Buy “The Fogdirog” and be association geek chic

by Ben Martin, CAE on June 16, 2009 · 2 comments

So I had a little fun on Zazzle tonight. I made and bought one of these. If you want one too, go ahead and buy it, and we can coordinate outfits at ASAE. It’ll be so much fun. What the heck is fogdirog, you say?

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Buy this shirt.

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If yes, fill out this here form. The meeting is in April 2010 in Quebec. If you decide to put in for this, please drop me a line. I’m on the selection committee for this conference of association executives, so you have a friend on the inside. I’ll see what I can do.

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Two free nights at a Disney resort

Free association marketing conference

Free food and beverage

All you have to do is get there

This is what the crazy economy has brought us.

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Video post: Quick tutorial on WhenIsGood.net

by Ben Martin, CAE on May 8, 2009 · 0 comments

There are about a zillion meeting scheduling services on the Web, but this one’s the best, in my humble opinion. It’s called WhenIsGood.net, and it is the simplest, most elegant meeting scheduling service I’ve ever used. Here’s a four minute video on how it works:

WhenIsGood.net meeting scheduling service
from Ben Martin on Vimeo.

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A few weeks ago I told my friend Jeff Turner about some trouble I was having with Twitter.

No, not that kind of trouble.

To help me out, Jeff built this site for me, and now it’s out of super-secret beta so I can share it with you. Watch this video for information about the service and a demo.

Twext.me demo from Ben Martin on Vimeo.

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This would definitely qualify as a frequently asked question, so rather than explain it, let me show you how to do it:


Adding blog posts to your facebook notes — automagically! from Ben Martin on Vimeo.

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Invitation: Association social media power users group

April 26, 2009

I’m thinking about creating a small peer group/online community for practicing association executives who oversee social media initiatives. For starters, here’s who I have in mind:

Becky Granger, Educause
Renato Sogueco, Society of American Florists
Frank Fortin, Massachusetts Medical Society
Helen Mosher, AFCEA Int’l
Fred Faulkner, American Bar Association
Todd Carpenter, National Association of Realtors
Lynn Morton, American Academy of Physician Assistants
Bill [...]

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My DigitalNow Mogulus Demo

April 17, 2009

Here it is for your repeat-viewing pleasure!

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Here comes Clay Shirky

April 16, 2009

I’m attending the Digital Now conference this week, where some of my favorite authors, bloggers, speakers, etc. are. Highlights so far:

Keynote address from Clay Shirky (download it here)
Meeting and having lunch with Here Comes Everybody author, Clay Shirky (thanks to Fusion Productions for arranging this very special opportunity)
Session about the amazing, almost magical Brain Extension [...]

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Funny: The twouble with twitter

March 23, 2009

This is so appropriate, given the content of the conference I’ve been attending this week:

Thanks for the link, boss.

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