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Add Chapters to Make an Old Association Feel New

Associations Now

Launching a chapter network has helped PEN America, a literary organization with almost 100 years of history, recruit new members and reinvent opportunities for member engagement at the local level. Last month, PEN America announced a member expansion plan to create regional chapters for the first time in its history.

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Q&A with The Discovery Educator Network Community: Connecting and Empowering Educators Across the Globe [Case Study]

Higher Logic

On the lighter side, we find community members do amazing things to be part of the community and its activities. and Canada, and we have a member who has traveled to six of them from his home base in North Carolina, all on his own dime. Jenny: What do you think makes DEN members so loyal?