Social Media Meeting last week

I had the pleasure of attending a Steve Miller conference in Arlington, VA last week. Did you know there are more than 400 associations in Arlington? Walking down King Street, you see sign after sign.

Steve Miller's meeting was on Social Media. We met with two sharp guys from a Boston-based consulting firm, who provided a nice overview of the different platforms and available social networking opportunities - Facebook, Linked In, Twitter and more. What you can do, why people do it, etc.

Then our group of association execs shared what social media strategies they were implementing or considering. They are the early adopters in the association world and it was interesting to learn what they are doing and what value they see from it.

In short, while our membership may not be as technologically motivated as other association's memberships, we intend to assess social media strategies as part of our membership support, provide networking opportunities for those who seek it and pave the way for use of such tools for NTEA's future.

As a side note, as an association, we will need to proceed with caution because of ant-trust laws.