If done well, podcasts, quizzes, contests and live seminars can add levels of engagement to a website. To get a flavor for what SIPA members are doing, I visited some of their websites and took a quiz on Literacy Instruction—don't ask my score—listened to advice on painting indoors this winter—that could come in handy!—and entered a contest for Creative Kids—my friend sent me a video of his daughter painting a superhero mask.

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"What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet;" If Juliet were asking that question today, she might want to see the analytics and data first. Perhaps top-performing people aren’t named Romeo anymore, and she might think twice about her future plans. She might survey customers—digitally and maybe even in print if it's at a Shakespeare conference—offering a choice of their favorite names. And she might want to get some data on roses. They do have thorns, and another flower may mean more sales. New products. New events. New podcasts. We create something new and have to call it something. Usually it's pretty middle of the highway. But occasionally, there's some creativity and risk-taking. Here are seven interesting choices that I’ve seen in B2B and the outside: Learnapalooza. This is an all new event from Association Trends, a division of SIPA member Columbia Books & Information Servi ...

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Welcome New Members

"There is no one silver bullet as to what leadership will look like," said Jared Weiner, executive vice president and chief strategy officer, Future Hunters, a leading futurist consulting firm. He gave three key characteristics for leadership:

"As a direct result of their new relationship with Columbia Books & Information Services (CBIS), Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI) was able to make considerable enhancements to their EmpowerMINT site, and therefore launched MINT+. In addition to having many more records at users' disposal, MINT+ allows users to search and filter on a number of additional data types..."

"Sometimes you don't know what the public is going to like until you make it available."