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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

It was exciting to join the DEN team and become a community manager and point-person for all things DEN. Dave : This is how it works: imagine you’re a second-grade teacher in Oklahoma, and you want to conduct a video chat with another classroom in Oregon. I joined the DEN community in 2009, the same year I took over as tech director.

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Association Brain Food: 9.16.22

Reid All About it

When the pandemic hit, the Oklahoma State Medical Association offered free CME programs to physicians all over the country. They describe the elements of the new member journey: what you need to do and what members need to experience, the three pillars of enlightened member engagement, and new community engagement benchmarks.

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