--- title: Association Online Community Advice & Tips | Breezio | Hana Yen description: Summer Intern 2016 @ Breezio. Hana is an undergraduate in Jerome Fisher Management and Technology Program at the University of Pennsylvania and is pursuing a Bachelors of Science in Engineering, majoring in Digital Media Design computer science, and a Bachelors of Science in Economics from Wharton. --- [![BreezioOnWhite\_Email](https://blog.breezio.com/hs-fs/hubfs/BreezioOnWhite_Email.png?width=150&height=38&name=BreezioOnWhite_Email.png "BreezioOnWhite_Email")](http://www.breezio.com) - About - [About Us](http://www.breezio.com/about) - [Contact](http://www.breezio.com/contact) - [AMS/CRM Integrations](http://www.breezio.com/integrations) - [What We Do](http://www.breezio.com/what-we-do) - [Pricing Plans](http://www.breezio.com/subscription-options) - Solutions - [Member Communities](http://www.breezio.com/solutions-member-communities) - [User Groups and Customer Communities](http://www.breezio.com/user-groups) - [Collaboration Communities](http://www.breezio.com/solutions-collaboration-communities) - Resources - [Access Recorded Demo](http://www.breezio.com/essentials-recorded-demo-request) - [Blog](https://blog.breezio.com) - [Top 10 Community Launch Strategies](http://www.breezio.com/white-paper-top-10-tactics-for-marketing-your-community-launch) - [eBook](http://www.breezio.com/association-guide-to-creating-an-active-online-community-bak) - [Webinars](http://www.breezio.com/webinarshere) - [Case Studies](http://www.breezio.com/case-studies) - [Whitepapers](http://www.breezio.com/whitepapers) - [Featured - 10 posting cadences with AI prompts](http://www.breezio.com/posting-cadences-for-community-engagement-with-ai-prompts) [![Get Demo](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3793010/4ad9c20d-65e2-45fa-9281-8a2cc8f37b73.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3793010/4ad9c20d-65e2-45fa-9281-8a2cc8f37b73) # Online Community Tips Get online community management tips to help your association, membership organization, or scientific society increase member engagement. Browse by All Association Tools Community Online Communities Engagement Community Manager Collaboration Community Management Digital Engagement Association Management System Business Online Member Experience Networking Software selection Online Software AMS Highlight Series Product release notes Community peer review Private community software BioTreks External community software Integration Non-Dues Revenue Connect Diversify Revenue Stream Scholarly publishing Scientific community #AMSFest Innovation Post COVID Work From Home content creation virtual conference virtual events COVID-19 Group Work MemberExperience Online Presentation Open Community PLOS Presentation Skills Super Users Team Science User Behavior Analytics Webinar Webinar Series information sharing ## Posts by Hana Yen: ## [How to Increase Member Engagement By Turning Experts Into Fearless Beginners](https://blog.breezio.com/increase-member-engagement-turning-experts-fearless-beginners) ![Picture of Hana Yen](https://blog.breezio.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202018-02-27%20at%201.08.30%20PM.png) [Hana Yen](https://blog.breezio.com/author/hana-yen) Jun 23, 2016, 3:00:00 PM ![How to Increase Member Engagement By Turning Experts Into Fearless Beginners](https://blog.breezio.com/hubfs/breezio-association-new-member-engagement.jpg) [Community](https://blog.breezio.com/tag/community) [Engagement](https://blog.breezio.com/tag/engagement) ## **Beginner’s Mind** What do all beginners have in common aside from the theme that they are novices? As intuitive as it may seem, beginners are often owners of beginner’s mind, a concept in Zen Buddhism called *shoshin*. *Shoshin* refers to an attitude of eagerness and openness towards and with no preconceptions of what is being studied. As such, beginners have a freedom and an ease to ask questions, decode what is unknown to them while evolving their clear slate of mind to absorb that which is new. Experts or even intermediate learners often lack this attitude imprisoned by what they think they know or what they think they should already know and, as a result, fail to ask the right questions--the ones that would stimulate deeper understanding or a new way of approaching the concept. Their rate of growth the moment they lose *shoshin* diminishes drastically, almost exponentially. But are these students also the best teachers? [Read More](https://blog.breezio.com/increase-member-engagement-turning-experts-fearless-beginners) 0 Comments ## [Four Steps to Increase Online Community Collaboration](https://blog.breezio.com/four-steps-increase-online-community-collaboration) ![Picture of Hana Yen](https://blog.breezio.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202018-02-27%20at%201.08.30%20PM.png) [Hana Yen](https://blog.breezio.com/author/hana-yen) Jun 6, 2016, 3:00:00 PM ![Four Steps to Increase Online Community Collaboration](https://blog.breezio.com/hubfs/breezio-online-community-increase-collaboration.jpg) [Community](https://blog.breezio.com/tag/community) [Engagement](https://blog.breezio.com/tag/engagement)   *"The opposite of autonomy is control. And since they sit at different poles of the behavioral compass, they point us toward different destinations. 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