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2016: An Association Blogging and Podcasting Odyssey

Spark Consulting

I remember participating in my first bloggercon at ASAE in a sunny plaza in San Diego in 2008, shortly after I’d launched Thanks For Playing, the precursor to the Spark blog, with about 30 other association professionals, sharing our thoughts about how to use this new platform to strengthen our industry and our community.

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10 Secrets of Online Course Design from Award-Winning MOOCs

WBT Systems

Typically, a MOOC features a course syllabus, in this case, a ten-week lesson plan with assigned reading (poems), instructor-created video content, discussion forum, peer-reviewed writing assignments, and quizzes. 3 – Feature unscripted video group discussions. Barbara Oakley of UC San Diego.

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How a Local Restaurant Association Is Making Taco Tuesday for Everyone

Associations Now

That’s part of our agenda here, is to really illuminate the Orange County restaurant industry, which can be challenging when you’re sandwiched between Los Angeles and San Diego,” Waitt said. In a news release, Waitt characterized the group’s role as “peacemaker.”.

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Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator – Kim Rescate

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Kim works in communications at Alliance San Diego , but hopes it leads to a recurring role in Doctor Who, or Lost Girl. Recently, ASD launched the Vote For San Diego campaign which will help empower and give San Diegans a voice in the upcoming elections. Read news from all my news aggregator apps.

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5 ways to communicate the value of your membership

Optimist Consulting

The Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego has a visually appealing grid to help members understand the different levels. Use your members the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the Society for Technical Communication both offer great videos of members talking about the value of membership. Try something different.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 2.5.21

Reid All About it

This series of 15- to 20-minute videos cover hot topics and issues related to 501c organization management. Carl Winston, Director of the Payne School of Hospitality at San Diego State. Find out how a provider’s origin—as a webinar technology vs. a streaming video provider, for example—suggests strengths and weaknesses.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.29.20

Reid All About it

Participants posted their topics on e180’s Topic Market and sent invitations for one-on-one or group Braindates—video chat discussions on the Braindate platform. Check out the midnight sun and aurora borealis, paddling down the Chena River, or dog mushing in these 360-view videos from Fairbanks, Alaska. Intriguing. Mon 6/1 at 1 p.m.

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