Jupiter Media/Mediabistro Deal

Posted by Nick under Uncategorized

From Techcrunch, I spotted this piece of news: Jupiter Media, a New York-based digital services firm, acquired the writing community Mediabistro for $23 million. To me this is interesting because mediabistro fills most, if not all, the needs an association would–including health insurance plans for its members. I have hung around the Mediabistro community enough to know they add real value. Jupiter media operates several other communities as well as this most recent addition.

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The Ageless Question

Posted by Tony Rossell under Uncategorized

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ClumpChat 1.0

Posted by Matt Baehr under Uncategorized

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New website design up and running!

Posted by Mike under Uncategorized

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Further Evidence Wikis and Blogs More Productive Than Email

Posted by Peter Turner under Uncategorized

Social Computing News reports how another company (this time Motorola) is increasing productivity and communication by relying less on email and more on a variety of networking tools like wikis and blogs.
“Intranet 2.0″ came onto the radar when Motorola’s VP of IT strategy told VisiCalc inventor Dan Bricklin in an interview that Motorola, #49 […]

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Back from holiday

Posted by jeffpi1@gmail.com (Jeff De Cagna of Principled Innovation LLC, the association community's leading voice for innovation!) under Uncategorized

And ready to get back to blogging!

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Building the Case for Your Credentialing Program

Posted by msrops under Uncategorized

The Marble Institute of America recently launched an accreditation program for the natural stone industry, and according to Gary Distelhorst, CAE, Executive Vice President, over 100 companies have already made application for over 130 accreditations. I had the opportunity to work with Gary and his great MIA team of staff and leaders in the strategy and design of this important program. Take a look at this video highlighting the program. I think it does a…

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House floor vote tomorrow

Posted by Mike under Uncategorized

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Gannett’s Content Co-Creation Experiment Seems to Work

Posted by Peter Turner under Uncategorized

Last Spring we featured Gannett’s new strategy for news production that invites the news consumer to become part of the news gathering and dissemination.
You can read the earlier post that covers the whole strategy here.
In the August issue of Wired magazine (page 86), you’ll learn that the model combining content co-creation strategies and […]

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Felony & Mayhem Press

Posted by Ann Oliveri under Uncategorized

Classic mysteries are immensely satisfying reads, but difficult to locate without expert guidance. If you find an author you like, you track down every other book written by that author and impatiently await the next title. If you learn of…

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