Association Online Community Advice & Tips

Can Online Communities Change the Future of Peer Review?

Community peer review, BioTreks, Scholarly publishing
By Laura Dress

October 28, 2016

Over a year ago at iGEM 2015 I connected with the founder of BioTreks and showed him Breezio. In it, he saw the potential to make a monumental impact on how high school synthetic biology research could be taught, particularly with regard to...

Online Collaboration is the Feature Your Social Community Might be Missing

Community, Community Manager
By Laura Dress

October 27, 2016

I desire the good life, but I don’t want an easy ride. Easy is boring.

The Latest Features to the Breezio Online Community Platform

Product release notes
By Laura Dress

October 26, 2016

In the words of the late-great David Bowie this year, Breezio has made some pretty exciting ‘cha cha cha changes’ to the platform that we’re excited to highlight here!

5 Important Online Community Management Principles: Taught by Geese

Community, Engagement
By Chris Frew

October 20, 2016

Every Fall our skies are filled with the honking sounds of thousands of migrating Geese traveling away from the frigid Canadian winter on their epic journey to the warm Southern United States. As soon as they take off they form the iconic flying...

How to Increase Member Engagement By Turning Experts Into Fearless Beginners

Community, Engagement
By Hana Yen

June 23, 2016

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...

Four Steps to Increase Online Community Collaboration

Community, Engagement
By Hana Yen

June 06, 2016

"The opposite of autonomy is control. And since they sit at different poles of the behavioral compass, they point us toward different destinations. Control leads to compliance, autonomy leads to engagement.” –Daniel Pink in Drive

Leading Online Community Platform Provider Announces Client Driven Updates

Product release notes
By Laura Dress

May 26, 2016

In this month alone, Breezio has logged more than 156 hours of platform progress--50% more than company expectation. Breezio is making big changes with you at the forefront of their innovation.

What Do the Experts Say About Online Community Management?

Scientific community, Scholarly publishing
By Karen McCord

April 27, 2016

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...

Innovative Partnership with Breezio, BioTreks and High School Synthetic Biology Highlights the Reach of Online Communities

Innovation, Community peer review, BioTreks
By Laura Dress

April 14, 2016

The Power of Many: Community Building Insight From TEDCO's 2015 Expo Takeaways

Innovation, Collaboration
By Karen McCord

November 24, 2015

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...