Social Media Roundup: Trello, a Tool Worth Trying

Managing a project can get confusing or even painful with the wrong tools. But finding the right ones? That can be even more painful.

Perhaps this meetings pro might be able to get you on the right track with this tip in today’s Social Media Roundup:

Set Up Your Board

My favorite to-do list manager #eventprofs  (opens in a new tab) #assnchat  (opens in a new tab) http://t.co/nSYhCHenpY  (opens in a new tab) via @ASegar  (opens in a new tab) – spoiler alert: it’s @trello  (opens in a new tab)

— Dennis Shiao (@dshiao) January 5, 2015  (opens in a new tab)

My favorite to-do list manager #eventprofs  (opens in a new tab) #assnchat  (opens in a new tab) http://t.co/nSYhCHenpY  (opens in a new tab) via @ASegar  (opens in a new tab) – spoiler alert: it’s @trello  (opens in a new tab)

— Dennis Shiao (@dshiao) January 5, 2015  (opens in a new tab)

Meetings expert Adrian Segar has tried everything to keep himself organized. Omnifocus? Been there. Wunderlist? Done that.

“I eventually grew frustrated enough to dump them,” he wrote recently. “[N]othing I’ve used has eliminated the time-honored alternative of writing notes on scraps of paper that get scattered around my desk.”

Now, though, the Conferences That Work scribe has a new favorite: Trello. He says the board-based to-do tool “works flawlessly” on a number of platforms, and it can handle complexity without getting too complex. Best of all: It doesn’t cost anything for personal use. (If you do get your team on board, there’s a version for businesses  (opens in a new tab) for a nominal cost.)

It’s not perfect, Segar notes, but it gets close. Check out his blog post  (opens in a new tab) to get a full picture of the app. (ht @dshiao  (opens in a new tab))

Vendor News of the Day

BREAKING: http://t.co/i3DPim2xts  (opens in a new tab) acquires social LMS Digital Ignite #assnchat  (opens in a new tab) http://t.co/hKPMGB5ZQ2  (opens in a new tab)

— Ben Martin, CAE (@bkmcae) January 5, 2015  (opens in a new tab)

BREAKING: http://t.co/i3DPim2xts  (opens in a new tab) acquires social LMS Digital Ignite #assnchat  (opens in a new tab) http://t.co/hKPMGB5ZQ2  (opens in a new tab)

— Ben Martin, CAE (@bkmcae) January 5, 2015  (opens in a new tab)

If the trials and tribulations of membership software piques your interest, here’s a big one for you to keep an eye on today: YourMembership.com announced Monday that it is acquiring the learning management system (LMS) platform Digital Ignite.

Digital Ignite’s social learning platform, Crowd Wisdom, is already tightly integrated  (opens in a new tab) with YourMembership’s membership software, making the acquisition a natural fit, according to the news release.

“At YM, we’re building an innovative and robust platform of offerings designed to help organizations enhance engagement across social, mobile, and web channels,” said JP Guilbault, President and CEO of YourMembership.com. “There’s never been a better time for organizations worldwide to leverage their data and technology to create meaningful and personalized interactions to fulfill their missions, add member value, and increase revenue.”

The move comes less than four months after YourMembership acquired  (opens in a new tab) JobTarget’s Career Center Business Unit. (ht @bkmcae  (opens in a new tab))

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