Comments on: Associations and Social Media http://blog.fluentsimplicity.com/2008/10/23/associations-and-social-media/ Thoughts on Strategy & Operations Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:04:57 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: annaliese http://blog.fluentsimplicity.com/2008/10/23/associations-and-social-media/#comment-858 annaliese Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:55:26 +0000 http://fluentsimplicity.wordpress.com/?p=409#comment-858 Nice summary - I didn't attend this session, so this write-up is great. I'd like to second (or third or hundreth) Andy's note about thinking about integrating any social technology with your association's database. This should be one of the VERY FIRST questions on the list for a prospective vendor. The other thing I want to underline for association staff tasked with (or just interested in) integrating new media tools for your membership: learn by doing! There are lots of tools out there that are ideal for building your own professional network (like Twitter and LinkedIn), that should be the starting place for association professionals. How can you think about the ways your members will apply the tools to their professional goals unless you understand the potential for professional benefit? Nice summary – I didn’t attend this session, so this write-up is great. I’d like to second (or third or hundreth) Andy’s note about thinking about integrating any social technology with your association’s database. This should be one of the VERY FIRST questions on the list for a prospective vendor.

The other thing I want to underline for association staff tasked with (or just interested in) integrating new media tools for your membership: learn by doing! There are lots of tools out there that are ideal for building your own professional network (like Twitter and LinkedIn), that should be the starting place for association professionals. How can you think about the ways your members will apply the tools to their professional goals unless you understand the potential for professional benefit?

]]> By: Maddie Grant http://blog.fluentsimplicity.com/2008/10/23/associations-and-social-media/#comment-810 Maddie Grant Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:08:06 +0000 http://fluentsimplicity.wordpress.com/?p=409#comment-810 Dang - you are fast! Thanks so much for blogging about the session! Social media at work... : ) Dang – you are fast! Thanks so much for blogging about the session! Social media at work… : )

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