , Marketing , Membership , Web and Social Media. Even though I love this news, I’m still mad at Google. Happy Friday!
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Reid All About it
MARCH 7, 2013
I can feel for them because for eight years I was the general manager of an independently-owned (and very successful) restaurant, long before the days of social media. Tia Fisher at Social Media Today shows you what to do if your Twitter account has been hacked. Here’s one to bookmark and hope you never have to use.
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Reads of the Week: February 1, 2013
Reid All About it
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
He says that Marketers from Mars, a new report from ExactTarget, “found big differences between how marketers (that’s you and me) use social media, compared to how real people (your customers) use social media.” Tagged: Content Marketing , Innovation , Leadership , Twitter , Web and Social Media.
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Reads of the Week: March 29, 2013
Reid All About it
MARCH 29, 2013
It’s a fascinating read about the impact social media is making on an information-dependent industry. Tagged: Content Marketing , Digital Media , Web and Social Media , Website. Lightning Round. The music of Vivaldi enhances mental alertness, attention and memory. ( Tom Jacobs, Pacific Standard ). Happy Friday!
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Reid All About it
FEBRUARY 15, 2013
But you can’t just say to your staff, “Yeah, good idea, start doing social media.” We’ve all seen it and many are dismissing it as creepy, unnecessary or unimportant, just as many once mistook PCs, the Web, smartphones and social networking as creepy, unnecessary or unimportant .”
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Reads of the Week: February 8, 2013
Reid All About it
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
Do you have a person in mind when you write marketing or social media copy? Tagged: Association , Content Marketing , Copywriting , Facebook , Marketing , Web and Social Media. Geoff Drake, senior web writer for the Monterey Bay Aquarium (what a cool job!), writes for his imaginary friend Sue.
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Reads of the Week: February 22, 2013
Reid All About it
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
In one of his latest posts, he explains how to use social media to reduce the power of silos in your organization. He says “B2Bs <like associations> approach social media the same way they approach other parts of their business. With silos…Social media starts in a silo, usually in the marketing or PR department.
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My 5 Terms for 2013
Association Subculture
DECEMBER 27, 2012
And that is kind of what I think about 2013. So for 2013 I am keeping Zeitgeist and Democracy. However, here are three "new" areas I am going to (re) focus on in 2013. In his TedTalk he mentions that in the past decade the social layer was built. For me personally, social media is dangerously close to jumping the shark.
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Reads of the Week: April 19, 2013
Reid All About it
APRIL 19, 2013
Maggie McGary is exasperated with the disconnect she witnessed during social media presentations by association execs at digitalNOW. When she examined one association’s programs, she discovered that social media was helping them create value and revenue, yet the exec said just the opposite. Why the disconnect?
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Thanks For Playing
DECEMBER 26, 2012
Social media manager moved on? Leadership " moments " to strive for in 2013. this is an outstanding list) Jamie Notter asks: has social media started an (inevitable?) Associations Now takes on what's in and out for 2013. Twelve different ways to use Evernote in 2013. Want to be an entrepreneur?
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JANUARY 9, 2013
Jeff De Cagna's six ideas for 2013. Shelly Alcorn's five terms for 2013. Social media predictions for 2013 from the pros. Marketers use fewer social sites. Digital trends for 2013 that are not the same old same old. It's focus on the new year week! My favorite? SED: Serendipity, Empathy, Discovery.
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Higher Logic
JANUARY 23, 2018
Social media, AMS, and CRM communities offer very few features. On top of that, engaging your audience on social media takes away your content ownership. Social media has already proven the online community concept – Facebook alone had 1,870 million active users in 2016. That number comes from back in 2013.
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3 Ways Associations Can Live Dangerously in 2013
KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup
DECEMBER 31, 2012
What if 2013 was the year of living dangerously for associations? Are you ready for a new Blogger/Social Media Ambassador Membership type? What kind of changes would we see? Fear is such a pain. It saps our energy; develops more of the same old thing. Fear creates doubt in the place of excitement. Fear sucks. What do you think?
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What I’m Reading
Spark Consulting
JANUARY 8, 2014
Social media trends for 2014 (aren’t some of these the same “trends” we’ve seen for the past 5 years?). Associations Now shares the top five leadership lessons from 2013. Maddie Grant’s eclectic and interesting list of favorite reads of 2013. Associations Now shares some tech goals for 2014.
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What I'm Reading
Thanks For Playing
JANUARY 23, 2013
Everyone's all excited about Facebook's new Graph Search, aka Facebook takes on Google, including Social Media Examiner , ASAE , and SocialFish. Personal branding trends for 2013 (I'm not so sure these are new this year, but they are good remidners). An interesting look at why innovation is so hard. My favorite?
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What I’m Reading
Spark Consulting
MAY 29, 2013
The 2013 Social Media Marketing Report is out. People still think Facebook is the most important social media marketing platform, even though the overwhelming majority have no idea if it’s working. Shelly Alcorn gives us associations in five seconds (in other words, K.I.S.S.). Among the top 10 findings?
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What I'm Reading
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JANUARY 30, 2013
Marketing Profs picked up Maddie Grant and Jamie Notter's survey on new leadership skills for the social media age (and wrote a really nice article about it). Does your association need social media training? Want to make real progress in 2013? Want to innovate in 2013? Big list this week. There are signs.
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What I'm Reading
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DECEMBER 12, 2012
The world's most awesome 12 word social media policy (h/t to the SocialFish) Is a network mindset (Beth Kanter) the solution to your Board succession woes ? I'm about the 100th person to link to this, but Jeffrey Cufuade has a great post about trends in conferences for 2013. "Linear thinking is useless in a non-linear world."
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Think Responsive for Your Association Website
Reid All About it
OCTOBER 23, 2012
Hopefully, it was a good experience because, according to technology research firm Gartner, by 2013 more people will access websites with mobile phones than with desktop computers. Tagged: Association , Web and Social Media , Website. When’s the last time you looked at your association website on a mobile phone?
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Spark Consulting
APRIL 29, 2013
MIT’s Technology Review recently did a piece on the 10 breakthrough technologies of 2013. Temporary social media, “This message will self-destruct in 3o seconds…” (although you can still take a screen shot). Geek out on a Monday morning! They include: Deep learning, about advances in AI.
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Best of the Web: November 2013
Association Adviser
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
Best of the Web CalSAE Facebook industry events LinkedIn New England SAE social media Tiwtter TNSAE' New England Society of Association Executives Technology Conference. Dana Plotke and Mark Migliore will host a session titled Association Publishing: Print vs. Digital – What Works Best for You and When and How to Transition.
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Association Weekly Wrap-Up for February 8th!
YourMembership
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
Well, things are changing: the economy, technology, social media tools and paradigms for using them, generation shifts. 10) What Not to Do With Your Online Presence in 2013 by Tara Banda. Don’t: Use blanket “Like Us” messages to drive people to your social media pages.
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YourMembership
MARCH 5, 2013
Its latest study revealed that the top five professional goals for people in the US in 2013 are: Professional development through learning new skills (48%). The number one professional goal for 2013 is learning a new skill. Recently, LinkedIn posted its findings in regards to professional goals. Get a new job/career (29%).
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Introducing the 2020 Community Movers + Shakers
Higher Logic
JANUARY 27, 2020
With a community of over 5 million users worldwide, Shana has worked to launch and grow a community composed of online communities, in-person events, social media, content creation, email marketing, and customer support. He’s clear that this program is about community as a strategy – not social media tools or marketing.
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2013: A Millennial’s Perspective
Association Adviser
DECEMBER 10, 2013
With just a few weeks left in 2013, the wave of top ten lists and year-in-review articles is flowing in full tsunami force. As social media consumes more marketing time, money and members’ attention, associations need to measure its impact and ROI more efficiently. Attempting to measure social media.
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My Top 10 Learnings From ASAE Annual 2013
KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup
AUGUST 7, 2013
With something like "social media consulting for Aptify" people need to know if my services are for them or not. However, it is helpful to be able to quickly articulate what you do in a way that makes it easy for people to grasp how they can do business with you. How can I best communicate that without being tacky?
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SXSW is here! Association Weekly Wrap-Up for March 8th!
YourMembership
MARCH 8, 2013
Yes, it’s trending right now in a lot of social media, but the ideas behind gaming dynamics and techniques are as old as human civilization itself. According to a recent study, CEO social engagement at some of the world’s largest companies has almost doubled since 2010. 9) Unplugged: Got Social?
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Association Adviser
MARCH 19, 2013
link] Blogs Outrank Social Networks for Consumer Influence. Social Media Examiner. May 29-31, 2013. June 4-5, 2013. Association Media & Publishing Annual Conference. June 9-11, 2013. Patricia Redsicker. Are you wondering how to influence potential customers and prospects?
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Reads of the Week: December 7, 2012
Reid All About it
DECEMBER 7, 2012
Many of us will resolve to develop new habits in 2013. Tagged: Content Marketing , Productivity , Web and Social Media. At one of my association’s affiliate services roundtable, a lot of questions were raised about SEO, so I invited a fellow member to come in and talk to us about the basics. I don’t see my dog doing that.
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Thanks For Playing
APRIL 26, 2012
From apps to mobile-friendly websites to ensuring your emails render correctly and legibly to the ability to take mobile donations, nonprofit organizations MUST become fluent in mobile in 2013. Alltop Social Media. How to Manage Social Employees, Social Media at Events, and Car Talk. Share on FriendFeed.
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What I'm Reading
Thanks For Playing
JANUARY 16, 2013
KiKi L'Italien encourages us to live dangerously in 2013. Jeff Hurt identifies conference trends to watch for 2013. Bold" marketing predictions for 2013. Jamie Notter points out that being clear is better than being right. Justin Kownacki has an amazing post full of lots of probing questions on work and motivation.
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Idea Architects
DECEMBER 12, 2012
While the degree of replication varies, I think each of the following 15 considerations are worth every conference designer contemplating for their 2013 efforts. So here is some of what I think we will/should see more of in meeting and conference design in 2013. Is every conference-goer asking for each of the 15 items listed below?
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We finished the structure phase… How do we get the word out? Creating an effective launch for maximum visibility
Virtual
MAY 15, 2013
3) Be social. In 2013, every launch should have a social media component. Starting an Association Launching an Association Membership public relations social media webcast Website' Reach out to me and my talented team at Virtual will help maximize your organizations launch for maximum visibility.
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5 future trends – from the MemberWise ‘Harnessing the Web’ report
Optimist Consulting
MARCH 26, 2014
Organisations will employ a social media/digital staff member – with 95% of organisations in this latest report stating that they have a social media presence, it is clear that the sector is embracing the channels on offer. In the 2013 report only 19.5% In the 2013 report only 19.5% in the 2014 report.
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Aaron Wolowiec
JUNE 25, 2013
From the minute we get up to the minute we go to bed, we’re surrounded by it: social media. But whether you dub it a blessing or a curse, there’s no denying social media platforms have made it easier to learn, to connect and to engage. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up. 6 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.
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Virtual
SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
Plan ahead with your social strategy. In 2013, no promotional strategy would be complete without a social media component. Start planning your social media schedule now , so you can build and maintain a broad following of key influencers. Use social media to share everyday items and relevant external news.
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Portage Group
FEBRUARY 5, 2013
Nielsen recently released its 2012 Social Media Survey Report and there are a ton of really interesting stats and figures in here. If you know you need to update your marketing but not sure where to start, Kivi Leroux Miller has shared a slide-deck you should read on some marketing changes to consider in 2013.and
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Why can’t chapter affiliation agreements be as simple?
Mariner
MAY 7, 2013
May 7, 2013. I just finished reading an ASAE listserv exchange on social media policies and am prompted to ask why can’t chapter affiliation agreements be as simple? In the past year, Peter and I have worked with or helped six different organizations refresh their affiliation agreements.
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