--- title: "Social Media Roundup: An Overlooked Arsenal in the War for Talent" id: "24722" type: "post" slug: "social-media-roundup-an-overlooked-arsenal-in-the-war-for-talent" published_at: "2014-08-20T22:00:53+00:00" modified_at: "2026-11-09T18:22:57+00:00" url: "https://associationsnow.com/2014/08/20/social-media-roundup-an-overlooked-arsenal-in-the-war-for-talent/" markdown_url: "https://associationsnow.com/2014/08/20/social-media-roundup-an-overlooked-arsenal-in-the-war-for-talent.md" excerpt: "It seems obvious, but a lack of rapid progress underscores the need to underline a simple fact: Organizations need to put a greater focus on hiring women for leadership roles. Plus: Video app Vine becomes more receptive to adding older..." taxonomy_category: - "Conscious Inclusion" taxonomy_post_tag: - "age inclusion" - "AssociationsNow" - "gender diversity" - "Leadership" taxonomy_content_format: - "Article" taxonomy_role: - "C-Level" - "Director" - "Executive Team" - "VP" taxonomy_persona: - "Executive Leadership" --- [Home](https://associationsnow.com/) » [Articles](https://associationsnow.com/format/article/) » Social Media Roundup: An Overlooked Arsenal in the War for Talent The lack of women in top leadership positions stretches from the Fortune 500 to nearly every possible economic sector. There’s no better time than the present to combat that pervasive trend. ### why we need Women Leaders > In a war for talent, leaving women out is a great recipe for annihilation. Ditto for young talent. @chamberCWB [http://t.co/PCluSDNaje (opens in a new tab)](http://t.co/PCluSDNaje) > > — Sarah Sladek (@SarahSladek) [August 20, 2014 (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/SarahSladek/status/502123588821221376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) **When hiring and promoting leaders**, organizations know they’re competing for the best and brightest talent available. But is your association looking in all the right places? The potential benefits of an inclusive hiring process are extensive, writes David Chavern, president of the U.S. Chamber Center for Advanced Technology and Innovation, in a[blog post on the need for more women in technology leadership positions](tablished%20evidence%20that%20companies%20with%20higher%20levels%20of%20gender%20diversity%20perform%20b) . Without them, organizations are doomed to fail, he says. “Leaders in the tech sector objectively know this. As do leaders in manufacturing, construction, transportation, and just about any other business sector you can think of. They also know from established evidence that companies with higher levels of gender diversity perform better than their competitors,” Chavern writes. If opening your leadership positions to more women seems like a no-brainer, that’s because, basically, it is. As Chavern concludes, “There is no single winning attribute that all companies can simply copy. But driving higher levels of gender diversity isn’t impossible or even necessarily that hard.” The challenge lies in following through on pledges to implement more inclusive hiring and recruitment practices. *(ht @[SarahSladek (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/SarahSladek/) )* ### an Even Easier Vine > Big Vine update: You can now import videos into the camera. [http://t.co/1kdDqt28KK (opens in a new tab)](http://t.co/1kdDqt28KK) > h/t [@thebeff (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/thebeff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [pic.twitter.com/IIO3ve0vqQ (opens in a new tab)](http://t.co/IIO3ve0vqQ) > > — Jim Roberts (@nycjim) [August 20, 2014 (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/nycjim/status/502128145311760386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) **Using Vine** **just got simpler:** The latest update to the social media video service allows people to import previously recorded videos into the app for editing and subsequent sharing. We’ve written about the [possible uses of Vine](http://associationsnow.com/2013/06/lunchtime-links-the-rise-of-vine/) in the past, and video is [only going to become a more important communication tool](http://associationsnow.com/2014/05/online-video-keeps-growing-says-marketing-report/) for associations in the future, so why not give Vine’s bite-size format a shot? The update is now available for the app on iOS, with an Android update pending. And for those looking to contribute to a hashtag or see what others are doing, there’s [#VintageVine (opens in a new tab)](https://vine.co/tags/vintagevine) , ready for all your newly repurposed archival footage. *(ht @[nycjim (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/nycjim/) )* (snapgalleria/ThinkStock) [Morgan Little](https://associationsnow.com/author/morgan-little/) Morgan Little is a contributor to Associations Now. 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