Episode 31: Amy Schade of the Nielsen Norman Group Interview

In this week’s show, George talks about the online edition of the Association Forum of Chicagolands’s Association Forum Digital. He also covers a number of stories that talk about how to effectively leverage content and social media, and features an interview with Amy Schade, of the Nielsen Norman Group. He wraps it up with an update on Microsoft’s Windows 8 strategy and improvements to Groupon’s support for fundraising.

Links:

• Association Forum of Chicagoland’s Association Forum Digital Edition

http://www.associationforum-digital.com/associationforum/201204#pg21

http://www.associationforum-digital.com/associationforum/201204#pg25

http://www.associationforum-digital.com/associationforum/201204#pg37

Four Important Twitter Tips for Nonprofits

4 Ways To Create Brand Content People Actually Care About

Microsoft’s Master Plan to Beat Apple and Google

New Groupon Site Allows Charities to Update Donors

Events:

April 25, 2012 – Free Webinar – Top 12 Trends in Social Media

April 25-28, 2012 – digitalNow 2012

Registration for live streaming

April 26, 2012 – Seminar – Creating a Social Media Policy

May 14, 2012 – Non-Profit Organizations’ Web Presence: Attracting Donations, Volunteers and Catering to Diverse Stakeholders

June 4-5, 2012 – AFP TechKnow Conference

June 27 & 28, 2012 – 2012 Social Summit

Episode 30: ASAE 2012 The Power of A Awards

In this episode, George highlights a couple of studies related to the state of the fundraising market, social networking and key trends in cloud computing. Additionally, he features a couple of interesting infographics on the concepts of Creating Social Innovation and Social Discovery and talks about a company that turned its back, strategically, on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.

News:

Events:

April 18: Technology Institute and Vendor Showcase

April 25-28: digitalNow 2012

May 14: Non-Profit Organizations’ Web Presence: Attracting Donations, Volunteers and Catering to Diverse Stakeholders

June 4-5: AFP TechKnow Conference

June 27-28: DMAW 2012 Social Summit

Episode 29: Key Trends in Cloud Computing


In this episode, George highlights a couple of studies related to the state of the fundraising market, social networking and key trends in cloud computing. Additionally, he features a couple of interesting infographics on the concepts of Creating Social Innovation and Social Discovery and talks about a company that turned its back, strategically, on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.

News:

Events:

April 18: Technology Institute and Vendor Showcase

April 25-28: digitalNow 2012

May 14: Non-Profit Organizations’ Web Presence: Attracting Donations, Volunteers and Catering to Diverse Stakeholders

June 4-5: AFP TechKnow Conference

June 27-28: DMAW 2012 Social Summit

Episode 28: What’s the Future of Mobile?

George talks about the new focus of BlackBerry along with another story about the future of mobile in general. He also highlights for nonprofits two stories, one on how social media can “pay off” and live streaming offered by YouTube. This episode features a clip from an in-depth interview with Jeanette Brown on the Informz 2012 Association Email Marketing Benchmark Report. See links to all the entire stories below.

Entire Interview with Jeanette Brown from Informz.

Articles:

  • The Future of Mobile
  • Under What Conditions Does Social Media Use Pay Off?
  • YouTube Offers Live Streaming to Nonprofits
  • Events:

    April 3: 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference

    April 18: Technology Institute and Vendor Showcase

    April 25-28: digitalNow 2012

    May 14: Non-Profit Organizations’ Web Presence: Attracting Donations, Volunteers and Catering to Diverse Stakeholders

    June 4-5: AFP TechKnow Conference

    June 27-28: DMAW 2012 Social Summit