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Continuing our usability series using YAP as a case study (see previous posts: the engagement snapshot, subgroups and last members online), here’s one I particularly like: the profile bar.

This is a feature which Groupsites.com (where YAP is hosted) has as standard, and is similar to the profile bar we all know from LinkedIn:

See how [...]

Continuing our usability series using YAP as a case study (posts 1 and 2 are here and here) , here’s a little thing that is super important for the home page: the Last Members Online widget.

The most important piece of any online community is the people in it. Show them off!
I [...]

Usability series: Subgroups

by Maddie Grant on October 15, 2009

This is the second in a series of posts about usability and user experience for building online communities. The first post talked about the engagement snapshot. In this post, I want to talk about creating subgroups, again using YAP as case study.
We always talk about how community happens in small groups. Small groups [...]

This is the first in a series of posts I’m going to write about user experience and usability in building online communities, whether white label or on an open network, using YAP as case study. (YAP, by the way, in case you haven’t heard about it, is a community for young association professionals, including [...]

So Lindy and I got back late last night from NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, which was, of course totally intense.
We’d never been before (and were able to find lots of others who hadn’t either, creating another layer of collective newbie experience (awesome!))… We were able to meet a whole ton of cool people IRL [...]