Social media has lots of uses. (I know, understatement of the year…) The below infographic from Flowtown breaks it down by platform (Facebook, Twitter, etc…) and gives pros and cons of each. Plus, there’s a great guide to the lingo!

Which social networks does your association use?

Happy Friday, everyone! We’re wrapping a fun, busy week here at MemberClicks and we’re ready for some weekend fun! We’ve got a great lineup of a bunch of our fave association-related blog posts from this week, so be sure to check these out!

1. After interviewing a Broadway performer, Jeffrey Cufaude related the performer’s advice about keeping shows engaging to making meetings matter. The advice? Perform (whether it’s a show, your learning session or your entire meeting) for the person who has never been before. Perform for the person who might have gotten dragged along by a friend, who may not really want to be there. Great advice.

2. Are you guilty of extrapolating what may happen rather than actually doing? KiKi L’Italien shares her goals to achieve this year, including “do the work.” However, she also shares how extrapolation may have gotten in the way of doing the work in the past. Fully experience the moment, KiKi writes. We agree!

3. As you may have heard, Facebook rolled out Timeline for brand pages this week. Here, get a great rundown of what your brand needs to do to implement its own Timeline. How will your cover photo represent your association?

4. Education is moving from a one-size-fits-all theme to a more personalized model. Has your association experimented with shaking up its online education? Take a look at some interviews The Chronicle of Higher Education conducted and see how online education is changing.

5. In that same vein, Aaron Wolowiec discusses the changing nature of professional development, and asks what your association is doing with mobile. It’s no secret we’re all attached to our mobile phones, and associations can be empowering members to take control of their learning. How will your association get involved?

Happy Social Media Week! Is your association doing anything in your area to promote social media? There are events in several cities across the country – and across the world – and some of the panel discussions will likely be very interesting.

Whether you’re participating in Social Media Week or not, here’s an interesting infographic about social media salaries and job titles throughout the U.S. Does any of this info surprise you – particularly the top markets?

One thing this definitely proves though – unlike other industries, there’s no consistency when it comes to titles or salaries.

Does your association have a dedicated social media person or is social media folded into other marketing or public relations efforts?

Even if I don’t always incorporate the tips or applications into my life, I enjoy learning about how others keep themselves focused. You can never have too many ideas! I figured I would share some great apps with our readers!

1. F.lux: Designed to change the lighting on your computer screen according to the time of day. Your computer screen will look warm at night and bluer during the day. The big perk for me is that it could possibly help you sleep better. We all know we should power down an hour or two before we hit the sack, but how many of us are guilty of using our laptops, tablets or smartphones in bed? (Yep, I’m raising my hand too.)

2. Dropbox: I already use Dropbox and I can vouch for how great it is. I prefer to work on my personal MacBook, so to keep my work files from taking up space on my hard drive, I can just store them in my Dropbox folder and access them from anywhere. This came in handy when my MacBook had to be shipped off for a few weeks to get the display fixed. All of my work files were easily accessed from my loaner laptop.

3. Lastpass: I will definitely be downloading this one asap. Obviously it’s extremely important to have unique passwords with numbers and special characters, but it can be so difficult to remember each and every one of them! Lastpass is a password management system that can be accessed from any computer as long as you provide one ultra-secure and hard-to-crack password. It will remember every other password, credit card info, etc. So useful!

4. KeyText: If you’re constantly typing the same phrases, addresses, boilerplates, what-have-you, KeyText is for you. Just enter a few keystrokes and the corresponding common phrase will be automatically inserted into whatever you’re typing. This is Windows-only, but TextExpander is a similar Mac app.

What are some of your favorite apps to help you stay productive?

Happy Thursday! Hard to believe another weekend is almost upon us. I hope everyone’s week has been productive and quick!

Every week or so we like to share some great slideshows and presentations from the community. Here are a few new ones; let us know what you think!