This SmartBrief Insights guest post comes from Ryan Alford is the Internet Marketing Manager for InsightSoftware.com, a global software provider with its U.S. headquarters in Denver. Ryan is also known for his snowshoeing expertise and owns the world’s foremost online publication for the sport: SnowshoeMagazine.com.  Connect with him on LinkedIn or via Twitter at @InsightSoftware [...]

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Deirdre Reid, CAE is an association consultant, speaker and trainer focusing on member engagement and social media at Deirdre Reid LLC and Leadership Outfitters. Connect with her @DeirdreReid.
My knowledge of evangelical churches is limited to driving by mega-churches with gigantic parking lots, the kind that cause traffic jams on Sundays. But I’m captivated by their [...]

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Terrance Barkan, CAE, is chief strategist and business architect with GlobalStrat, providing professional advisory services for the not-for-profit community. Connect with him on LinkedIn or on Twitter at @TBarkan.
A few weeks ago, I used an online discussion forum to ask community managers why past online forum and listerve efforts failed. I wanted to know [...]

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Deirdre Reid writes about association and business management, with a focus on building communities in the association, non-profit and business world. She also shares her ideas at Reid All About It and on Twitter. She will be a contributing blogger for SmartBlog Insights.
Association professionals gather Tuesdays at 2 p.m. (ET) on Twitter to wrestle with [...]

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