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Perspectives on community, mentorship, and engagement
Practical ideas, research-backed insights, and real stories from community leaders, mentors, and the Upnotch team.



AI Won’t Fix Community Engagement: Engagement Is Just the First Step
AI is changing how organizations communicate with members but engagement is just the first step. This article is about the missing layer between activity and outcomes and why the most valuable community metric is not clicks or registrations but the relationships that form because of them.
4 days ago4 min read


Virtual Networking Best Practices: How to Build Meaningful Professional Relationships Online
Virtual networking has become a standard part of professional life but online access does not automatically create meaningful relationships. Here are seven best practices for building professional connections that actually last in a digital world.
6 days ago4 min read


How Strong Professional Networks Accelerate Careers
Professional networks play a major role in career development. But the question is not how many contacts you have. It is whether you know the right people and have built relationships strong enough to create mutual value. Here is how strong professional networks actually accelerate careers.
Oct 84 min read


Why Most Networking Events Fail
A room full of smart accomplished people can still fail to create a single meaningful connection. This article is about why most networking events fall short of their potential and what organizations can do to create relationships that actually last beyond the event itself.
Sep 15 min read


Meet Britt, Customer Success Mentor on Upnotch
Britt Newton, Upnotch Member, is a Customer Success Manager at CAS with 25 years of experience across various industries.
Oct 30, 20251 min read


Meet Arun, Sales & Leadership Mentor on Upnotch
Arun Prasad, Upnotch Member, is Solutions Consulting Leader at Granicus.
Apr 7, 20252 min read


Sarah Foster Lauth
Sarah Foster, Upnotch Member, is Senior Customer Success Manager at Outreach, the leading AI-Powered sales execution platform...
Jan 7, 20241 min read


Mentorship: The Win-Win Way to Give Back and Feel Good
Have you ever felt a sense of joy and fulfillment after helping someone or giving back to your community? If so, you're not alone....
Jan 11, 20232 min read


Peggy Way
Peggy Way, Upnotch Mentor, is a Senior Global Employee Relations Manager at Citrix, now part of Cloud Software Group, a multinational...
Dec 19, 20221 min read


Noelle Palazzi
Noelle Palazzi, Upnotch Member, is Senior Recruiter at Logz.io, a cloud observability platform for engineering teams. She is an...
Apr 21, 20221 min read
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