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ARTICLES
- What is Social Media and Why Should I Care?
by Lance A. Simon published in the Phoenix Newsletter, 2011
In some sense – from iPads to Facebook to Google TV, LinkedIn and Amazon.com, social media is the new Internet.
- Virtual workshop explores how to sustain momentum for positive change...
by Michelle Strutzenberger published in Axiom News June 2009
A virtual workshop is exploring how to sustain the momentum of an energizing planning session long after the event is past and routine tasks and demands are crowding for attention again.
- Knowledge Capture at Conference Done Right
by Mark Athitakis published in ASSOCIATIONS NOW, April 2009
Time was, knowledge capture at conferences meant a newsletter and audiocassettes. Today associations can use everything from MP3s to wikis to videos to Twitter streams, but not every option is right for every meeting. There are more options than ever for grabbing hold of your conference's content. Deciding what to save, how to save it, and how to use it later means first getting wise to what members need.
- “A Truly Global Summit”
published in Meeting Mentor May 2008
On April 30, 2008, more than 400 association industry professionals convened at the new Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center just outside Washington, DC with the ambitious goal of identifying the capabilities and ambitions of the association community in the area of social responsibility.
- Expanding the Reach of the Appreciative Inquiry Summit with Collaborative Technology
by Pascal Kaplan published in AI Practitioner May 2008
As collaborative technologies have matured in the past decade, dramatically dissolving time and space as external barriers to human communication, AI practitioners have started to explore the possibilities of using such technologies to enhance the impact that Appreciative Inquiry can have in dissolving internal and social barriers to human collaboration and cooperation
- AI Version 2.0: New Models of Appreciative Inquiry in the Digital Age
by Lindsey Godwin, Ph.D. and Soren Kaplan, Ph.D. published in AI Practitioner, April 2008, Page 8
Innovative models of Appreciative Inquiry that leverage collaborative technologies are emerging which open new participative opportunities, tap into the collective wisdom of the whole system and drive positive change at the "scale of the whole"..
- Interested in replicating the social responsibility summit?
published in Association TRENDS, May 16, 2008
ASAE and the Center for Assn Leadership embarked on a social responsibility program nearly two years ago. Last week, after months of planning and promotion, 350 people gathered at the new Gaylord National hotel in Oxon Hill MD, and some 500 registered at 18 additional connected sites worldwide and individually connected, participated in the assn's three-day Global Summit on Social Responsibility.
- Cities Work to Create Aging-Friendly Communities
by Robert McNulty and Andrew Scharlach, Ph.D. published in National League of Cities web site, Feb. 2008
Next month, a unique online conference, Creating Aging-Friendly Communities, will provide America's cities with the opportunity to examine innovative strategies for becoming more "aging-friendly." The University of California at Berkeley's Center for the Advanced Study of Aging Services is hosting the online conference to assist communities in planning effective responses to the aging of their populations.
- Interview with Soren Kaplan, iCohere
published in Online Community Report, October 2004
iCohere helps organizations create "collaborative communities", which we classify into three types of communities – learning communities, communities of practice, and project communities. We've applied our backgrounds in education and organizational development and built a software platform that includes a suite of group process and collaboration tools that help people foster relationships, collaboratively learn together, create new knowledge, and work together remotely..
- Next-Generation Professional Development: Expanding Program Impact through Technology
by Soren Kaplan and Julia Ashley published in ASAE Executive Update, September 2004
Member education and professional development are core services of most associations. And they should be —developing current and future leaders is an invaluable service that associations are well positioned to provide. But new technologies are paving the way for approaches that may disrupt the business-as-usual approach. An emerging group of innovators are embracing new models that elevate the impact of existing programs, increase member satisfaction, and create new revenue models in the process. Here's what they're doing.
- Beyond the Breakout Room: How Technology Can Help Sustain Community
by Soren Kaplan and Julia Ashley published in ASAE Executive Update, December 2003
As associations explore new ways to deliver value to members, many find that old models of conducting conferences are being reshaped by new approaches supported by technology, which can and has made some great advances in how conferences are done. But if you look past the buzz and beneath the surface at what attendees really want, it's not technology at all. It's new knowledge, applied learning, and promising new relationships.
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