What did Mary think?
We interviewed Mary Childress right before the first time attendee orientation. Today, I caught up with Mary via phone to see if ASAE & The Center's Annual Meeting lived up to her expectations. Have a listen!
September 01, 2006
August 21, 2006
Interview with Bill Taylor
Bill Taylor, co-author of Mavericks at Work, sat down with me for an interview to discuss the book, how association leaders can challenge their boards to challenge industry orthodoxy and what association mavericks need to know to succeed. (It is a little more than 10 minutes in length.)
MP3 File
August 20, 2006
First time attendees speak!
Here are two interviews with first time attendees. I ask what their expectations are for the conference, and I'll be following up with them after the conference to see if their expectations were in line with their actual experience:
Paul Smedberg (2 min MP3)
Mary Childress, CPA, CAE (2 min MP3)
August 19, 2006
Blogging at the Blog Session
I couldn't help myself. I had to blog from the blog session. I'm at Bill Dyszel's session, "Podcasts and Blogs That Excite Your Membership and Enrich Your Organization." I was surprised that about 1/4 of the audience indicated they currently listen to at least one podcast! That's higher than I would have thought.
Some nuggets for those of you who couldn't attend:
Blogs matter because 1) Blogs rank high in search engines, 2) they are now perceived as credible, 3) journalists now source from blogs, 4) defensive blogging may be necessary if other blogs are talking about you and ranking higher in search engines than your association webpage, 5) your association's blog can look just the same as CNN and other big players within an RSS feed.
Tactics for blog promotion: Link to member blogs. Invite member bloggers. Create Blogging contests. Carry news.
Podcasting Pitfalls: Need be careful about playing music if it is licensed. Audio quality can be tricky.
Check out:
www.podzinger.com - a service that translates podcast to text and enable searching by key word - like a google search for podcasts.
Grape Radio as a model for providing an educaitonal podcast that generates sales for the business.
Technorati - search tool for blogs
July 19, 2006
One month to go!
We are now one month to the date before the beginning of the Annual Meeting in Boston and the excitement is building! We hope your energy and enthusiasm are on the rise, and the Boston Bloggers are going to do whatever we can to build them further by picking up our blogging in the next few weeks. You'll see more frequent posting as we get closer to the meeting as well as our first podcasts!
If you're enjoying the Boston Blog, please tell your association colleagues about it and encourage them to check it out and subscribe! Of course, we welcome your comments on the blog and if you'd like to help us blog the meeting, please send me an e-mail!
The Boston fun has just begun! Don't miss it any of it on the Boston Blog!