--- title: Association Online Community Advice & Tips | Breezio | Karen McCord (2) description: CEO of Breezio (2) --- [![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 Karen McCord: ## [The Future of Online Communities: Curated Content](https://blog.breezio.com/future-online-communities-curated-content) ![Picture of Karen McCord](https://blog.breezio.com/hubfs/Karen%20McCord.jpg) [Karen McCord](https://blog.breezio.com/author/karen-mccord) Jan 10, 2017, 5:00:00 PM ![The Future of Online Communities: Curated Content](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/XrOteEEy5zdbRvsvETR1wR7XH6AwAzRo91L5PX5gOohRB476q6VWqFTTIRRB7RHQC1IdTUP6YqlNfQnGCRIygiZfJuFzyEe-pBNBplZIqP3jpYLSdBuBreQANh0Mrf3-zpYrRTdg) [Community](https://blog.breezio.com/tag/community) [Engagement](https://blog.breezio.com/tag/engagement) [Community Manager](https://blog.breezio.com/tag/community-manager)   There are both success and failure stories from membership organizations that have launched online communities over the past several years. If you’re still trying to figure out this puzzle for your organization and are concerned about how to do so, here are two critical items to keep in mind: community manager and content, because *Community Manager + Curated Content = Engagement* [Read More](https://blog.breezio.com/future-online-communities-curated-content) 0 Comments ## [Expert Interview Series: Breezio's Karen McCord on Building Secure Online Communities](https://blog.breezio.com/expert-interview-breezio-building-secure-online-communities) ![Picture of Karen McCord](https://blog.breezio.com/hubfs/Karen%20McCord.jpg) [Karen McCord](https://blog.breezio.com/author/karen-mccord) Jan 4, 2017, 2:00:00 PM ![Expert Interview Series: Breezio's Karen McCord on Building Secure Online Communities](https://blog.breezio.com/hubfs/expert-interview-breezio-online-community-association.jpg) [Community](https://blog.breezio.com/tag/community) [Engagement](https://blog.breezio.com/tag/engagement)   Karen is CEO of a startup SaaS company called [Breezio](http://www.breezio.com/) that specializes in building online communities. We recently asked Karen for her insight on how cloud computing encourages collaboration and how a strong and secure IT infrastructure is necessary for success. Here’s what she had to say: [Read More](https://blog.breezio.com/expert-interview-breezio-building-secure-online-communities) 0 Comments ## [What Do the Experts Say About Online Community Management?](https://blog.breezio.com/what-experts-say-about-online-community-management) ![Picture of Karen McCord](https://blog.breezio.com/hubfs/Karen%20McCord.jpg) [Karen McCord](https://blog.breezio.com/author/karen-mccord) Apr 27, 2016, 3:00:00 PM [Scientific community](https://blog.breezio.com/tag/scientific-community) [Scholarly publishing](https://blog.breezio.com/tag/scholarly-publishing)   Society Day at the 2016 STM’s Annual Conference was dedicated to exploring the trends that are reshaping societies strategies over the coming few years within publishing, membership, technology, innovation, and growth. I was honored to be a member of the Panel on Emerging Collaborative Technology and Tools Moving Research Forward which was moderated by:[Daniya Tamendarova](http://www.stm-assoc.org/people/daniya-tamendarova), Director, Strategic Business Development, APA Journals. My co-panelists included: [Susan Cato](http://www.stm-assoc.org/people/susan-cato)*,* Director, Digital Strategy & Member Services, American Society of Plant Biologist, [Deric Corlew](http://www.stm-assoc.org/people/deric-corlew), Vice President of Business Development, Research Square, and [Josh Freeman](http://www.stm-assoc.org/people/josh-freeman)*,* Founding General Manager, Trellis and Senior Adviser, Multi-Media Strategies, AAAS. [Read More](https://blog.breezio.com/what-experts-say-about-online-community-management) 0 Comments ## [The Power of Many: Community Building Insight From TEDCO's 2015 Expo Takeaways](https://blog.breezio.com/power-of-many-community-building-insight-tedco-expo-takeaway) ![Picture of Karen McCord](https://blog.breezio.com/hubfs/Karen%20McCord.jpg) [Karen McCord](https://blog.breezio.com/author/karen-mccord) Nov 24, 2015, 2:00:00 PM ![The Power of Many: Community Building Insight From TEDCO's 2015 Expo Takeaways](https://blog.breezio.com/hubfs/power-of-many-breezio-online-community-engagement.jpg) [Innovation](https://blog.breezio.com/tag/innovation) [Collaboration](https://blog.breezio.com/tag/collaboration)   Amazing things happen when you fill a conference center with 600 innovators, entrepreneurs and community builders. The community has the opportunity to share experiences, learn and support one another. The power of many can always accomplish more than that of a few and this year’s [Entrepreneur Expo](http://tedco.md/press/hundreds-of-marylands-top-entrepreneurs-and-regional-business-leaders-attend-tedcos-fifth-annual-entrepreneur-expo/) hosted by TEDCO proved no different. [Read More](https://blog.breezio.com/power-of-many-community-building-insight-tedco-expo-takeaway) 0 Comments ## [The Top Two Questions About Online Scientific Collaboration](https://blog.breezio.com/top-questions-online-scientific-collaboration) ![Picture of Karen McCord](https://blog.breezio.com/hubfs/Karen%20McCord.jpg) [Karen McCord](https://blog.breezio.com/author/karen-mccord) Jun 29, 2015, 2:30:00 PM ![The Top Two Questions About Online Scientific Collaboration](https://blog.breezio.com/hubfs/association-community-engagment-collaboration-breezio.jpg) [Team Science](https://blog.breezio.com/tag/team-science) [Scientific community](https://blog.breezio.com/tag/scientific-community)   Thanks for your interest in the Webinar “Improving the Effectiveness of Team Science”. The recording can be found at [https://breezio.com/webinars.html](http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fbreezio.com%2Fwebinars.html&t=NmRmM2NmNzc5ZGZhZjZmOGNkMGUyM2EyNmE3MmM1ZTMxMzFjOTE4Myw3M0xyS3huTQ%3D%3D&b=t%3AwHwdtCWv0yckzcksuEuNTQ&p=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.breezio.com%2Fpost%2F143057216762%2Ftop-questions-from-team-science-webinar-part-1&m=1). I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Karen McCord and I am thrilled to join Breezio as CEO at such an exciting time. I’ve spent my career thus far fostering science teams and bring to Breezio a passion to make science collaboration a successful endeavor. A short bio is below. 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