Online Community Tips

In the world of associations and professional networks, keeping members connected, informed, and engaged is critical to being successful. Expanding on the benefits provided by early listservs, online communities have become the go-to solution for capturing members' attention amid the overwhelming number of platforms and communication tools they already navigate.

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, Director, Strategic Business Development, APA Journals. My co-panelists included: Susan Cato, Director, Digital Strategy & Member Services, American Society of Plant Biologist, Deric Corlew, Vice President of Business Development, Research Square, and Josh Freeman, Founding General Manager, Trellis and Senior Adviser, Multi-Media Strategies, AAAS.

Thanks for your interest in the Webinar “Improving the Effectiveness of Team Science”. The recording can be found at https://breezio.com/webinars.html.

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.