Episode 22: February 21, 2012

There is new hype around cloud computing, George highlights an article that talks about the best way to leverage the cloud; hyper-hybrid. With HD cameras on smart phones and affordable flip cams, everyone can shoot videos. Read more about the article George talks about below with information on tools you can use to edit those videos. Other stories featured in this episode include the top 50 innovative companies and a new way to gather volunteers.

Articles:

· A Few Good Tools for Video Editing

· 2012 – 50 Most Innovative Companies:

· Forget Public Cloud or Private Cloud – It’s All About Hyper-Hybrid

· Would you Volunteer More If You Could Do So In Your Pajamas?

· DMAW Marketing Award for eXcellence & Innovation Award:

Events:

CMS Demo Days – February 28

PCI Compliance 103 – March 6

The Cloud Beckons, But Is It Safe? – March 8

AMS Demo Day – March 28

2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference – April 3

Technology Institute and Vendor Showcase – April 18

digitalNow 2012 – April 25-28

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Episode 21: February 14, 2012

Social Media Week kicked off this week and George highlights his latest interview with Katie Lancos and Erica Goodwin from iStrategy Labs about what to expect this week. He also features stories about social media, in particular MySpace’s resurgence and infographs; Ways to use gamification; and Mobile sites vs Apps.

Entire Social Media Week Interview

Articles:

Upcoming Events:

February 13-15 – Social Media Week

February 22 – Humanize: Creating People-Centric Organizations that Succeed in a Social World

March 6 – PCI Compliance 103

March 28 – AMS Demo Day

April 3 – NTEN – 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference

April 18 – NYSAE Technology Institute and Vendor Showcase

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Episode 20: February 7, 2012

George talks about a couple of new stories involving Google including their new monthly newsletter for non-profits. He also focuses on ways to enhance content whether it be for a video or your Facebook fan page. Click on the links below to read more about the stories he mentions.

Articles:

· Google’s updated privacy policy

- More on Google’s privacy policies

· Google for Non-Profits Monthly Newsletter

· Customer Analytics: A New Lifeline for the Red Cross and Other Nonprofits?

· Top Ten Tips for Creating Contagious Content

· How to Build a Fan-Worthy Facebook Page

· 10 Workplace Trends to Watch in 2012

Events:

February 13-17 – Social Media Week

February 14 – Why Bad Video Happens to Good Causes: Ten Things Your Nonprofit Needs to Know to Make Video Work for You

February 22 – Humanize: Creating People-Centric Organizations that Succeed in a Social World

March 6 – PCI Compliance 103

March 28 – AMS Demo Day

April 3 – NTEN – 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference

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Episode 19: January 31, 2012

George talks about one social media tool you should be considering if you are not already using it–Pinterest. He also discusses the social media lessons learned surrounding the GOP race, new realities of the digital age and what that means to journalists, government officials, and leaders of non-governmental organizations, and whether 3D printing is in the future.

Articles:

· The New Environment for Advocates & NGOs

· Social Media Lessons from the GOP Race

· Pinterest Becomes Top Traffic Driver for Retailers

· Why Apple Should Start Making a 3D Printer Right Now

Events:

February 9 – On Cloud 9

February 13-17 – Social Media Week

February 14 – Webinar – Why Bad Video Happens to Good Causes: Ten Things Your Nonprofit Needs to Know to Make Video Work for You

February 22 – Free Webinar – Humanize: Creating People-Centric Organizations that Succeed in a Social World

March 6 – Free Webinar – PCI Compliance 103

March 28 – AMS Demo Day

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Episode 18: January 24, 2012

There has been lots of information surrounding the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). George highlights some recent news surrounding the initiatives. Also featured is a new article from Wes Trochlil on selecting an AMS and some news about Blackbaud’s acquisition of Convio.

Articles:

SOPA and PIPA Blackout Articles:
· http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/jan/18/sopa-pipa-consumption-only-internet?intcmp=239

· http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/103965.html

SOPA and PIPA Wikipedia references:
· http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act
· http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_IP_Act
· http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more

· The Surprising Benefits of Solitude

· Wes Trochlil article – Seven Steps for Selecting a New AMS system

· Blackbaud Acquires Convio

Events:

February 2 – Analyzing Online Member Communities – Information Technology SIG

February 9 – On Cloud 9

February 22 – Humanize: Creating People-Centric Organizations that Succeed in a Social World

March 28 – AMS Demo Day

April 3 – NTEN – 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference

April 18 – Technology Institute and Vendor Showcase

April 25-28 – digitalNow 2012

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Episode 17: January 17, 2012

In this episode George shares new thoughts on lessons from the Occupy Wall Street movement, making data fun, Google search results and why to use Google +, along with a story on how gaming can be used for giving back. Below are the full stories he references and links to upcoming events.

Articles:

· Lessons Learned at the Occupy Wall Street Movement

· How Nonprofits Make Data Fun and Informative

· Google’s Results Get More Personal With “Search Plus Your World”

· Why Google+ is an Inevitable Part of Your Content Marketing Strategy

· Online Game Fights Hunger

Events:

· January 26 - Get Your Social Picture In a Snap

· February 2 – Analyzing Online Member Communities – Information Technology SIG

· March 28 – AMS Demo Day

· April 18 – Technology Institute and Vendor Showcase

· April 25 – digitalNow 2012

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Episode 16: January 10, 2012

This week Steven Plous from Direct Message Lab joins George to talk about numerous topics surrounding social media including crisis strategy tips. The link to the full interview is located in the post. George also highlights an article for safeguarding your social media sites. He talks about a new white paper from Informz on eMarketing and shares some ideas from Attainium’s article about lessons to take away from crises that took place in 2011. Links to featured items are listed below:

Interview with Steven Plous
Articles:

Connecting the Dots in Today’s Marketing World

“I Thought We Were Friends!” Can Nonprofits Terminate Employees for 
Their Social Media Posts?

Lessons Learned from the Crises of 2011

Upcoming Events:

January 19 – Return on Impact Online Chat

January 26 – Get Your Social Picture in a Snap

February 2 – Analyzing Online Member Communities – Information Technology SIG

March 28 – AMS Demo Day

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Episode 15: January 3, 2012

It’s a new year and that means new resolutions. George talks about some resolutions for the new year, including responses to the survey. He also highlights some “top 6″ lists for social media and blogging and winners from the Association TRENDS 2011 All Media contest. Links to the articles in this episode as well as upcoming events are listed below.

Articles:

Upcoming Events:

January 10 – E-book Sales Strategy: To Amazon and Beyond – Book Publisher’s SIG Brown Bag

January 19 – Return on Impact Online Chat

January 26 – Get Your Social Picture in a Snap

February 2 – Analyzing Online Member Communities – Information Technology SIG

April 18 – Technology Institute and Vender Showcase

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Episode 14: December 27, 2011

As the year winds down and 2012 is on the horizon so are new predictions about technology for the new year. George highlights some new research on what those might be for social media along with a few other ideas about technology. Links for the articles are below. He also highlights a clip from his most recent interview with Heinan Landa. Click on the link for the entire interview. In the spirit of the new year and resolutions, he asks you to share your own resolutions for technology. Click here to enter your resolutions which will be shared in the next episode.

Interview with Heinan Landa from Optimal Networks

Articles:
Social Media Predictions for 2012

ASAE’s Technoscope

Boost Your Career with Social Media: Tips for the Uninitiated

Upcoming Events:
January 10 – Book Publisher’s SIG Brown Bag, E-book Sales Strategy: To Amazon and Beyond
January 26 – Webinar: Get Your Social Picture In a Snap
February 28 – CMS Demo Day
April 25 – digitalNow 2012

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Episode 13: December 20, 2011


George discusses a few recent articles that highlight technology trends and social media. The links to each article and a list of upcoming events are below.

Articles:
Top Ten 2012 Strategic Technology Trends

Who Owns an Employee’s Twitter and Other Online Accounts?

Top 10 Overused Buzzwords in LinkedIn Profiles in the US

Tweet this: Some Popular Agencies Have Poor Social Media Skills

Events:

January 10, 2012 – E-book Sales Strategy: To Amazon and Beyond – Book Publisher’s SIG Brown Bag

February 28, 2012 – Association Forum of Chicagoland – CMS Demo Days

April 25-28, 2012 – digitalNow 2012

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Episode 12: December 13, 2011

Last week ASAE hosted their technology conference. George was able to chat with a couple of people at the show. He highlights one conversation with attendee Thad Lurie from AWEA. He also highlights the following new research:

• The Non-profit Quarterly – Why does content go viral?
• Social Velocity – 10 Great Social Innovation Reads: November
• Harvard Business Review Blog – Six Social Media Trends for 2012
• Chronicle of Philanthropy – Twitter’s redesign offers new options to nonprofits

Upcoming Events:
December 14 – The Impact of Social Media – Association Revenue Strategies (and holiday schmooze)

December 15 – Association Forum of Chicagoland – Holiday Showcase

February 28, 2012 – Association Forum of Chicagoland – CMS Demo Days
April 25-28 – digitalNow 2012

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Episode 11: December 6, 2011

This episode highlights recent news about social media from Forbes, a study from Boston Globe about giving to charity, an interview with Jeff De Cagna from Principled Innovation and upcoming events.

Links to the articles mentioned in the show:
Forbes – Social Media Solves the Demand Generation Riddle

Boston Globe -Why we give to charity


Mashable – 5 Companies Giving Back Online for the Holidays

Upcoming Events:

December 6-8 – ASAE Technology Conference & Expo 2011 & CIO Summit

December 14 – The Impact of Social Media – Association Revenue Strategies (and holiday schmooze)

December 15 – Association Forum of Chicagoland – Holiday Showcase

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Episode 10: November 29, 2011

In this episode George highlights the following:

Smarter Tech, Better Boards – Associations Now article

Social Media – what to do if your boss doesn’t get it – Article from Fundraising Success Magazine

Interview with Dave Coriale, DelCor Technology Solutions

ASAE Converting e-mail lists migrating to Collaborate – powered by Higher Logic

Upcoming Events:

December 1 – Free Webinar – Nonprofits & Data: Data Visualization: Tools and Tactics

December 6 – DC Tech Meetup #10: Social Commerce Edition

December 4-6 – Higher Logic User’s Super Forum

December 6 – Boxwood Users Group Day

December 6-8 – ASAE Technology Conference & Expo 2011 & CIO Summit

December 14 – The Impact of Social Media – Association Revenue Strategies (and holiday schmooze)

February 13-17, 2012 – Social Media Week

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Episode 9: November 22, 2011

George shares some recent stories from Marketing General 2011 Membership Marketing and Broadsource’s Virtual Boardroom.

Upcoming Events

December 1 – Free Webinar – Nonprofits & Data: Data Visualization: Tools and Tactics

December 6 – Boxwood Users Group Day

December 6-8 – ASAE Technology Conference & Expo 2011 & CIO Summit

December 14 – BisNow’s The Impact of Social Media – Association Revenue Strategies (and holiday schmooze)

April 3 – NTEN – 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference

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Episode 8: November 15, 2011

In this episode learn about The Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide from Idealware and the new partnership between CommPartners and Social Fish. Also watch clips from Peter Corbett, co founder of DC Week and Lowell Aplebaum, an attendee of the Progress U Bloggers Summit in which they talk about the DCWeek experience.

Upcoming Events:

November 30 – Disaster Recovery\Preparedness Best Practices – Information Technology SIG Meeting

December 1 – Free Webinar – Nonprofits & Data: Data Visualization: Tools and Tactics

December 6-8 – ASAE Technology Conference & Expo 2011 & CIO Summit

December 15 – Association Forum of Chicagoland – Holiday Showcase

April 3 – NTEN – 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference

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Episode 7: November 8, 2011

George discusses new publications about social media strategies, google plus integrations and top ten tech tools for volunteers. He highlights DC Week and also shows a clip from his latest interview with Wes Trochlil.

In this interview Wes talks about what he identifies as the five significant trends in association management systems. Click here to watch the entire interview with Wes Trochlil

Market Watch Article
Strategy Analytics: Facebook and Emerging Markets to Double Global Social Networking Revenues by 2016 ($12.6b)

YouTube Gets Tighter Integration with Google+

Association Trends Article – 10 collaboration tech tools to make volunteers happy

DC Week
November 4-11
DCWEEK is a week-long festival in the US capital focused on bringing together designers, developers, entrepreneurs, and social innovators of all kinds
Thursday – Progress U. Bloggers Summit

Call for Presentations – AFP’s TechKnow Conference
Deadline November 15th

Upcoming Events:

November 29 – The Association Forum of Chicagoland’s Session
Business Intelligence: Why Your Association Should Run Like the Oakland A’s

November 30 – The Association Forum of Chicagoland
Disaster Recovery\Preparedness Best Practices – Information Technology SIG Meeting

December 6-8 – ASAE Technology Conference & Expo 2011 & CIO Summit

December 15 – Association Forum of Chicagoland – Holiday Showcase

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Episode 6: November 1, 2011

George highlights upcoming events and industry training. Some events are even appropriately themed for Halloween. He also shows a clip from a recent interview with Lauren Wolfe from Higher Logic. Lauren joined George to talk about Higher Logic’s upcoming users group conference and her involvement with ASAE.

For more information from the show:

Zombie Squad – if you are prepared for Zombies, you are prepared for anything

Social Velocity – Monster list of Social Innovation Books, Blogs, Conferences and Funders

To view the full interview with Lauren Wolfe from Higher Logic, click here.

ASAE Annual 2012 – Call for Papers
Deadline December 16th

Upcoming Events:

November 4-11 – Digital Capital Week
DCWEEK is a week-long festival in the US capital focused on bringing together designers, developers, entrepreneurs, and social innovators of all kinds.

November 8 – Association Forum of Chicagoland
Elections and e-Voting: Legal Issues and How to Do It, CEOs Under $2M SIG Meeting

November 9 – Direct Marketing Association Webinar
The Bastardization of Analytics

November 10 – ASAE Webinar
Tweeting and Linking In

November 29 – Association Forum of Chicagoland session
Business Intelligence: Why Your Association Should Run Like the Oakland A’s

December 6-8 – ASAE Technology Conference & Expo 2011

December 15 – Association Forum of Chicagoland’s Holiday Showcase

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Episode 5: October 25, 2011

Maddie Grant, CAE, Association industry blogger and Partner at SocialFish and Jamie Notter, VP, Consulting division, at Management Solutions Plus joined George for a discussion about their new book Humanize. He shows a clip from the interview and also talks about the founder of Craigslist,Craig Newmark’s research on How the Top 50 Nonprofits do Social Media along with an update on upcoming events.

Click here for the entire interview.

ASAE Annual 2012 – Call for Papers
Deadline December 16th

For more information on events:

October 25 – TMA Resources Webinar
Mobile for Membership, Marketing & Meetings

November 8 – Association Forum of Chicagoland
Elections and e-Voting: Legal Issues and How to Do It, CEOs Under $2M SIG Meeting

November 9 – Direct Marketing Association Webinar
The Bastardization of Analytics

November 10 – ASAE’s Executive Leadership Series:
Technology Trends and Strategic Decisions

November 10 – ASAE Webinar
Tweeting and Linking In

November 29 – Association Forum of Chicagoland session
Business Intelligence: Why Your Association Should Run Like the Oakland A’s

December 6-8 – ASAE Technology Conference & Expo 2011

December 15 – Association Forum of Chicagoland’s Holiday Showcase

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Episode 4: October 18, 2011

George highlights the new product release for Peach New Media and an article by Mashable, 7 Ways Universities Are Using Facebook as a Marketing Tool. He also shows a clip from an interview with Jeanette Brown from Informz. The interview is about the 2011 Email Marketing Benchmark Report. To view the entire interview with Informz click here.

For more information on events:

October 25 – TMA Resources Webinar
Mobile for Membership, Marketing & Meetings

November 9 – Direct Marketing Association Webinar
The Bastardization of Analytics

November 29 – Association Forum of Chicagoland session
Business Intelligence: Why Your Association Should Run Like the Oakland A’s

December 6-8 – ASAE Technology Conference & Expo 2011

December 15 – Association Forum of Chicagoland’s Holiday Showcase

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Episode 3: October 11, 2011

George talks about the benefit of new changes to Facebook for philanthropies and introduces a new book by Jamie Notter and Maddie Grant. He also talks to Reggie Henry from ASAE about what to expect at the upcoming ASAE Technology Conference.

Article: Facebook Changes may benefit Nonprofits

For more information on events:

October 13 & October 27 – Association Forum of Chicagoland
10 New Ideas for Your Social Media Plan – Downtown Marketing SIG

October 19 – Direct Marketing Association of Washington – Association Marketing Day

October 25 – TMA Resources Webinar
Mobile for Membership, Marketing & Meetings

December 4-6 – Higher Logic User’s SuperForum

December 6 – CIO Summit

December 6-8 – ASAE Technology Conference & Expo 2011

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Episode 2: October 4, 2011

In this episode George highlights findings from the latest Lehman Associates Technology Study. He shares a clip of Jim Ogle from the AAOS Technology Summit. Upcoming events and contests are featured as well.

2011 Association Technology Market Study

TRENDS 2011 All Media Contest
http://www.associationtrends.com/allmedia/

For more information on events:
October 5 – NYSAE Tech Tastings

October 13 & October 27 – Association Forum of Chicagoland
10 New Ideas for Your Social Media Plan – Downtown Marketing SIG

October 19 – Direct Marketing Association of Washington – Association Marketing Day

December 4-6 – Higher Logic User’s SuperForum

December 6-8 – ASAE Technology Conference & Expo 2011

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Episode 1: September 27, 2011

Introduction to the new weekly series, Association Tech News, hosted by George Breeden. In this episode George talks about the status of the new Lehman study, highlights a new Google feature, and gives an update on the Personify Outlook integration. It also covers upcoming current industry events.

For more info on events:
September 28 – ASAE Free Webinar
PCI Compliance 102: Small Steps to Big Gains

September 28 — EXPOCAD Free Webinar
EXPOCAD 7 & Personify the Next Generation

October 6 – Association Forum of Chicagoland Free Webinar
Turning Email Experience into Social Media Success: Mastering the Newest Permission-based Channel

October 6 — Guidestar Free Webinar
The Seven Steps for Data-Driven Decision Making

October 9-12 – SAP Business Objects
National Business Objects Conference Orlando, FL

December 6-8 – ASAE Technology Conference & Expo
Washington, DC

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