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Wednesday Buzz: Spotlight on Association Media

A recap of one of the biggest association publishing meetings of the year. Plus: An online superstar ditches content curation for originality.

Morgan Little

June 17, 2015

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If you’re not in Washington, DC, attending the 2015 Association Media & Publishing Annual Meeting  (opens in a new tab) as it nears its conclusion today, you can still keep track of the final sessions by following the #AMP15 hashtag  (opens in a new tab).

Here’s just a sample of the goings-on from the three days of the conference:

https://twitter.com/AssnMediaPub/status/611167215845511168

Picked up so much great info from association media peers/exhibitors at #amp15  (opens in a new tab) that arms are aching from carrying it! pic.twitter.com/aHj2bZXPkm  (opens in a new tab)

— Michele Late (@michelelate) June 16, 2015  (opens in a new tab)

Really enjoyed @LeslieO  (opens in a new tab)‘s session on writing tips based on web trends. Engaging, humorous teacher with great take-aways. #AMP15  (opens in a new tab)

— Jen Smith (@jenlefkosmith) June 17, 2015  (opens in a new tab)

Extending shelf life of your research to tell your story – here’s what the launch looked like. #amp15  (opens in a new tab) pic.twitter.com/jwqVVPiGQd  (opens in a new tab)

— Kim Howard, CAE (@kimhowardsc) June 16, 2015  (opens in a new tab)

We were honored to win several AM&P Excel awards on Monday night, which gives us the opportunity to thank you and all of our readers for sticking with us for the past year—it’s been a blast!

.@ASAEcenter  (opens in a new tab) and @AssociationsNow  (opens in a new tab) win big at #AMP15  (opens in a new tab) pic.twitter.com/mpWkhQEdMF  (opens in a new tab)

— Samantha Whitehorne (@swhitehorne) June 16, 2015  (opens in a new tab)

Social Media Experiment of the Day

https://twitter.com/AssnMediaPub/status/611160638933573632

We know that trade groups and corporations are experimenting with live-streaming apps like Meerkat and Periscope, and forward thinkers in the association space are embracing these new platforms. AM&P live-streamed this morning’s session by keynoter Ann Michael  (opens in a new tab), president of Delta Think  (opens in a new tab), and communications pro Maggie McGary streamed a tweet-up on Tuesday  (opens in a new tab).

Other Good Reads

The popular viral-focused publisher Upworthy is shifting its identity from content curator to original content producer, as Capital New York reporter Nicole Levy writes  (opens in a new tab).

Ever think about all of those distracted moments you experience throughout the day? What do they mean? What’s their significance? Joshua Rothman  (opens in a new tab), the New Yorker‘s archive editor, examines the topic  (opens in a new tab).

“Does the rise of ephemeral content spell the death of archives?” Nieman Fellow and Poynter contributor Melody Kramer  (opens in a new tab) asks that question, and we’ll let her analysis of the issue speak for itself  (opens in a new tab).