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A Song Of The Future [DAILY BRIEFING] Jun 03, 2019

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I've been writing more lately than in any of the years since college. And one thing I can say with certainty is that once you begin showing up for the writing, the words you choose, the words you notice, begin to change.

Today I want to start you off with some words that inspired me this morning.

A Song Of The Future

Sail fast, sail fast,

Ark of my hopes, Ark of my dreams;

Sweep lordly o'er the drowned Past,

Fly glittering through the sun's strange beams;

Sail fast, sail fast.

Breaths of new buds from off some drying lea

With news about the Future scent the sea:

My brain is beating like the heart of Haste:

I'll loose me a bird upon this Present waste;

Go, trembling song,

And stay not long; oh, stay not long:

Thou'rt only a gray and sober dove,

But thine eye is faith and thy wing is love.

Sidney Lanier

Tribes & Trust: #COLLISIONCONF Interview with Centric Executive Director and Jawbrain Principal May 23, 2019

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One of the best things I love about attending conferences is meeting new people and finding out about the amazing work that they do. It is fortifying. When my friend, Lauren, tagged me and a person named Jason Williams on a post, suggesting we connect while attending the Collision technology conference in Toronto, I quickly did some Google sleuthing to find out more about the person I was about to meet. Once I did that, I *knew* I had to get some time for a mini-interview with Jason. Jason is the Executive Director for Centric, a 501c3 nonprofit that connects, educates and celebrates Indiana's problem solvers. Centric exists to increase the recognition of Indiana as a global center of innovation. From their initial gatherings in 2007, Jason and his crew have built an incredible community of people and companies that spans industries and creates serendipity that may never occur otherwise. I sat down with Jason to get to know him better and to make the most of Collision conference, where I wanted to ask entrepreneurs and tech leaders about community, trust, and technology. I hope you enjoy!

MURDER ALWAYS GETS CLICKS + OTHER LESSONS FROM A DC MEDIA MAVEN | Svetlana Legetic guests | Association Chat with KiKi L'Italien May 15, 2019

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"The Secret to Building Bigger Buzz"

Svetlana Legetic is the co-founder of Brightest Young Things now BYT Media, Inc. — a collective of content makers, culture curators, event planners and creative marketing strategists. For over a decade now, they've produced a legitimately cool AND useful online and offline presence in DC, NYC, and Chicago, and work with amazing individuals, institutions and brands to build loyalty, start conversations and create memories, 365/24/7.

GQ magazine named Legetic "one of 50 most powerful people in DC"

Find out how BYT does it and the philosophy that leads BYT to build the biggest buzz in the biz!

COULD ASSOCIATIONS MAKE BETTER DECISIONS WITH SWARM AI? | Dr. Louis Rosenberg guests | Association Chat with KiKi L'Italien May 01, 2019

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What if you could harness all the best wisdom - knowledge, experience, intuition - from a group of people and use it to make extremely accurate decisions and predictions? Would that be valuable for you? If the answer is yes, you must watch this interview.

A few weeks ago I saw a tweet from my friend Adrian Segar, who literally wrote the book on unconferences, discussing the wisdom of crowds sharing why an unconference would always be better than a conference designed using a conference curator, or one expert, who helped craft a vision for what a conference should be.

And it got me thinking about an interesting option...

And that option came from a segment I watched in an episode of the new Amazon Prime Video docuseries - it was just released February 22 - called This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy.

I remembered one segment, in particular, featuring a researcher talking with the host, Kal Penn, about collective intelligence, using Swarm AI technology, that could harness all the best wisdom from a group of people and make extremely accurate decisions.

And I wondered could this technology be used to make better conferences? Or, for associations of every industry facing tremendous change and disruption, could Swarm AI or hive intelligence help make strategic decisions about an organization's mission?

Anyone who sees value in small data, big data, qualitative and quantitative research, any leader who makes big decisions for a group of people needs to hear about our topic.

So I reached out to the researcher and his company!

Dr. Louis Rosenberg received his Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD degrees from Stanford and his doctoral work focused on robotics, virtual reality, and human-computer interaction.

As a researcher at the U.S. Air Force's Armstrong Labs, he created the 'Virtual Fixtures' system, the first Augmented Reality platform ever built. He has been awarded more than 300 patents for his technological efforts.

Dr. Louis Rosenberg is CEO and Chief Scientist of Unanimous AI, a company focused on amplifying the intelligence of networked human groups using AI algorithms modeled after natural swarms and today I am happy to welcome Louis to the show to talk with us more about these questions and so many others!

Resources from the show:

– Unanimous AI Website [https://unanimous.ai/]

– Swarm AI Outperforms in Stanford Medical Study [https://unanimous.ai/stanford-radiology/]

– Unanimous AI achieves 22% more accurate pneumonia diagnoses | VentureBeat [https://venturebeat.com/2018/09/10/un...]

– This Startup Correctly Predicted the Oscars, World Series, and SuperBowl. Here's What It's Doing Next | Inc. [https://www.inc.com/kevin-j-ryan/unan...]

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SOMEDAY Is Not a Day of the Week| Sam Horn guests | Association Chat with KiKi L'Italien Apr 26, 2019

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Simon Sinek says "Working hard for something you don't care about is called stress. Working hard for something you love is called passion."

My guest for this episode is helping people connect their passion and professions and she's GOOD at it, too!

The Executive Producer of The Oprah Winfrey Show - who has probably met some pretty sharp thinkers in her day - calls her "one of the brightest lights and most accessible wisdom-sharers in our culture today."

Please enjoy this conversation with the intrigue expert herself, Sam Horn!

DISRUPTION + DISRUPT-HER | Miki Agrawal Guests | Association Chat with KiKi L'Italien Apr 25, 2019

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How Comfortable Are You With Challenging the Status Quo?

Many of us might think we are pretty good at testing our assumptions, but my guest for this episode is masterful at it. In fact, she's a successful social entrepreneur [precisely because she's so good at disruption. And she even wrote a book to help us all get better at "radically challenging the status quo," too, called Disrupt-Her (like disruptor...get it?)

Here's what Fast Company said about her:

"Miki Agrawal brings the wit and provocation of a performance artist to marketing products that have historically been associated with shame — and she's catalyzed a movement along the way."

Please enjoy this conversation with Miki!

CURIOSITY, COMMUNITY, and DEEPER CONNECTION | Andrew Horn Guests | Association Chat with KiKi L'Italien Apr 24, 2019

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CURIOSITY, COMMUNITY, and DEEPER CONNECTION | Andrew Horn Guests | Association Chat with KiKi L'Italien

How do You Avoid Auto-Piloting Your Life?!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

As you begin your day in whatever your morning routine looks like, I want you to think about what life would look like if you weren't operating out of fear and opted instead to move in a more purposeful direction. One with intent. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Would you hide from meeting people or get excited about the chance to learn about someone else's experience? Would you be in a rush to make the numbers or opt instead for building a relationship?

From the time we are born, so many of us seem to witness a loss in our curiosity about ourselves, others, and in the world around us.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Why is that? Can we change it? If so, how?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

For this interview, I talk with the man who has been called "the Dale Carnegie for the Digital Age," Andrew Horn.

I ask him about meaningful conversations, Social Flow, and his thoughts about community. I hope you enjoy it.

COMMUNITY + BELONGING | Radha Agrawal Guests | Association Chat with KiKi L'Italien Apr 10, 2019

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She has almost half a million people across the globe up and dancing before sunrise. Radha Agrawal will share how she created "Daybreaker" the wildly popular morning dance party concept, plus details on her new book "Belong." #community #daybreaker #socialentrepreneur #associations She is the community architect behind brands like THINX and LiveItUp, which is an international club dedicated to teaching students the Life Wellness skills you won't learn in the classroom! Radha talks with KiKi about HOW to build real belonging for communities and the power of bringing people together! KiKi serves as leader and community architect for Association Chat, an online community and weekly podcast with special events, products, and services for the association industry. Association Chat's reason for existing is to bring the association community together – and it has been doing that since May 2009. "KiKi is the preeminent voice for associations and the place the association community goes for honest, unfettered conversations." – Robb Lee, Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Communications Officer, American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) "KiKi is the Oprah of the association industry." – Richard Yep, CEO, American Counseling Association "I think the industry would have a big void to fill if we didn't have KiKi and Association Chat. She is our just-in-time resource every time we're looking for that new idea." – Stacy Tetschner, CEO, United Motorcoach Association (past CEO of National Speakers Association 1991-2017) Awards The SURGE Innovation Pioneer, November 2018 SURGE Innovation Pioneer is a person nominated and voted on by the association community whose initiative has sparked meaningful change and taking the association space towards a new and bright future. Meetings Today Trendsetter of the Year, July 2017 The Meetings Today Trendsetter of the Year lights the way for others in the meetings industry.

WHY ASSOCIATIONS MATTER + TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY Apr 04, 2019

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We talk about the events that happened since the last podcast episode, the Association Chat "Why Associations Matter" project and community.

CAN YOU OPTIMIZE FOR TRUST? | Gary LaBranche, Matt D'Uva, Nick Parker Guest | Association Chat with KiKi L'Italien Mar 02, 2019

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"You're only two clicks away from uncovering a lie," is the mantra Phil Riggins, founder of the Brand & Reputation Collective (the BRC) in the UK, now lives by.

Is it the mantra for the age we live in?

The 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer reveals that trust has changed profoundly in the past year—people have shifted their trust to the relationships within their control, most notably their employers.

Globally, 75 percent of people trust "my employer" to do what is right, significantly more than NGOs (57 percent), business (56 percent) and media (47 percent).

Can your organization optimize for trust? Let's find out how Gary LaBranche, Matthew D'Uva, and Nick Parker's organizations do it on this episode!

How do association leaders and communications experts avoid creating a crisis in times of "radical uncertainty" and change? I talk with association executives and a podcast producer in the Midwest about navigating these treacherous waters.

Episode #90 Communication Challenges in the Age of "Fake News"

Fear runs rampant as many citizens carry eroding trust in the internet as well as the foundations of democracy, 2019 has already witnessed a historic government shutdown, ongoing claims from the President of the United States that "the media is the enemy of the people", and in the midst of it all, we must still communicate with our Board, members, the media, and the public.

#fakenews #governmentshutdown #communications #associations #assnchat #FightFakeNews

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