Apps that Excite Association Professionals

Today on Association Chat we are talking about the apps that are rocking association professionals' worlds.



What are the apps that make a difference in your day-to-day life? We'll explore apps that impact your business, personal, spiritual, and physical lives. Here are some questions we'll discuss:

1. Which apps are you using to improve what you do at work?
2. Which apps are helping you with content and marketing for your association?
3. Which event apps have you used, which event apps are you hoping to use, and what are the features that you really want in an event app?
4. How are these apps improving your jobs? How long have you been using the app? How did you hear about it?
5. Which apps are you using to make your life better?
6. Which apps bring you happiness and why?
7. Which apps turn you off completely? Why?
8. What kind of app do you wish existed, but doesn't?
9. Does your association have an app? 
10. If your org has an app, what does it do? Is it effective?
11. If your org does not have an app, what kind of app would be valuable to your members or clients? What features would it have?
12. What top 3 apps would you recommend to a friend, colleague, or member?

It should be a great chat - if you've never participated, definitely join in the fun on Tuesday at 2 pm ET. We meet every Tuesday at 2 pm ET, so if you missed it this week you can always catch the replay or join us next week for another chat.

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Side Notes

1. RFP - ASAE Marketing, Membership & Communications Conference (June 13–14, 2016) - Submit your ideas by October 30
2. RFP - Association Media & Publishing's 2016 Annual Meeting (June 27-29, 2016) - Proposals are due October 30, 2015
3. RFP - ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition (August 13-16, 2016) - Submission Deadline is Friday, November 20, 2015
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Association Chat - LIVE!

Association Chat: Mobile Apps for Your Association Events

This week, I'll be moderating a panel of experts on the subject of event apps for the Potomac Chapter of Meeting Professionals International (PMPI). To go along with that theme, event apps will be the focus of this week's Association Chat...and there's a lot to talk about!

Julius Solaris, author of the eBook, The Event App Bible, shares some staggering statistics from his research that indicate a wide, but narrowing, gap between what meeting planners want from an event app and what the mobile app developers are providing.

Did you know?: '59 percent of event professionals do not currently have a mobile event app, although 53 percent of those "are looking to get one" in the near future.'

This week's Association Chat will center around identifying the questions that most association executives have about event apps, working with event app vendors, and knowing how to measure success.

Here are some of the questions I plan on asking during the chat:

1. What are your biggest concerns about adopting an event app?
2. What are the must-have features that you need in an event app?
3. What are some questions that every event planner must ask before settling on an event app as a solution?
4. Who in your organization must be a part of the decision-making team when it comes to selecting an event app?
5. How do you measure whether or not an event app is successful?
6. How do you make certain your event app will meet with success?
7. What kind of measurements/tracking do you want to get from your event app?
8. How do maintain a healthy relationship with your event app vendor?
9. How often should you evaluate your event app?

How to participate in Association Chat:
If you'd like to check out Association Chat, just remember to jump onto Twitter on Tuesdays at 2 pm EST using the hashtag #assnchat.

If you'd like an easy and relaxing experience with the chat, I like to use Nurph for easily following along. The Nurph link to use for Association Chat is http://nurph.com/assnchat. 

Next Week's Chat Topic: The Association and Globalization