Social Media

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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Props: Can you tweet your favorite SCOTUS case?

March 28, 2010

Have you seen all the tweets about people’s favorite U.S. Supreme Court cases this week? They’re all promoting a continuing legal education program. Each tweet included #cbftech, the hashtag for Connecticut Bar Foundation’s Technology Symposium, a free program hosted by UConn Law School. And the “tweet your favorite U.S. Supreme Court case” initiative is intended to [...]

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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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Are you LinkedIn to the Industry Questions of the Day?

October 8, 2008

As you probably know, one of the largest professional online networks out there is LinkedIn (you can reach my profile by clicking the LinkedIn button under my photo to the left). As a social networking tool, it is often criticized because it doesn't allow as much interaction as other sites, but you can't beat it [...]

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So Many Tools, So Little Time

October 6, 2008

Image by Jungle Jim's International Market I've recently taken a look at a number of tools designed to make the lives of event planners just a little bit easier. There are a lot of tools out there and it can be overwhelming to pick the ones you want to try. I'll try to make it [...]

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Sniffing Out the Wrong Kind of Social Media Consultants

September 30, 2008

Image by mahalie In a recent post, I suggested hiring a social media expert for your next event or project. Over the last week (I've been on vacation), I've been thinking about some things you should look out for if you do, but as it turns out, Mashable had a great post yesterday talking about just that. Take a look. [...]

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Still Don't Get the Difference Between Social Media and Traditional Marketing?

September 23, 2008

When I talk with people about using social media for marketing, I have compared traditional marketing to the loud and obnoxious guy at a party who just wants to talk about himself and all the great things he has accomplished (you may recall I have also used this analogy for companies that use Twitter but [...]

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5 Things to Consider Before Using Social Networking for Your Event

September 9, 2008

Events are about people. Social networking using social media is about people. Just think about what could happen when you effectively bring the two together. ASAE did it. And you can, too, but there are some basic things to consider before getting started. 1. When using established networks, don't focus only on the big ones. [...]

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