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Our Favorite 2016 Summer Community Resources

Higher Logic

Although it’s based out of New York City and focuses on that area, it’s useful no matter where you live. And, at the bottom of each issue, they always have New York City-based community or customer support job listings accompanied by a fun GIF. State of Community Management 2016 (eBook).

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How The New York Times Turned Unsolicited Donations Into a Successful Program

Associations Now

For slightly more than a month, The New York Times has been asking its subscribers for a little help in donating subscriptions to U.S. The strategy came about after the Times received a number of unsolicited donations in the wake of the 2016 election. in a news release. .

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The Four Writing Tics You Must Leave Behind in 2016

Higher Logic

Here’s an example of pusillanimous passives in an apology that the New York Times made after publishing an inaccurate story about the Hillary Clinton investigation. If you can add “by zombies” after the verb and the sentence still makes sense, it’s passive, as in “The budget was submitted by zombies.”.

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Four Community Newsletters You Need to Subscribe To

Higher Logic

Check out the issue we curated back in June 2016 ). Even if you don’t go to the monthly Community Manager Breakfast meetups (in San Francisco and New York City), sign up for this weekly newsletter. Plus - we love that the newsletter is becoming a community effort where fellow readers can curate an issue.

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Friday Buzz: Hillary’s Last Association Speech Before 2016?

Associations Now

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton got down to earth with thousands of camp professionals at this week’s Tri-State CAMP Conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey. “We The ACA presentation is the last paid event on Clinton’s calendar, which could suggest she’s switching gears to focus on a 2016 presidential campaign.

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Add Chapters to Make an Old Association Feel New

Associations Now

There’s no denying that we’ve been fairly New York City-centric in terms of programming since we were founded in 1922,” she says. The 2016 election has made the creation of more PEN America chapters more urgent,” Werner says. “As New threats to free expression, press freedom, and discourse have emerged.”.

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Does the Banner Ad Still Make Sense in 2016?

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But a major trade group, along with The New York Times , is trying to rethink the ads in a way that could actually produce a balance between content and commerce. That’s the tactic The New York Times is trying out. The post Does the Banner Ad Still Make Sense in 2016? Here’s the scoop. That ideal?