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Gen Z Chooses Real-Life Connections Over Emojis! New Study Reveals Surprising Trends

Bill Hartzer

In a world dominated by screens and virtual connections, a groundbreaking study by Ingka Centres sheds light on a refreshing truth: Gen Z values face-to-face interactions more than ever before. However, the study also uncovered challenges faced by Gen Z, notably social anxiety when meeting face-to-face.

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Open Community Case Study – GoPlow

SocialFish

This post is part of our regular series of Open Community case studies, in which intrepid association blogger and freelance writer Deirdre Reid will be digging into associations (and other kinds of organizations when relevant) who are living and breathing their open communities in the ways we describe in the book.

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Content Marketing and Social Media: 25 Insights and Stats from Three Research Reports

Webbiquity SMM

These studies are packed with trends and insights related to content marketing, social media management, and advertising on Meta platforms. Per the report, “Social media and community building (17.8%) overtook blogs (14.7%) as the most popular type of content marketing.” Thoughts on these studies?

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What Does it Really Mean to Build a ‘Community’ on Social Media? (And Why You Should)

Buffer Social

Both creators and marketers alike are tapping into the power of fostering communities — and with good reason. We asked both online community experts and community-building creators to share their expertise, so you can tap into this powerful approach. What is a community? So how do you do it?

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How Socially Responsible Communications Maintain Your Community Cool

Waxing UnLyrical

Another great resource or ally can come from working with a trusted research firm that can help you “uncover the hidden patterns of understanding that undermine citizen action,” as the Topos Partnership has done for a variety of communities in at least seven different sectors. The changing narrative. apologies, Shonali!).

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Building a New Kind of Cruise Community

Waxing UnLyrical

Regular WUL readers know that Shonali (a friend and former colleague at Socialmedia.biz ) showcases guest posts about how to build, engage and sustain an online community, among other things. Lots of case studies and lots of stories of success and failure. so that others might gain insights for their own community efforts.

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New Study Finds You Suck

Waxing UnLyrical

The study was listed as one of the bullet points in Academica’s Top Ten , a daily scan of the news stories in Canadian Higher Education. Its goals are entrenched in reputation and community-building. I manage a blog for a mid-sized Canadian University. Anyone worth their salt in our organization subscribes.

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