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12 Examples of Thriving Communities for Online Community Builders to Learn From

Higher Logic

To make the idea of an online community and its benefits more concrete, we used our internal employee community to crowdsource 12 of our favorite examples of thriving communities around the web. These examples can help us answer the question: What really makes a community a community ? Example 1: Sephora Community.

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8 Award-Winning Success Stories from Super Forum 2018

Higher Logic

For example, one member referenced thinking about a specific post in the community during their work evaluation, and for one OT who works per diem without other therapists, AOTA CommunOT has been a marvelous resource. Time and time again, AOTA has received positive feedback about the community from their members. Say congrats on Twitter!

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Leveraging strategy to amplify education initiatives

Aaron Wolowiec

Despite bad press, Detroit offers countless examples of what’s working. Case in point, the “Super Bowl of Conferences” will be held here in 2015. For starters, meetings are not only safe and thriving, a transformation is happening here more rapidly than at any other time in history.

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Association Revenue Trends in the US and UK (Plus 3 Tips for Increasing Your Income)

Higher Logic

By 2015, that had dropped to just 44 percent. For example, Dynamic Communities used its CRMUG online community to improve revenue from its annual conference. Professional development eCourses and certifications. The UK has seen similar changes. The conference regularly generates 60 percent of their revenue.

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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

When a learner accumulates a sufficient balance of CE credits over a certain span of time, she achieves maintenance of certification. An example would be getting your high-fidelity medical simulator to talk to your LMS and LRS. As we know, these transactions are often managed in the most labor-intensive way possible.

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Segmenting Members Leads to More Relevant Communications – and More Memberships

Association Adviser

On average, associations communicate with members an estimated 31 times per month (via print, online, social media and video) vs. 30 times per month in 2016 and 26 times per month in 2015. Certification level. The possible ways of segmenting members are numerous: Years in industry. For-profit/non-profit affiliation. Student status.

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Going Global in Trust-Challenged Times

Associations Now

Emily Bratcher’s report last week on a global certification launched by the National Association of Insurance and Finance Advisors spotlights one example of that trend.) But the strength of those efforts is often based on the trust people around the world place in institutions.