If the capitalistic era built on the golden age of fossil fuels and oil is ending, as some writers suggest, then what will replace it? The answer from some is the network era, which will be based upon self-organizing, grassroots groups. The network era is likely to be built upon three organizing principles and new […]

The blog post documents a struggle that Emilio had in converting his F2F training into an elearning course. He eventually got it up and running and notes that it offers him many benefits such as being able to teach from anywhere. He is currently happy with the outcome and has seen an increase in efficiency. […]

Research shows that communities are becoming more strategic, with more C-level executives now working on the community level to influence and grow those communities. As much as executives bring valuable knowledge and perspectives, there can also be growing pains as executives learn how community organizations work and how to help make the communities better. Key […]

With many marketers scampering to learn one social app or platform after another, a dependable old friend is languishing by the wayside. But used correctly, this older method of communication can drive up click rates and conversions to sales. What is it? Well it’s the familiar B2B email, and Katrina Munsell shows us how to […]

Building a community that goes beyond merely being functional and becomes the new, hip, happening community that people want to be a part of takes energy and marketing. What makes your community different? In other words, what’s the edge that your community has that another one doesn’t? Once you’ve decided on the edge, and there […]

When you are on office worker, it is quite helpful to get on the same page so that working together fosters the whole company’ success. The strategic planning board often gives direction to the company. Should you serve on such an entity you are able to influence the future of your institution. Use the criteria […]

Ted Cruz refusing to endorse Donald Trump at the RNC is a good example of failure of Duty of Loyalty. According to Duty of Loyalty, association board members can disagree but their actions must follow the majority or they need to resign. Cruz needs to resign from Republican party. As does any rogue association board […]

As communities mature, so do the roles of community managers. While this has long been suspected by those who are long-time community managers, new data from the State of Community Management 2016 survey confirms it. Community managers were asked to rank the amount of time they spent in the five skill sets of the community […]

If you have solid instructional design and delivery it engages peoples senses more. Moving around is better than sitting to enhance learning. The best way to incorporate movement in training is to incorporate mini stretches movements. A moving brain is more engaged than a sitting one. Some techniques that can help with learning and retention […]

According to Ever note CEO Phil Libin. ” The easiest way to get 1 million people paying is to get 1 billion people using”. The freemium membership model is a ” get them in the door” tactic which will pay off in the long run. For example in baseball games they sell cheap tickets. The […]