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Interview with an Expert Series: Tracy King

Blue Sky eLearn

I started experimenting with Blackboard and Moodle when I was teaching communication courses at a St. Paul liberal arts university back in 2000. I created hybrid components for my classroom courses and redesigned the department’s “distance learning” curriculum. And follow her on social media!

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Membership Businesses: Meet The Female Founders Leading the Way

Disciple Media

With over 2000 members and an impressive retention rate of 98%, Short & Sweat’s success underscores the power of niche-focused offerings. Women entrepreneurs are charting the course, crafting experiences that unlock opportunities and knowledge through meticulously curated content, exclusive resources, and immersive events.

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Practical Uses of Social Media for Association Marketing

Membership Marketing

Practical Uses of Social Media for Association Marketing. Of course, the topic of social media came up for conversation. As I was thinking about it this week, I came across a post on the LeaderConnect blog that summed up many of my thoughts on the practical uses of social media really well.

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The Correlation of Social Media Usage and Membership Growth

Membership Marketing

The Correlation of Social Media Usage and Membership Growth. I will be sharing some of them on this blog, but of course the full report will go to the 405 associations who participated in the research. First of all, there has been an explosion of the use of social media in associations. Speaking Engagements.

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Gamification: You Never Had So Much Fun Connecting With Members

Association Adviser

While gamification is designed to be fun, a player’s score can be used to suggest courses for improving their professional skills and learning techniques. No wonder seventy percent of Forbes Global 2000 companies have announced plans to deploy gamification in some form or another.

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The Radiohead Guide to Getting Noticed Online

Associations Now

In 2000, the rock band Radiohead did something very surprising: It topped the Billboard 200 without the help of radio, traditional press, and MTV. The lesson highlighted by the 2000 release of Kid A —to be an early mover in using a given marketing technique—is one the band has used repeatedly since then. pic.twitter.com/zv5QKnDeGh.

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The Art of Tidying of Your Online Professional Network Connections

Beth Kanter

I’ve just finished teaching an online course for The Knight Digital Media Center @ USC Annenberg for community foundation leaders on practical networked leadership skills. But having a core isn’t enough, with online social networks there is the power of weak ties. Do you have an intentional connection policy?