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Re: Time to Give Online Discourse a Rethink?

Lindy Dreyer — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 13:15:40 -0000

I'm not sure I totally agree that people behaving badly in comments destroys goodwill and undermines your brand. It says more about the participant than the brand. Probably in the context that you were thinking about--disparaging attacks, crude language, really obviously ugly stuff--yeah. You don't want that on your site. And that's why we have moderators, as you say. But in my experience with associations, we tend to be really gun-shy about conversations that happen within spaces we "own." Especially if the conversations are in any way contentious.

Unfortunately, that means that the really interesting conversations happen elsewhere.

Maybe some of these other forms of commenting will help us be braver about letting the conversations percolate.

Re: From recession to reset: Three learning questions for #ASAE10

Lindy Dreyer — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:42:20 -0000

Jeff - how great that you can look ahead like this. My head is still spinning. I'd like to challenge the presenters at #asae10 to find ways to create content that feeds informal learning spaces--much like you did with your ustream coverage. I think we can do a lot to innovate the format of our convening so that the work we do together can have a broader, longer-lasting impact.

I'd also like to have more frank discussion on failure, which may be a component of all three of your learning questions.

Re: From recession to reset: Three learning questions for #ASAE10

Lindy Dreyer — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:36:24 -0000

Love the idea of contextualizing exhibit hall companies in the education sessions! I've seen very few groups doing this, and yet it's a natural step and a great benefit for exhibitors.

Re: How Not to Manage a LinkedIn Group

Lindy Dreyer — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:04:03 -0000

Dave, I had the same reaction when I was rejected from the Digital Now LinkedIn group. Boo. After reading Julie's carefully crafted response, I can say that I do respect the right of their community to self-select its members. The choice to alienate a few folks on the fringe in favor of focusing on their core group is legitimate, if not my preference when I give strategic advice about outposts liked LinkedIn.

And that goes back to your idea about creating online community versus a country club. The thing is, the community for Digital Now is online regardless of whether or not we're allowed into the LinkedIn group. By limiting entrance in such a public outpost, they are really limiting their ability to energize fans like us. Why make Twitter and Flickr open, but not LinkedIn? (I think I know the answer, I just don't buy it.)

Plus, the community will police itself, so there's not much risk in letting us in. Just my two cents.

Re: Social Media Policies - Part 2 - Unofficial Outposts

Lindy Dreyer — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:37:40 -0000

Good point about the goal. It's something Mads and I have been saying over and over...we've kind of given up trying to convince people about that. But it does deserve more explanation and discussion.

And thanks for the link to Charlene's wiki. Lots of good stuff there.

Re: Upcoming FREE webinar!

Lindy Dreyer — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:18:57 -0000

Sounds like the awesomesauce, and I missed it. Will you be sharing slides or doing a recap anywhere?

Re: Three victories with free social media tools

Lindy Dreyer — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:43:30 -0000

Nice. I've mentioned your campaign to a number of people. It's such a great example of focusing on the objective, not the tool.

Re: “Secret session” reflections

Lindy Dreyer — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:50:34 -0000

Was the promotion strategy overblown? Yes. But was the session a success? Yes. I thought the content was quite good and the crowd was clearly engaged enough to stick to it in a standing-room only situation.

"Secret Session" as a marketing strategy needs some work. It was kind of a cool phenomenon to witness, none the less. Of course, now it's gonna be tricky to repeat.