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Maddie Grant (Email)

Association/nonprofit industry blogger on social media, specifically building community, systems thinking, digital identity. I am a classic Gen-X Learn More »

Introducing associationTECH: a community blog
ShareDigg DiggLindy and I were recently shooting the breeze about the ASAE section councils with some folks at ASAE. We thought it would be cool if everyone on a council brought to the table a “passion project” (something that ties right in to the idea of design thinking and creative teams). When asked what my
Social Organization Design
ShareDigg DiggMy father was an architect, and while I obviously never took up my Dad’s profession, his sensitivity to the visual did help me to start thinking about the concept of design early on. Today, “design thinking” is all the rage (as it should be), but it has also been a topic for many years
Case Study: MPI and the “Social Media Guru” program for #WEC10
ShareDigg DiggJust wanted to point everyone to a very interesting discussion that played out on Engage365 around the issue of an organization inviting people to feed their social media channels during a conference in exchange for discounted registration. MPI (Meeting Professionals International) created a Social Media Guru program, asking their members to apply to help lead