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Posted in Ben Martin CAE on Jun 4th, 2010
I’m with Ben on this one, and not just b/c I’m not much of a dancer. This is the third dancing flash mob video I’ve seen in recent weeks (the other two were at colleges in my home state), and I find them a bit tiresome. They’re really just planned-but-unannounced dance performances, not so much [...]
Posted in Ben Martin CAE on Jun 4th, 2010
This does come off as a bit contrived to me. The beauty of the “dancing flashmob” is that the group doing it is flawless, there is not leader, there is only the group. I’d say the best example I’ve seen of it is what Steppenwolf Theatre Company did for their 2009 – 2010 season (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-PE36fr28U). [...]
Posted in Ben Martin CAE on Jun 4th, 2010
You can do animated PNGs, so there’s really no reason to use GIFs at all. Unless you like it kick it 1998 style.
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Posted in Ben Martin CAE on Jun 3rd, 2010
I’m with Gertie–for the right group (aka, one with me in it), this could be a blast. The moves are simple and repetitive enough that anyone could catch on pretty quickly, and no one has to do it if they don’t want to.
I don’t know enough about its meeting to know if this was aligned [...]
Posted in Ben Martin CAE on Jun 3rd, 2010
Well, you know what? I think the Realtors would have loved a flash mob in Washington at their last meeting. Here’s why: they love being ‘in’, they’re big on social media in a lightweight and fun sense, they don’t go to meetings to be totally professional, and a lot of [...]
Posted in Ben Martin CAE on May 25th, 2010
OH my now that is funny
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Posted in Ben Martin CAE on Mar 30th, 2010
Ben
I am speaking this year at that conference. At long last perhaps we will meet face2face:
http://www.realtor.org/association_executives/aei/full_schedule_by_day
Also, one day would you consider writing about making a meeting more meaningful and memorable by storyboarding it?
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Posted in Ben Martin CAE on Oct 29th, 2009
We deployed a social media platform unsuccessfully last year and are in the midst of updating our strategy and technology. Would love to see what the Wave is all about.
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Posted in Ben Martin CAE on Oct 23rd, 2009
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From all indications, Google Wave looks to be a game-changing group collaboration technology. If you haven’t already watched the video from the Google I/O event earlier this year (caution, it’s long) you really should set aside some time to look into this, especially if your organization does a lot of [...]
Posted in Ben Martin CAE on Oct 23rd, 2009
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Back in college I discovered this amazing acoustic guitar duo that toured regionally. My friends and I would drive all over the place following them into small music halls, bars, and college music festivals. The year before I graduated they put together a band and got even better. I followed [...]
