Chelsea Brasted

Chelsea is a local reporter in New Orleans for Axios, a new media company.

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To offer most value, this association opened its online community to all

When Ginny Butsch and her fellow staffers at the Educational Theater Association started to build their online community about six years ago, one idea came up that seemed kind of radical at the time: What if their forum wasn’t available only to...

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What to do with great ideas you can't tackle right now

At the beginning of every year, Jessica Johnson meets with the board of directors for The Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) to...

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2 ways associations can prepare for the future of membership

When Robbie Kellman Baxter first released “The Membership Economy” in the spring of 2015, her goal was simply to prove a “massive transformation” was...

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Why you should pony up the cash for your social media strategy

It might seem counterintuitive to decide to pay for something everyone usually gets for free.

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Why every staffer should be involved in cybersecurity

When we walk out the front door, we lock it behind us. We double-check that our car keys are in our pockets, and we have our kids text us when they...

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Why it's not good enough to ask what members want

When Elizabeth Weaver Engel thinks about what members want, two quotes come immediately to mind.

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This worksheet helped 1 association trim its website by 95%

When Courtney Reyers first started working at the American Society for Microbiology nearly five years ago, she was faced with a 20,000-page website....

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