Yesterday when I logged onto LinkedIn, I noticed that I’d been granted access to the new publishing feature. Of course I was curious so I reposted a post from this blog using their platform and clicked “publish” and waited for some kind of magic to happen. As I’m sure you can imagine, it didn’t. A […]
Is it Just me or has Twitter Jumped the Shark?
If you know me, you know I used to be a Twitter devotee. And if you follow me on Twitter, you also know, not so much in the past year. Sure, I still use it on a daily basis, but much less than I used to use it. Apparently, I’m not the only one with […]
What Your Association Conference Looks Like on Twitter
This is a bit nerdier than usual, but I thought this was a pretty cool representation of what an association conference looks like on Twitter via NodeXL, a free open source template for Excel that lets you explore network graphs. I am working on my Excel-phobia and can only dream of being able to create […]
Why Online Community is About More Than Community for Associations
There’s been a flurry of attention over a recent Associations Now story about how Doximity, a private online community for physicians, is outpacing the AMA in terms of membership. I started to reply to one of the comments in the original story, but then my response got so long I figured I should just write […]
My 3 CMAD Wishes
Another year, another Community Manager Appreciation Day (CMAD). This time last year I was quitting community management. That lasted about ten minutes because I missed it : ) Now I’m back, or trying to be back, and continuing to fight the good fight for community management in the association world. Things are inching forward, with […]
How to Create a Pinterest Place Board for An Event
If you know me, you know I’m obsessed with Pinterest. Also with social media and associations. So when they announced Place Pins at the end of November, of course the first thing I thought was “this could be cool for an association’s annual conference.” Then the holidays came and went, and I didn’t have time […]
Why Associations Need to Revisit Communication Strategy in 2014
I’ve been “doing” social media in the association world for six years now and if I had a dime for every time I’ve heard the comment “but our members are older and aren’t using social media,” I could probably retire right now. Associations use that “truth” to justify keeping the status quo with their communications […]
Is Your Association’s Website Any Better Than HealthCare.gov?
(I published this on SocialFish today; posting it here too) because I’m kind of obsessed with this issue lately) Every day (or at least I strive for every day….) I read the Washington Post. And it seems that every day since October 1, the first page has been dedicated to chronicling the failures of HealthCare.gov. Deirdre Reid […]
2013 By the Numbers for Mizz Information
Happy new year! February will mark the six year anniversary of Mizz Information….which is both hard for me to believe and not so hard to believe, because it kind of feels like I’ve been doing this blog forever. Harder still to believe that before Mizz Information, I was already blogging for five years…..that’s a LOT […]
2013 Movie Recap
(Cross-posting from my new, cuter blog, Chic n’ Geek) Ah, another year, another 50+ movies (55, to be exact). Yes, it pains me to say that for the first time since I’ve done these movie wrap-up posts (can you believe it’s been six years?), I have fallen short of my goal of seeing more movies […]