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2015 Favorite Community Reads

Higher Logic

In many ways, 2015 was the year of the private online community. We recently came up with a list of must reads , but wanted to do a broader recap of some of our favorite articles and resources from 2015. The 2015 State of Community Management Report , The Community Roundtable. This is the document for you.

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Your Community Platform Checklist

Higher Logic

Forrester predicted branded communities were going to be “the next big thing” in 2015. At some point, your social media channels are simply not enough. What Free Modules and Social Media Platforms Can't Offer a Community. Public social media channels and patchwork community add-ons can’t (and shouldn’t) compete.

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How Two Nonprofits Use Social Media To Help Save Fish – #keepemwet #SaveMarinsCoho

Beth Kanter

Posted by Catie Clune on Thursday, September 24, 2015. I presented a plenary session on networked mindsets and leadership and facilitated two workshops on SMARTer Social Media. It also has a benefit of generating campaign content as well as documenting support for an issue. The Hold A Sign Meme.

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What will 2016 bring for associations?

Aaron Wolowiec

As further evidence, according to Associations Trends’ TRENDS 2015 Report , about two-thirds of survey respondents receive less than half their revenue from dues. So, will there be an uptick in swapping of online materials and open source documents? At the same time, Abila predicts an increase partnerships. What about transfer?

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Growth Hacking Your Community with Vanessa DiMauro

Higher Logic

Community builders are expected to be the shepherds, content creators, marketers and social media experts, help people advance their thinking, answer any tech questions and think up new features – sometimes all in the same day. Leverage social media outreach. Growth matters: develop repeatable processes.

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Conference Circuit: 2014?s Events in Review

Associations Now

Though we don’t have nearly enough space to sing everyone’s praises, we’re using 2014′s last Conference Circuit to look at some of the biggest themes and trends of the past year and perhaps inspire your 2015 conferences. Becoming Social. And all of this sharing gives associations a big promotional boost.

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Wednesday Buzz: Lessons From Internet Hoaxes

Associations Now

These hoaxes have skyrocketed with the boom in social media, and marketers are examining how internet users respond to them to figure out how users tick. One of the most common themes of “chain posts” on social media is concern about privacy and data protection. — NY Tech Meetup (@NYTM) November 2, 2015.