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Conference Takeaways
Attendee Feedback
Ad Hocracy: Developing an Effective Volunteer Model
Creating Extraordinary Member Experiences
Make it Magnetic: Attract and Keep Unbeatable Volunteers
Social Media Lab: Answers to your Social Media Questions
Bump it Up! Moving Ideas from Ordinary to Extraordinary
The Value of Associations in Challenging Economic Times
Social Media Lab: Collaborative Content at Your Fingertips
Nice to Meet You— I’m the New CEO (The First Six Months)
Let Me Introduce You to the Selection Committee (The Search Process)
15 Strategies for Legally Hiring, Motivating, and Retaining Only the Best Employees
Conference Takeaways
rrich: a top idea from #ideas09, recessions present the opportunity for prioritization and innovation, but we must continue to take smart risks
SmartBriefScoop: Says that there are affordable solutions for assns of all sizes -- 2 examples: memberfuse (sp?) + higher logic #ideas09
arthsieh: Using academic members as a credible image source vs. Joe six pack - how does one reconcile these points? #ideas09
toellis1: If you have a certification program for your organizatuon, they should be an online group, no? #ideas09
RandiSumner: #Ideas09 +/- idea:use "official groups" on "public platforms" only as pointers?
om/jamienotter" target="_blank">jamienotter: Want to get new ideas an be creative? Swap out your lens periodically. #ideas09
stevenjs: Your best sales force are your current members, word of mouth #ideas09
eicdocket: RT @SmartBriefScoop: Social networking has been part of all 6 sessions I've attended tho only central focus for 2 - what a shift #ideas09
RandiSumner: #Ideas09 take-home is avoid any semblence of control-go for providing support for viral community under the assn banner
jkhewett: When I talk to members about Second Life applications ... they REALLY think I'm crazy :-) But I CAN see the value and opportunity #ideas09
SmartBriefScoop: Using linkedIn for sharing content, moderating member discussions -- others find new members coming in thru closing linkedin group #ideas09
SmartBriefScoop: One org reports starting a linkedin group resulted in 3700 member updates in a week (total size 85k) #ideas09
ready2spark: {from my favs} RT @SmartBriefScoop: Making a loyalist out of 5% of your customers results in overall earning ROI of 25-100% #ideas09
rrich: explain what you mean by "empowered" when empowering staff #ideas09
pinnovation: @pattidigh no question there are problems to solve, but they can't be solved @ the same level of thinking...Einstein knew his stuff #ideas09
pinnovation: is there something in the dna of our orgs that makes it okay for us to expect so little of our most senior leaders? #ideas09
pdonahoo: #ideas09 hold a volunteer fair at annual meeting where chairs talk to potenti new committee members..like a job fair..fit people with right
lindydreyer: Open access movement may make the member wall decision for us for some types of federally funded scholarly research. #ideas09
khewett: Is anyone talking about how Linkedin can be used to connect with members? My assn clients have "groups" established #ideas09
SmartBriefScoop: Consider first-yr engagement plan -- email, product vouchers (prompts response); benefit awareness/edu survey; courtesy call #ideas09
jkhewett: Skillset must include flexibility to change .. old methods of communication & marketing may not work as well in today's world #ideas09
maggielmcg: At what point should ability to telework stop being considered a special perk and be about reducing car emissions and travel costs? #ideas09
SmartBriefScoop: YALSA on ROI for social media: Member survey reveals mixed results because of their members not being able to access it #ideas09
RandiSumner: #Ideas09 adding socialmedia communications with members into the staff job descriptions --that's a take home for me.
peggyhoffman: Too often assume abilities of staff to be good cmte liaison’s; same thing happens visavis the volunteer #ideas09
ljunker: #ideas09 we learn linear thinking in school, but how many problems have linear solutions?
skneebone: Committee members have meeting expectations, too. Volunteers want to be effective..volunteerism unsession next #ideas09
peggyhoffman: #ideas09 Anya's asking us to draw a house that represents ASAE&Center. Seeing lots of windows ... what's your pix?
satovich: @pinnovation Perhaps "volunteering" is really about "contributing w/o requirement" so associations win when making that easy to do. #ideas09
lindydreyer: Open access movement may make the member wall decision for us for some types of federally funded scholarly research. #ideas09
ljunker: #ideas09 How do you eliminate barriers to getting involved in a community? How do you identify the barriers that you're not seeing?
SmartBriefScoop: Effort: Make logging in for behind-the-wall content as EASY as possible. "Remember me" feature + unified logins are great tools. #ideas09
stevenjs: was pleasantly surprised by some of the results in the ASAE Economic study, some good news some bad news #ideas09
Attendee Feedback
RandiSumner: #Ideas09 On the printing station: dell power plugs & five bars on the wifi - very cool!
willjohnston: @ewengel Live tweeting is good when selective quotes are published, but not good as a tool for note-taking style liveblogging. #ideas09
ewengel: twitter rather than live blogging - immediate quick comment versus later thoughtful post #ideas09
maddiegrant: someone tell me if there is a notes wiki for GI? #ideas09
maggielmcg: @GreatIdeas09 Awesome job tweeting so far--great information and great links to stuff I need to know.#ideas09
maggielmcg: All the talk of volunteerism at #ideas09 has inspired me; meeting with exec director of local nonprofit Friday to do socmed for them.
eicdocket: @SmartBriefScoop #ideas09 Your coverage of the conference was great. Thank you!
asteggles: had a blast at #ideas09 - sorry i didn't get to hang out with many people as had a really packed schedule... oh well, next time.
SteveDrake: disappointed that so few presenters posted their presentations! None of the social media sessions on line. Boo! Mine is here. #ideas09
maggielmcg: @pinnovation Coolest thing about #ideas09 was being able to read tweets from sessions I couldn't be in, including some great links #ideas09
peggyhoffman: social media req: asae need a series of 1-hr sessions on the key media for novices ... then one on strategy for experts. #ideas09
khewett: Thanks for all of your tweets! They were very much appreciated from Huntington WV. Hopefully next time I will be there in person #ideas09
Ad Hocracy: Developing an Effective Volunteer Model
rrich: The #ideas09 concept of an ad-hocracy from ONS has intrigued quite a few colleagues.
Creating Extraordinary Member Experiences
sterlingraphael: Lior Arussy delivered an engaging, relevant, inspiring talk on creating Extraordinary Member Experiences. Get a copy of this! #Ideas09
Alex_Fixation: RT@smartbrief Don't let your numbers dictate value. To create pride, you need to create some exclusivity. #ideas09
atlbizconsult: RU in the business ur customers WANT u 2B in? Is Ferrari customer buying transportation? That's low on list. #ideas09
SmartBriefScoop: Sit with member who gets a report from you, see what they do with it. Do they find the relevance? Don't fall into the 'mature trap' #ideas09
SmartBriefScoop: I'd like to put this speaker in a cagematch with IGDA's Jason Della Rosa + see if anyone survives. Polar opposite membership mssg #ideas09
SmartBriefScoop: Don't let your numbers dictate value. To create pride, you need to create some exclusivity. #ideas09
SmartBriefScoop: If you have seriously disruptive members -- they should be kicked out. But you have to communicate y to your members #ideas09
Make it Magnetic: Attract and Keep Unbeatable Volunteers
peggyhoffman: 1 critical step is creating the shared vocabulary for volunteerism - aka 4 hot buttons magnetic #ideas09
peggyhoffman: can turn this into a planning tool - game to plan magnetic #ideas09
atlbizconsult: volunteering where the rich play is a great way 2 make connections w/ ppl spending $. ballet, arts, etc #ideas09
peggyhoffman: continuing the unsession discussion on volunteerism - read @desabol posting & comments http://tinyurl.com/d2un3l (expand) #ideas09
Social Media Lab: Answers to your Social Media Questions
RandiSumner: #ideas09 social media lab take home reminder -- use all the tools to LISTEN not just to talk to the members!
SmartBriefScoop: RIMS CIO Andy Steggles talking about snama.org -- nonprofit he started to encourage discussion + learning about SM #ideas09
SmartBriefScoop: Other big concern -- no clear goals! Hence why everyone is here to learn about strategy #ideas09
SmartBriefScoop: Room says biggest issues are getting members to participate, understanding of the tools + not enough staff support #ideas09
SmartBriefScoop: Concerns being raised: my members can't access this at work, my members aren't connected, my members are blind - AUDIENCE is key #ideas09
SmartBriefScoop: Discussion/questions already begun vs presentation -- have heard a lot of the social media sessions go this way -- a good thing? #ideas09
sfeuer: "google is the first page on the Internet" #ideas09 quote well it is my homepage.
Bump it Up! Moving Ideas from Ordinary to Extraordinary
pinnovation: participating in excellent session by @scottsteen on generating ideas...excellent innovation development experience. #ideas09
stevenjs: keeps recalling all of the wealth of information he heard about Twitter in the Social Media Labs yesterday #ideas09
peggyhoffman: lots of talk at #ideas09 on the issue of mixing personal/prof in SM - here's a neat look at that http://www.thesocialorganization.com/2009/02/friends-connections-fo... (contract) by @rhappe
The Value of Associations in Challenging Economic Times
stevenjs: was pleasantly surprised by some of the results in the ASAE Economic study, some good news some bad news #ideas09
SmartBriefScoop: Nearly all groups indicate they're seeing downturn in attendance; 1 group considering dropping final party and reducing reg rates #ideas09
jkhewett: @SmartBriefScoop That is scary! Also generational. I NEVER expected my employers to pay dues. It's my professional development #ideas09
Social Media Lab: Collaborative Content at Your Fingertips
Jeffhurt: @cliffallen Something we've discussed for our assoc & allowing membs to personalize their assoc home page #ideas09
cliffallen: @jkhewett @lindydreyer I use a personalized URL for each member to see non- confidential content "behind the wall" w/o loging in #ideas09
Jeffhurt: @jkhewett When we post articles/content, we can also see which are getting read/feedback & add content added #ideas09
SmartBriefScoop: Why be visible? Ppl turn to search engines FIRST. They can't help link you to partners + prospects if they can't find you. #ideas09
Jeffhurt: @jkhewett @lindydreyer We've found that our member driven content is now in our eCommunity and not on web. #ideas09
SmartBriefScoop: 58% said their orgs don't have a content strategy for behind-the-wall materials #ideas09
SmartBriefScoop: Biggest issue? (Sample size of around 40) majority say increasing value of membership + staff time/resources #ideas09
SmartBriefScoop: How decision was made to go behind the wall: Majority say staff decision #ideas09
SmartBriefScoop: Social networking has been part of all 6 sessions I've attended tho only central focus for 2 - what a shift #ideas09
Nice to Meet You— I’m the New CEO (The First Six Months)
ljunker: #ideas09 Moving into the CEO role can be lonely, isolating--it's important to take steps to manage that and get diff. perspectives.
ljunker: #ideas09 From CEO session: Name recognition alone should not get you a seat on the board. That doesn't lead to diversity or good strategy.
Let Me Introduce You to the Selection Committee (The Search Process)
arthsieh: Prioritization, refine committee structure, establish metrics, refine communication - lead to better governance. #ideas09
arthsieh: committees are breeding grounds for future leaders, but are tactically focused. Will need to transition mindset. #ideas09
15 Strategies for Legally Hiring, Motivating, and Retaining Only the Best Employees
SmartBriefScoop: Watch out for benefits overload when new member first comes on board -- direct your members thru the clutter based on who THEY are #ideas09
