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Expert Guide: How to Create an Active Online Community for Your Association

Community, Engagement, Community Manager
By Karen McCord

March 08, 2018

Since first appearing on the scene in the 1800’s, associations have been in a constant state of evolution. While first a means of networking at meetings, conferences and advocacy, the digital world provides an additional way for members to make...

An Interview with Leading Online Community Platform Provider CEO

Community
By Karen McCord

March 07, 2018

The Association's Guide to Comparing Online Community Platforms

Collaboration, Community
By Joseph Wang

August 01, 2017

We often have people asking us, “what is the difference between Breezio and other online community platforms?” Well my response is oftentimes, “EVERYTHING”; and they usually agree after they see it for themselves.

The Future of Online Communities: Curated Content

Community, Engagement, Community Manager
By Karen McCord

January 10, 2017

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...

Expert Interview Series: Breezio's Karen McCord on Building Secure Online Communities

Community, Engagement
By Karen McCord

January 04, 2017

Karen is CEO of a startup SaaS company called Breezio 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...

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.

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