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A Century-Old Association Committed to Online Community and Data Analysis

Higher Logic

Before Activity Sync, AACSB’s community team used standard reporting to track basic metrics like discussions, private replies, commenting, and message forwarding. In 2016, AACSB started using Activity Sync, a tool that brought new depth to their member analytics and added huge value to each member interaction on the platform.

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Community Takeaways We Loved from the State of Community Management 2016 Report

Higher Logic

Shared value is the name of the game in The Community Roundtable’s State of Community Management Report 2016 (SOCM 2016). From its surveys and analysis, The Community Roundtable found that if you really want an effective, strong community, it needs to serve both your organization and your members -- not one or the other.

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Which Association Learning Trends Predictions Came True in 2016?

WBT Systems

With just a couple of weeks to the end of the year and a huge variety of association learning solutions being showcased this week at ASAE Technology Conference 2016 , it’s a good time to look back at the association learning trends that were predicted for 2016 and see which of these are still relevant.

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Analysis: Lobbying Spend Increases in 2017, but Lobbyist Numbers Drop

Associations Now

A new analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics and The Hill found that lobbying spending was at a five-year high for the first half of 2017. Chamber of Commerce spent around $40 million in the first six months of 2017, down nearly 25 percent from the first six months of 2016, when it spent $52.3 million to $7.3 million to $5.5

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Report: Since Citizens United, Associations Staying on Campaign Spending Sidelines

Associations Now

An analysis of campaign spending after the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision confirmed that Super PACs are becoming a major force in federal electoral politics. But one recent analysis has concluded that, in some ways, the landmark decision didn’t change much. In the 2016 campaign, that number jumped to $1.6

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PDF Association: Flaws in Mueller Report Show What Not to Do With a PDF

Associations Now

The most famous PDF in the world—the long-awaited Mueller report—had critical technical flaws, according to the PDF Association, which used the opportunity to highlight best practices for the PDF format. A lot of associations probably had interesting takes on the release of the Mueller report [PDF] last week.

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Report: Cybersecurity Strategy Moving From Prevention to Detection

Associations Now

Cybersecurity spending is on the rise, but it’s being driven by detection and response over prevention, according to a new Gartner research report. percent from 2016, and will likely grow to $113 billion by 2020. The post Report: Cybersecurity Strategy Moving From Prevention to Detection appeared first on Associations Now.

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