Great post and even better conversation in the comments from Jamie Notter on how professional associations are addressing the Web 2.0 world. An excerpt, from Notter:
"I have one more reflection about the Technology Conference from last week. As Reggie pointed out in his post,
the buzz was much more about web 2.0 than it was about traditional
technology "tools." The keynote speakers and many of the concurrent
session speakers were exploring the role of blogs, wikis, social
networks and other ways for users to collaborate more effectively and
create value for themselves and others.What struck me, however, was the nearly universal reaction of fear from association executives…"
Thanks for the link, Christopher! Virgil Carter continued the conversation over on the Acronym blog as well.
I visit a lot Ivan Misner’s blog, the president of BNI, a business networking association. Hi is very open minded about the web 2.0 networks. I think that the future of networking will be a mix between being able to use the most web 2.0 tools and to have human skills. I think traditional techniques are they are based on social and psychological techniques will still be right for the next decades.