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In this series of interviews of Association Social Media Managers, you’ll be able to compare notes on what all of these fab organizations are doing with their social media management – from how they organize the roles and responsibilities, to how they manage content flow through the organization and out to social, to what campaigns they…

As you know, we read Clay Shirky religiously over here at SocialFishing, and in the rare moments when he posts an essay or there is a video of him speaking, we always post it and it’s always thought-provoking.  This time, however, it’s not just thought-provoking, I think it has direct implications for the association industry….

This is a guest post by Tom Hood, the awesome and social CEO of the Maryland Association of CPAs.  We love this great example of Humanize thinking in action.  Thanks Tom for sharing your thoughts on strategic thinking with us! ——————– Getting everyone on the same page. Touchstone – a stone used to identify precious metals, a…

It’s one of the things Clay Shirky said at ASAE09–control is a thing of the past. Clarity should be the goal for today.  Clarity and control are not new topics among some of my favoriteassociation blogs. Still, the way Clay Shirky framed the issue was, well, very clear. Scott Briscoe talks a little about what Clay said at ASAE09 on…

I’m back from ASAE’s Great Ideas Conference and have a lot of thoughts swirling around my head about what to include in a recap for you. Here’s a few quick links of the obvious stuff. Check out the full Twitter transcript in chronological order. I wanted to do a “#ideas10 in 140 characters” post pulling out my…

Watch this 20 minute video of Jeremiah Owyang discussing the state of social business in a short presentation at LeWeb, based on the latest Altimeter report. His main points: – this is a very nascent space; if you’re working on social right now you’re EARLY. – average corporate company has 178 social media accounts – way…