SocialFish

JANUARY 4, 2011

Subscribe to association and other blogs relevant to your industry (if you don’t know where to start looking for them, start here. The more you read, the more you will come across conversations and debates that are interesting enough for you to post your own take on them or point to them for your readers.

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SocialFish

DECEMBER 29, 2010

I was going to excerpt from some of the many comments – both pro- and con- association membership – but I think it’s worth reading the whole conversation. I am willing to take responsibility for the view that my association makes me a better professional and pushes my industry forward. So what can I do?

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SocialFish

OCTOBER 20, 2010

we want you to help us start the conversation! Open Community is a conversation starter. Forgive us for what’s sure to be a big promo push to spread the word about our little book, Open Community , which is about to come out in less than two weeks. We’re “lobbing little thought grenades.&# How the book is to be used.

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SocialFish

MARCH 9, 2011

SIMA is the trade association for the snow and ice management and removal industry. Their Story: The first goal in SIMA’s vision statement is to be the ‘go-to’ resource in their industry. SIMA wanted to reach the entire industry, as only a public site would. Community: GoPlow. Work through the secret tug of war.

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SocialFish

MARCH 10, 2011

We started our conversation with this one question: How do you think the concepts in Open Community will shape associations in the future? For those who don’t embrace it, it’s a conversation stopped, an opportunity missed.&#. They have a responsibility to be connected to what’s important in their industry. Just the start.

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SocialFish

JANUARY 8, 2011

You can evaluate answers based on who wrote them; but you can’t ignore questions based on not knowing the author (or conversely, follow the same people all the time. This can help you get started, but it can also help you be on the pulse of what people are talking about in your industry. It’s about subject matter expertise.

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SocialFish

JANUARY 13, 2011

Here are the headlines from David Armano’s post about the slides on Logic+Emotion , followed by my personal interpretation from the association industry standpoint: Attentionomics - Marketers begin to realize the value of attention and not just reach in driving conversion. Relationship-building, too. for associations.

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