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Creating The 24/7 Small-Staff Association Online Conference

Photo by CharlieGentle http://www.flickr.com/photos/charliegentle/94736480/sizes/o/ Join me July 13-15, 2010, for ASAE's Online Conference for Small Staff Associations (nonprofit associations with ten or few staff).     2010 Small Staff Association Online Conference Topic: With the rise of ...

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Innovative Techniques In Conference Formats

Today I'm facilitating my second Peer2Peer presentation,  for the PCMA Education Conference 2010 in Montreal, Canada on Innovative Techniques In Conference Formats. Here is the brief session description, the learning objectives and the slide deck I used. In a world of multi-tasking and high-tech innovations, today's attendee wants a meeting experience which will inspire and influence ...

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We’re Doing Some Spring Cleaning

It's time to dust the corner cobwebs, clean the dirty windows and move winter clothes to another part of the closet...so to speak. We're making some changes here at Velvet Chainsaw's Midcourse Corrections blog. During the next few weeks you may see some different things than ...

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Is Your (High-Tech) Networking Working?

When used properly, high-tech networking can increase the quantity and quality of professional connections. But to accomplish this, you’ll need an ‘Extreme Networking’ technology strategy — which starts weeks before and culminates in the face-to-face event. Helping grow a participant's professional network ...

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Extreme Networking: It’s A Contact Sport

You don’t need a helmet, knee or elbow pads to be an Extreme Networker. Heck you don’t even need to be on Twitter or Facebook (but they’ve been known to help). You just need to jump in and work it baby. Work "Extreme Networking," that is. One ...

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