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CLE Providers Already Have Community Managers; Challenge Is to Get Them Online

August 7, 2010

When you get right down to it, continuing legal education is about relationships. It’s about the relationships between providers and speakers; the relationships between providers and their legal communities; the relationships between speakers and attendees; and the relationships among attendees. And, of course, it’s about education, but the best way to ensure a quality educational [...]

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From the Archives: EventVue, Twitter, Kevin O’Keefe and #ACLEA

January 29, 2010

I don’t have time to be writing this post right now. I should be packing up for my trip to the ACLEA (Association of Continuing Legal Education Administrators) Conference in Orlando tomorrow. But yesterday I set our conference hashtag (#ACLEA) on the recently relaunched EventVue platform (if you’re going to or interested in the conference, [...]

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The Future of Conferences (and CLE) Probably Isn’t in “Virtual Events”

December 7, 2009

I have a confession to make. I don’t like “virtual events.” I don’t know quite why I call it a confession. I just have a feeling I’m supposed to like them. People I meet who know that I have blogged about conferences, and often about how technology is reshaping them, are always surprised–perhaps even suspicious–to [...]

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The Conference Industry Might Learn a Thing or Two from Bookstores

March 13, 2009

Image by James Cridland via Flickr When I was in college, I worked at Barnes & Noble. The place was busy open to close. I have vivid memories of heated exchanges with women who came to buy Princess Di memorabilia books only to learn we were sold out. I have even better memories of customers [...]

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Considerations When Taking Education Programs Online

March 1, 2009

ASAE has posted a video recap of a session about online education from its recent Great Ideas Conference. In the recap, Howard Horwitz of the American College of Healthcare Executives talked about things to do when rolling out online education that has been repurposed from live content. Some of the ideas he mentioned: Start with [...]

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Twitter Event Chat Tonight – #eventprofs

February 23, 2009

Just a quick post to point you to the Eventprofs Twitter Chat, an initiative started by Ready2Spark. She's started a weekly chat (Mondays, 9pm EST), the agenda will be driven by you, and it's shaping up to be great. Instructions for participating are here.

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Are Attendees and Individuals Redefining the "Virtual Event" As We Know It?

February 16, 2009

I've been preparing to moderate a panel on virtual technology for the Green Meeting Industry Council's annual conference at the end of this month, so I've been thinking a lot about virtual events. Watching a couple of conferences online over the last couple of weeks (MeetDifferent and Legal Tech NY) got me thinking about a [...]

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Didn't Make It to MeetDifferent this Year? You Don't Have to Miss All the Fun.

February 8, 2009

There are still ways to keep real-time pace with the discussions they'll be having this year. Tune in to the opening general session today at 10:00 am EST (information on Meet Different's website). Follow it on Twitter. Several attendees are talking about it and you can easily track their comments because they mark them #meetdifferent [...]

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It's More Than Online Reputation Management (and Why "Podunk" Blogs Matter)

January 22, 2009

Meetings and Conventions Magazine has a great article this month on online reputation management for event planners. Most of the experts interviewed agreed that you should both be monitoring and responding to online conversations (whether glowing or scathing) about your event or organization. By doing so, you get the obvious benefit of having your response [...]

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"But Our Model Doesn't Work Online"

January 21, 2009

Image by kevindooley Last Friday, I started a new position with the continuing legal education arm of our state bar association (more on this to come but, generally, I'll be working on online strategy for CLE programming). When I saw this post from Seth Godin today, it was a reminder–not that I've needed one–about why [...]

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