Comments on: Truth and Authenticity in the Digital Age http://www.socialfish.org/2010/01/truth-and-authenticity-in-the-digital-age.html Social media strategy, training for associations, non-profits Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:48:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Laura Soule http://www.socialfish.org/2010/01/truth-and-authenticity-in-the-digital-age.html#comment-1942 Laura Soule Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:51:12 +0000 http://www.socialfish.org/?p=2609#comment-1942 Interesting topic: I'm a bit too far to attend the meeting in California, so I did come up with a few questions. When most of us association professionals think of authenticity within an organization, we can remember the wonderfully enlightened beings we've met at some point, who present at conferences and wow us with their expertise and candor. They are down to earth, converse with the audience, share interesting results, discuss their organizations honestly, and, on top of it all, actually seem to be really nice people. These organizations have devoted teams of people who extend this authenticity through their social networks; They work hard to maintain consistency in their messaging, stay focused on the members' needs, respond to feedback, and post all comments from their constituents, good and bad. But the thing is, these organizations probably had authenticity as a value long before this whole social media explosion took place. My question: What happens when an organization is not authentic? I would be very interested to hear some horror stories, but perhaps this revolution is still getting started and there haven't quite been enough casualties yet? Are there any good morality tales out there? I would be interested to hear some case-studies of associations that went under, dissolved, spent all their money without earning it back because they weren't 'authentic'. We can probably understand the light better when we have something to contrast it with. Good luck at the presentation! Interesting topic: I’m a bit too far to attend the meeting in California, so I did come up with a few questions. When most of us association professionals think of authenticity within an organization, we can remember the wonderfully enlightened beings we’ve met at some point, who present at conferences and wow us with their expertise and candor. They are down to earth, converse with the audience, share interesting results, discuss their organizations honestly, and, on top of it all, actually seem to be really nice people.

These organizations have devoted teams of people who extend this authenticity through their social networks; They work hard to maintain consistency in their messaging, stay focused on the members’ needs, respond to feedback, and post all comments from their constituents, good and bad.

But the thing is, these organizations probably had authenticity as a value long before this whole social media explosion took place.

My question: What happens when an organization is not authentic?

I would be very interested to hear some horror stories, but perhaps this revolution is still getting started and there haven’t quite been enough casualties yet?

Are there any good morality tales out there? I would be interested to hear some case-studies of associations that went under, dissolved, spent all their money without earning it back because they weren’t ‘authentic’.

We can probably understand the light better when we have something to contrast it with. Good luck at the presentation!

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