New White Paper Emphasizes Importance of Networking

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Originally posted on SuccessfulMeetings.com by Matt Alderton

There's no denying the value of social networks like LinkedIn and Twitter. But there's no substitute for face-to-face networking, according to Dyanne Smith, marketing manager at The National Conference Center in Leesburg, Va., which last week published a new white paper on the importance of face-to-face networking.

"With the amount of online resources readily available to us on our desktops and smartphones, blindly attending events and 'hoping for the best' becomes obsolete," Smith writes. "We must remind ourselves that social media does not replace face-to-face networking but instead is a supplement and provides the tools for instantaneous two-way communication."
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A Holodeck Videogame Designed to Train Soldiers

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Originally posted on Wired.com by Allen McDuffee

If the Army is going to keep up with military readiness pressures while also seeing a reduction in troop size and stagnant budgets, then it's going to need more cutting-edge videogames.

Last week, the Army Contracting Command issued a Sources Sought notice for companies interested in demonstrating "mature technologies" for military training. Northrop Grumman thinks its Virtual Immersive Portable Environment (VIPE) Holodeck just may be the answer.

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CDC’S Virtual Events Program Created By the Public Sector, For the Public Sector

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Originally posted on NextGov.com by Brittany Ballenstedt,

Declines in budgets across the public health community were just one reason the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began looking at innovative approaches for employees and partners to collaborate online.

With the agency's health informatics partners stretching to state and local public health departments, academics, educational institutions, standards organizations, as well as other countries, CDC in 2009 began examining how it could develop a more cost-effective and efficient way for these key stakeholders to meet, collaborate and advance new ideas.

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Make Industry Awards a Vital Part of Your Thought Leadership Program

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Originally posted on FedConnects by Joyce Bosc

Many companies would love to do more industry awards, but they don't have the bandwidth to develop a master awards calendar. It's time consuming and requires a lot of "heavy lifting." We know that, so we are making our industry award calendars available for free.

The new year is the perfect time to kick off an industry award program. According to research issued last year by Market Connections and Boscobel, industry awards can be a key part of a company's thought leadership program, along with public relations, content marketing, social media and other activities.

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