I tracked two separate conferences this past week via Twitter, LinkedIn, and various visual platforms, and SLA wins hands down! The divisional hashtags, the conference twitterstream on the SLA site, the option to be a virtual participant -- all have made it so much easier to if not fully participate at least benefit, learn remotely, and provide value-added to our communities. In fact, there is enough value that I will be able to write up a report for my management, convincing them of the importance of supporting this professional affiliation with both time and money. In many cases I have links to presentations, I have SMEs to follow up with, I have trends and resources and vendors we need to be aware of, and my chapter colleagues are now returning and will share even more with me.
The other conference’s tweets were primarily bland PR items from the organization’s communications squad, and there are 2,300 people there, a strong emerging youth cohort, and weak social media. SLA, to put it mildly, ROCKS!!
I'd like to extend thanks to Ellen Naylor for reporting back from the CI Division's activities, and to Joe Kraus, Scott Brown, Julie Cavender, Marcy Phelps, Mary Ellen Bates, everyone who’s been giving us homekeepers the flowdown – keep writing! Connie Clem, your comments as a virtual attendee have been an eye-opener, I didn't know that being a virtual attendee could be such a rich experience. THANK YOU everyone!
ll have made it so much easier to if not fully participate at least benefit, learn remotely, and provide value-added to our communities. - you said it right so make it right :)
Posted by: free lance writing jobs | September 30, 2011 at 06:27 AM