Higher Logic

OCTOBER 1, 2015

A great tool in any community manager’s tool belt is a well crafted automation rule. It makes life simpler and takes away some emailing tedium. With so many combinations and ways of creating a rule, the possibilities seem endless. As time goes by, every community manager will develop their own set of rules to help manage their unique community. Yet sometimes the more flexibility and potential – i.e. seemingly limitless automated rules for emails, notifications, events and more – the harder it is

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 1, 2015

When talking about conference education, most people think about the traditional lecture. It is perceived as the holy grail of much of the conference. Many attendees swear they learn a lot from those subject matter expert speeches. It’s a paradox. Attendees flock to general sessions and breakouts to hear a lecture. Yet science says they retain very little from it.

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Association Adviser

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Like termites, disruption often isn’t noticed until it is too late and the damage is done. So how do we avoid that outcome? Association job board operators have a unique lens on potentially. For more about this topic, click on the headline.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 1, 2015

With possible support from the FCC, companies like Google could change the set-top-box market, but telecommunications groups are advocating an alternative. The ubiquitous set-top box will likely become a controversial topic in the coming months. If you have cable, there is a 99 percent chance you have a set-top box. It’s the device that receives data from your provider and sends content (i.e., TV shows and movies) to your television.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Rundown Attendees: 7,000. Exhibitors: 100 plus. Education Sessions: 100. The National Association for College Admission Counseling’s 71st National Conference set sail this week. A record-setting 7,000 college admission counselors and enrollment professionals are in San Diego to collaborate with colleagues and learn how to best help students navigate the college application process.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 1, 2015

A new app is causing a buzz, but not for the best reasons. Plus: how to move past the fear of rejection. Imagine a rating and review service like Yelp, but for individuals. Anyone you know, including yourself, could be rated by the app. That service you’re imagining is Peeple. “Peeple is an app that allows you to rate and comment about the people you interact with in your daily lives on the following three categories: personal, professional, and dating,” the company’s website says. &

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 1, 2015

If you have to get hacked, you might as well find the humor in it. That was one of the American Library Association’s main takeaways after it lost control of its Facebook page last month. A member of ALA’s social media team shares some insights from the experience. Nobody wants to wake up to a message that their organization’s website or social media accounts have been hacked, especially over a holiday weekend.

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