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Live Higher Logic Demo Drive engagement among your members and staff with an online community Steve Oxee, Higher Logic's Solution Advisor will take you through how Higher Logic's online community platform can help drive member engagement, collaboration and resource-sharing among your governance groups
There are hundreds of small decisions you need to make in the integration, implementation, design and launch of your organization's online community. While it may seem insignificant, the naming of your community is something that should be given serious consideration. The name of your community is going to be one of the first things that your members know about your new platform
No matter how long you've been managing an online community, we can always use a brush-up on communities, audience theory, engagement, digital media and user-generated content from time-to-time. I also find that learning even more about the ever-changing world of community management energizes me and gives me a ton of new ideas, or at least a new perspective about the communities I'm working with
Here are some ideas for tasks and areas of concentration to really kick your community up a notch in 2015: 1...By the Numbers - If you're not actively and regularly pulling reports on community activity, start today
Live Higher Logic Demo Research shows that online communities significantly increase engagement and maximize retention rates
Heading into your launch, make sure you have a good grasp on how strong design can help drive usability (i.e. engagement) within your community: Good design = Good community management By this, we mean the design of your site should be informed by information such as audience demographics, strategic objectives, the tone of your community, and how you want your members to feel when they’re on your site. Conversely, the management of your community can be informed by design elements like information architecture, user interface, button labels, site colors, and images