SMS to web live audience polling

August 29, 2008

An audience response system is a pretty snazzy way to engage conference attendees in polls during keynote presentations, but the cost of renting such systems is often more than a meeting planner is willing to spend. But wait! This audience response system is web-based and receives votes by text messaging. It’s called Poll Everywhere, and […]

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Just blog it. Don’t try to game Google.

August 28, 2008

There’s a little trick that many of the top bloggers use to increase their visitors. They keep an eye on Google Trends and other services that help them keep track of the day’s most queried search terms and then stuff their posts with those terms. The theory is that if you’re posting about stuff that’s […]

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Yes, it absolutely is EVIL to track members’ phone calls…

August 27, 2008

…unless they’re calling you. Wes asked me to elaborate on my earlier post about potentially data mining member tweets. He commented: Ben, care to expound on this? How is collecting and analyzing data freely given by our constituents “evil”? Is it evil to track phone calls from your members and mine them for information? See, […]

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Linkedin Groups adds forums feature

August 27, 2008

One of the most disappointing things about Linkedin Groups is that there’s no way to message all the members in your group through Linkedin. Not anymore! Good news for any associations with a Linkedin Group. Facebook’s older sibling just added a cool new feature: This Friday, we will be adding several much-requested features to your […]

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Meet the NEW association community bloggers!

August 27, 2008

The A-List Bloggers network debuted last week at ASAE with a dozen or so contributors. I also learned about a few more association-themed blogs at the Annual Meeting. Let’s meet them, shall we? Caron Mason, CAE – A brand new CAE from the American Industrial Hygiene Association, she actually recommends my 13 CAE exam tips […]

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Random thoughts on associations using Twitter + a step-by-step strategy for getting started

August 26, 2008

Lindy’s continuing the conversation about associations using Twitter. In a comment to her post, Bruce Hammond asks if any associations are using Twitter “to gain additional information about what their members are doing.” Brilliant question! Here’s a guy who gets it. This is absolutely key! Bruce understands the seemingly most under-utilized rule of social media: […]

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If I ever appeared in an episode of Pokemon…

August 24, 2008

I might look like this. You can create your own Manga-fied avatar at faceyourmanga.com. Enjoy! Tagged: Association Management; Associations; CAE; Certified Association Executive You’re reading Certified Association Executive by Ben Martin, CAE. Subscribe by RSS.

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A good time was had by all. ASAE2008 recap. FOGDIROG!

August 24, 2008

These are the chronicles of my ASAE2008 experience. Read them if you dare: Arrived Friday night, caught a cab to Hyatt, ironed my clothes (sorry, no pictures this year) walked a few blocks, had dinner with Membership Section Council and hit the sack. I knew I was in for a long week. Saturday began with […]

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BloggerUnCon location announcement

August 17, 2008

Here are the final details for the BloggerUnCon: (note time change) 4 to 6-ish on Monday, August 18 in the CAE Lounge, which is just past meeting room number 27. Spread the word. Tagged: Association Management; Associations; CAE; Certified Association Executive You’re reading Certified Association Executive by Ben Martin, CAE. Subscribe by RSS.

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The Association Social Technology survey. You never AST for it, but you’re getting it anyway.

August 15, 2008

The Association Social Technology (AST) executive summary is now available for download, and we even have a memorable URL for it at www.socialtechsurveysummary.org. I feel very fortunate to have led this project and to have been a co-author of the executive summary. Here’s some additional analysis of the AST data you won’t find in the […]

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