Webby Awards: And the Web Goes Wild

With Art Philadelphia  (opens in a new tab). Downtown Seattle  (opens in a new tab). The American Institute of Architects  (opens in a new tab). Hank the Singing Bottle  (opens in a new tab).

These are among the many association-built sites that have won a Webby in the past few years, and now a few good trade groups are hoping to join them in bringing home a statue of their own.

This year’s nominees in the “Web: Associations  (opens in a new tab)” category include some high-profile picks—the Internet Association’s front page  (opens in a new tab), CTIA’s “Wireless Is Limitless  (opens in a new tab)” campaign site, the American Society of Landscape Architects’ “Designing Our Future: Sustainable Landscapes  (opens in a new tab)“—but also a couple of NYC-based entries, including the theater-focused Spotlight on Broadway  (opens in a new tab) and the website of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership  (opens in a new tab).

(Be sure to check out the other honorees  (opens in a new tab) in the category.)

Outside of the association-dominated category, the American Institute of Architects is vying for another Webby this year as well: Its “AIA Voice of the Architect  (opens in a new tab)” mobile app is up for a prize in the “Mobile & Apps: Guides/Ratings/Reviews” category.

The winners haven’t been announced, but the Webbys are giving the public a say in the matter: Hop over to the Webbys homepage  (opens in a new tab) to vote for your favorite before April 24.

Tweet of the Day

From broadcast to learning in 25 minutes #eventprofs  (opens in a new tab) #assnchat  (opens in a new tab) #mpi  (opens in a new tab) #pcma  (opens in a new tab) http://t.co/ORkfOoDfxx  (opens in a new tab)

— Adrian Segar (@ASegar) April 21, 2014  (opens in a new tab)

Adrian Segar works fast. The author of Conferences That Work had one of his biggest event-planning challenges ever recently, after a keynote panel at the 2014 Sustainable Meetings Conference.

“Immediately after the presentation,” he wrote, “my task was to help over 200 participants, seated at tables of six, grapple with the ideas shared, surface the questions raised, and summarize the learning and themes for deeper discussion. Oh, and I had twenty-five minutes!“

Check out what he did over this way  (opens in a new tab). It involved a lot of Post-it notes and giant sheets of paper—and getting a seated audience up out of their chairs and learning a few things.

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Listening is a good idea, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Plexus Consulting’s Steven Worth notes that it comes with a lot of headaches along the way  (opens in a new tab).

“The leader isn’t in control any more than you are. The good ones control themselves and their actions, but no leader controls the environment around them.” So says National Fluid Power Association CEO Eric Lanke in a post deconstructing the role of control  (opens in a new tab) in leadership.

The standing desk is all the rage these days, but it’s not for everyone. Crew’s Mikael Cho explains why he ditched his  (opens in a new tab).

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