Wednesday, October 24, 2012

1. Special Thanks
this week to:

2. FIND Dan „Socially‟:
Email
cpudan@mac.com
Facebook
facebook.com/corporateplan
ners
Google+
plus.google.com/1053566492908244779
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LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/in/cpudanparks
Pinterest
pinterest.com/cpudan
Twitter
@cpudan
Dan Parks uses his training in Computer Science to enhance his company‟s list of services
by expanding meeting industry options, supporting such clients in both worlds including
Trend Micro, L‟Oreal, Saint Gobain, Microsoft, TelePacific, Cable & Wireless to name a few.
He is a New Media, Virtual Meetings & New Technology Consultant. An Extreme Early
Adopter, who predicted the important changes the meeting industry would be making with
new security issues and financial restraints imposed on all business.
His company integrates innovative social networking elements in events and meetings for
their clientele, which has placed them in preferred positioning in the meeting, events and
travel management arenas.

3. It’s Official!
Using Twitter at Meetings and Conferences
Improves Attendee Learning and Engagement
Education Professor Christine Greenhow, Michigan State University,
conducted a study on Twitter as a new form of literacy. Her results showed that
adults who tweet during a class and as part of the instruction:
• are more engaged with the course content
• are more engaged with the instructor
• are more engaged with other students
• and have higher grades than the other students.
“Tweeting can be thought of as a new form of literacy,” Greenhow said. “The
students get more engaged because they feel it is connected to something
real, that it‟s not just learning for the sake of learning. It feels authentic to
them.”
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6. We’ve found that most event
organizers struggle to sell
out their events. This
problem occurs largely
because traditional
marketing strategies like
paid advertisements and
email blasts are no longer
effective. People hear about
events through their friends;
people attend events with
their friends. That’s why we
build Planana – to help event
organizers leverage social
media to promote and sell
out their events.

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13. Let’s show some amore for our
Host Today! Tell your followers! Tell your friends…
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THANK YOU!!

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