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July 27, 2010

Guru on Deck at Vancouver – Scrolling on a Trackwheel (part 4)

It’s Tuesday morning (pacific time) and I’m exhausted. I’m also a day late (hopefully not a dollar short) on my Engage365 blog series. Forgive me, but I arrived in Vancouver a day later than expected due to a flight cancellation Saturday morning. So I gave myself an extra day to finish this entry. Thankfully, my other fellow Gurus picked up the slack, and the conversation continued.

What’s It Been Like On The Scene as a Guru You Might Ask?

It’s been positive, but again, not without it’s challenges. MPI loves social media, that want to be hip, they want to keep up with technology, they want to engage those members both attending the congress and watching the stream from the comfort of their home (or office). But is it technology overload?

July 26, 2010

Social Media: What Meeting Planners Need to Know

by Sue Pelletier

Highlights

Social media experts Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer share tips on how to get started with using social media for your meetings and events.

Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer

The buzz these days is all about social media, from Facebook to LinkedIn to Twitter to Flickr to blogs and podcasts and … well, the array of options is seemingly endless. But is social media right for your organization’s events, or is it just a fad? To help you sort through what you need to know before jumping into this pool of sociability, Association Meetings called on the expertise of Lindy Dreyer and Maddie Grant of SocialFish, a consulting company based in Washington, D.C., that they formed to help associations and nonprofits build community via the Web.

July 26, 2010

20 Fantastic Content Ideas For Your Online Community

by Richard Millington

The best content for any online community is content about the community. Too many communities focus on advice or industry news. You should focus on community people and activities. Here are 20 fantastic ideas you can use:

July 19, 2010

Being an MPI Social Media Guru Isn’t Without Its Challenges (part 3)

by Vanessa LaClair, CMP

Although it has been great promoting MPI’s event on Twitter via the hashtag #WEC10 and all that will be happening throughout the Congress, there is still a sense of “what am I supposed to be doing?”

Should MPI Provide Social Media Direction?

July 19, 2010

Virtual Attendees are Real People Too! – 5 Mistakes with Hybrid Events

by Michael McCurry

Have you ever attended two conferences simultaneously? I have. MPI’s Meet Different in Cancun, Mexico and the Virtual Edge Summit in Santa Clara, CA, without ever leaving my office.

Yes, I am the “Virtual Attendee” and this my perspective on Hybrid events and the problems with them

While I certainly missed the face2face interaction at both events, the experience of navigating two conferences at the same time was very interesting, to say the least.