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The Impact of Social Networks on Membership Management and Communications for Associations

Author: Harris Connect, LLC.
Published: January, 2009

Building the bridge between your online community and your members on Facebook. Facebook represents a tremendous opportunity for the association community. Industry reports show that more than 50% of Facebook users visit their profiles as often as daily. Knowing where your members are online is the key in reaching them. Harris Connect has created Community Connections, the bridge between Facebook and your Member Community, which will enable you to utilize Harris Connect's community tools — such as broadcast email, community registration, profile synchronization, and member activities to communicate and increase the engagement with these users, where they are most often online: Facebook.

The Impact of Social Networks on Advancement
Community Connections™ An Application Built on Facebook® Platform

Author: Harris Connect, Inc.
Published: February, 2008

In a world where technology is constantly evolving, how can you make sure your online community evolves as well? In this session we'll look at ways to create a more engaging and interactive site by incorporating the principles of Web 2.0. See how your peers are taking online collaboration to entirely new levels, with each site becoming more interesting and valuable as more and more alumni participate. Through open APIs, mashups and extensions, you can have the tools to create, access and manage profile data, even integrate your community to the more popular social and business career networking sites, such as Facebook.

The Impact of Web 2.0 on Advancement: HC2.0

Author: Harris Connect, Inc.
Published: June, 2007

HC2.0, using Web 2.0, focuses on the end user experience and the use of the ever-expanding alumni profile as the key element in Alumni applications. HC2.0 incorporates the best of available Web technologies, and establishes a firm foundation for the future.