Special Report
Social Media's Impact on Meetings
View how social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn, and more has an impact on today's meeting Industry
Social Media 101
Social Media: Are Meetings the Killer App?When future historians look back on the early days of social media—the days we’re living through right now—they might find that some of the earliest “killer apps” for interactive technologies depended on the power of face-to-face meetings... Friending the Meetings IndustryAt their core, social networking tools provide a way for meeting attendees, speakers, and exhibitors to find one another. Rather than roaming receptions and exhibits in hopes of running into good contacts, sales leads, or friends, meeting-goers can search a database of attendee profiles to find people, then contact them using an internal e-mail system. ... State of Social Technologies Adoption Survey ReleasedThe State of Social Technologies Adoption Survey” is an in-depth look at how 280 associations are using social technology.... Redefining "Social"Worried that all that tweeting to off-site followers is making your attendees antisocial with the people in the room? Jeff De Cagna says instead of worrying, we should embrace interactions happening outside the meeting... |
Social Media: What Meeting Planners Need to KnowSocial media experts Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer share tips on how to get started with using social media for your meetings and events.... Jump on the BlogwagonBlogging is going mainstream. Just ask the California Library Association. CLA recently started a weblog, or blog, to update members on upcoming events,... Wikis and the culture of collaborationWikis are standard fare for technology conferences and what's hot with tech companies tends to spread fast. A wiki is a Web site that lets users easily... How Associations Use Social Media for MeetingsResults of a July 2009 survey by Omnipress of 325 associations on how they use social media for meetings ... Social Media Tip SheetWe asked meeting professionals for their advice on how to use social media. “You need to know what’s being said about you everywhere on the Internet, and what’s being said about you on Twitter,” says KiKi L’Italien, membership and education services manager, Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C.... |
Social Media Case Studies
Social Media Case Study: ASAE and The CenterHow ASAE and The Center for Association Leadership uses social media to enhance its meetings... Social Media Case Study: National Association of Dental PlansThe place to start with a social media plan is goal-setting.... |
Social Media Case Study: American Geophysical UnionHow American Geophysical Union started its social media study small and good... |
Social Media Applications
Brand Yourself for SuccessCece Salomon-Lee, director of marketing InXpo, a Chicago-based provider of virtual events, on how she used social media to develop her own personal brand and establish a credible voice in the marketing field... Exhibitors Use Social Media to Promote BoothsForty percent of exhibitors use online social media to promote their exhibits, according to a new study by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research... The New Speak-EasyWhen it comes time to line up speakers for your next conference, will you find yourself buried in piles of prospectuses from potential presenters, or... |
Mobile Tech Tools for Meetings and Trade ShowsThe advent of the iPhone two years ago was a game-shifter. Rich mobile Web browsers with wireless broadband Internet access (in the iPhone and its multitude of clones) are now in the pockets or purses of most business travelers... Come Together, Right Now, Over TweetWith tens of millions of active, loyal users and an unprecedented ability to differentiate users based on their interests and affiliations, social networking... Digital Media on the Rise in Event MarketingDigital media are becoming an increasingly important part of the marketing mix for corporate and exhibition management professionals... |
Podcasts
Does Social Media Make Us Antisocial?A podcast with Jeff De Cagna, chief strategist and founder of Principled Innovation LLC, on the need to redefine what we mean by “social”... Will Social Media Make Your Meeting Obsolete?We asked Web specialist C. David Gammel, CAE this and other burning questions on this podcast... |
Social Media and Event Web Sites: What You Need to KnowWe asked Web guru C. David Gammel what organizations can do to make their event Web sites really get the results they want. In this podcast he provides lots of ideas you can use to increase the likelihood that potential attendees will register, exhibitors sign up for booths, and overall increase the buzz around your meeting.... |
