Slides and handouts from today’s AEI session

March 31, 2008

Thanks to those who attended my session today at AEI! Please feel free to download the handouts and review the PowerPoint slides. If you have questions, leave a comment or drop me an e-mail. | View | Upload your own Tagged: Association Management; Associations; CAE; Certified Association Executive You’re reading Certified Association Executive by Ben […]

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Blog Watchdog March 2008 is doggone good!

March 28, 2008

I’ve outdone myself. The March 2008 Blog Watchdog sniffs out two resources to better understand internet marketing, one quasi-organization to help association professionals learn how to do word of mouth marketing better, and a new book that is sure to cause a stir in the association community. Has your association decided that social media is […]

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Reliving association professionals throughout history

March 25, 2008

Thank you to the Association Forum for resurrecting the Association Professionals Throughout History video. This is a classic! 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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Ouch. I’ve been called out as a social media fear monger

March 24, 2008

I feel like such a hypocrite. Just days after saying I’m boarding the social media bus and not looking back, I looked back. I knew I was doing it as I typed that post, I published it anyway, and David Gammel called me on it. I do think it’s important for people to be aware […]

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Associations face a social media and anti-trust Catch 22

March 21, 2008

Mike hits the nail on the head in a post this morning about the Craigslist ruling. Associations face a social media and anti-trust Catch 22. Mike outlines the dilemma perfectly… If an association creates a website where members can “talk shop” with one another, there’s a possibility that the conversation could veer into the antitrust […]

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Craigslist not liable for unlawful content posted by users: What are the implications for associations?

March 17, 2008

This just in… Appeals court: Craigslist not liable for discriminatory ads: “A federal appeals court upheld a previous ruling in favor of Craigslist on Friday, saying that the public message board was not liable for discriminatory postings. The judges said that Craigslist was not a publisher, but rather an online service provider, and should not […]

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SXSW Zuckerberg interview not NEARLY as bad as reported

March 14, 2008

From the way that the Zuckerberg interview at SXSW has been described, you might be under the impression that attendees were rushing the stage and inciting riots. Click through on this post to watch video footage from the event that proves otherwise. Watch and decide for yourself if attendees were totally out of line or […]

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Bob honors me: "Ben in and of himself is the RSS of Associations"

March 14, 2008

Just for fun, I’ve been thinking about getting an RSS icon lapel pin or maybe some cuff-links. This very nice quote from Bob might just be the clincher. 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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Free association: Getting something for nothing – a new club for Word of Mouth evangelists

March 8, 2008

Traditional associations, watch this! Church of the Customer launched an association-like social networking site on Ning today for Word of Mouth types. That’s why Jackie and I are introducing the Society for Word of Mouth.The purpose of SWOM is two-fold: to be a free social network for the individual true believers of word of mouth […]

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There’s another debate in the association blogoclump, and (thank God) it’s not about the fear or the meaning of social media

March 8, 2008

Kudos to Dennis McDonald and Maddie Grant for taking issue with one or more of the four points in my ill-titled post Three effective uses of a blog for association magazines. I’ve responded to both of their posts (here’s a direct link to my response to Maddie). Tagged: Association Management; Associations; CAE; Certified Association Executive […]

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