SMACNA Sacramento Valley Chapter won the Social Media Make-Over at the ASAE Annual Meeting as part of the Adding Power to Member Communities with Social Media session led by master CRP* KiKi L’Italien (Optical Society of America) and me. Here's the make-over!

At ASAE Annual, there are great ideas in the sessions, but some of the greatest I picked up in the hallways, over dinner (or drinks!), on Twitter, via the annual meeting hub. Here are a few:

Control is a figment of our imagination.

When you spend two days immersed in an event, its hard to take time for deep breath much less note-taking. As ASAE’s 2009 Annual Meeting in Toronto this is certainly the case. But before I rest, I need to put down a few random notes.

Today is my first official day off the ASAE Component Relations Section Council. I’ve spent the last six years working on the council beginning with 3 1-year terms as member then 1-year terms as vice-chair, chair and past chair. I am excited to say this is also my official first day on the Executive Management Section Council.

Maybe it was the title, maybe it was the enthusiasm of Brian Contanzo when I first met him by phone several months ago, but I will go to Developing a Rock Star Chapter at ASAE & The Center’s upcoming Annual Meeting, Tuesday, August 18, at 9:00am (even though this is right before my own session with at 12:45 Adding Power to Member Communities with Social Media).

The email began:

Dear Gentle Friend, My name is Mrs. Doris Kwamen I am a dying woman who have decided to donate what have to you/church ...

It didn't go immediately to my spam folder (they are getting slicker and slicker) but the unknown sender and the generic greeting had my trigger finger on delete immediately. Then I stopped because it occurred to me that the three biggest mistakes we make in volunteer recruitment are ...

Headed on Friday to ASAE09 in Toronto and I have to say I’m psyched. If you’re not headed to annual meeting, you can follow all the happenings via ASAE09’s hub (check it out at http://asae09.org/ or http://asae09.org/m/ on your mobile phone) or just head over to Twitter and follow #ASAE09. I will be starting my trip by meeting up with good friend Leslie White in Buffalo after which we’ll cross the border (neat thing about associations, you meet awesome people and make great friendships!) ...

We’re looking for one chapter who would like to create (or re-create) their social media presence for a FREE make-over at a special session at ASAE & The Center 2009 Annual Meeting in Toronto.

Every nonprofit is looking to create a presence on the web that boosts visibility, creates a strong fan base, builds community and translates to more members, more dollars and ultimately moving the mission forward.