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August 06, 2005
Announcing The XtremeASAE Blog iPod Shuffle contest!
OK everybody, it's the news you've all been waiting for. Today, we're happy to announce the XtremeASAE Blog Shuffle Contest! That's right: Simply by commenting on this blog over the next two weeks, you have a chance to win a 1 GB Apple iPod Shuffle, courtesy of Associations Unorthodox, the world's first podcast for association leaders...listen carefully.
We hope you'll agree that we've provided a pretty good incentive for your active participation in commenting on this blog. Whether you're with us in Nashville, on a business trip, or sitting in front of your home or officer computer, we look forward to reading your brilliant insights. And who knows -- maybe we'll be sending you the iPod Shuffle!
The contest rules and requirements can be found by clicking the "Continue reading" link below. Please read them carefully.
+We encourage you to subscribe to The XtremeASAE Blog (either by e-mail or RSS) or visit the site (www.XtremeASAEblog.org) regularly to follow the posts as the association world prepares to descend on Nashville for the ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership Annual Meeting beginning one week from today! (Subscribing to the blog either by e-mail or RSS is not required to win.)
+The contest starts this coming Monday, August 8 at 12:01 am EDT. Every eligible person who posts a comment on or after this date and time will be entered in a random drawing to win the iPod Shuffle. Each comment is an entry and increases your chances of winning, so please comment often.
+So who is eligible? Well, pretty much anybody in the association community has a chance to win, even if you won't be present in Nashville. (We will verify that the winner is connected in some manner to the association community before awarding the prize.) The ASAE & The Center staff, the XtremeASAE Bloggers, and their families are not eligible.
+When posting a comment to The XtremeASAE Blog, you are already required to provide your name and e-mail address. For your comment to be included as an iPodShuffle drawing entry, please provide your actual name or nickname (rather than an alias), e-mail address, AND the Web site URL for your organization. Of course, not all of your comments need to follow these requirements; only those that you want us to count as entries to the drawing MUST HAVE all of this information. Only comments posted directly to the blog will be included in the drawing; neither e-mail nor audio comments are eligible. In addition, ASAE & The Center reserves the right to determine which comments are properly formatted and thus eligible for inclusion in the drawing.
+We also ask that you use your comments to contribute to the conversation taking place on the blog, rather than simply as metaphorical business cards dropped into a virtual drawing box. We leave up to you, however, to exercise your best judgment in deciding how to comment on a given post.
+The contest ends on Monday, August 22 at 11:59 pm EDT. The blog will remain live after that date and time but only properly formatted comments posted to the blog on or before the ending date above will be included in the drawing, which will take place later that week. The selected recipient will be contacted and his or her information will be verified before the prize is officially awarded.
+If you have any questions about the contest, please send an e-mail using this link.
We hope you have fun with this contest. We're really looking forward to reading your comments!
Posted by Jeff De Cagna at August 6, 2005 03:12 PM
Comments
Contests -- like this one -- certainly are fun additions to virtual interactions. I hope that association and business partner friends and colleagues will extend their virtual interactions year-round. Join one of the ASAE/Center for Association Leadership Learning Communities. There are several active: professional development, technology, emerging leaders, small (micro) associations, large associations! Simply contact Megan Arzt (marzt@centeronline.org) to access the communities. Join us in Nashville for f2f conversations about community!
Posted by: Amanda Batson at August 9, 2005 12:07 PM
This is an excellent way to introduce us to the blogosphere. The blog is a great way to provide up to date information and receive feedback. The iPod would be great, too!
Posted by: Robert Ebbin at August 9, 2005 11:42 AM
What a lively group this has turned out to be! I've been in the nonprofit management business (so to speak) for more than 13 years, but had never been particularly active in ASAE. I must say...WOW. I can't wait to feel the energy in Nashville this weekend!
Posted by: Michele Packard-Milam at August 9, 2005 10:30 AM
I have no idea what I would do with an iPOD, but the podcast for my association is very intriguing. Has anyone tried it yet?
Posted by: Sharon Hughes at August 8, 2005 02:18 PM
This is a great way to force us "non-techies" into trying a technology that we will need to be familiar with sooner or later. Thanks for the push! I'm eagerly awaiting the conference, but am having trouble deciding which sessions to attend.
Posted by: Theresa Parsons at August 8, 2005 12:44 PM
Kudos to your team for putting this blog together, and for eliciting excitement for the upcoming ASAE event. Our org has not traditionally participated at ASAE's annual (we do HCEA and PCMA), but I'm hopeful that the "participant" feedback on this blog will help motivate us for 2006.
I'm looking forward to the action!
Posted by: Steve at August 8, 2005 11:13 AM
Looking forward to participating on the blogging crew in Nashville. It will be valuable to me to see the meeting with the blog perspective as well as my own perspective -- mg
Posted by: Mary Ghikas at August 8, 2005 10:28 AM
This is truly a wonderful idea. I hope that more people get involved and start blogging. Also, not a bad idea to win an iPod.........
Posted by: Dennis Gano at August 8, 2005 08:24 AM
I'm in! This is a great idea, or at least I think it is. I hope it helps to encourage people to participate more on the blog. As someone who is unable to attend this year's conference, I'm especially looking forward to the on-site writeups (and now, the chance to win an iPod--cool!).
Posted by: Sue Pelletier at August 7, 2005 12:18 PM
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