{"id":2191,"date":"2017-02-21T07:12:55","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T15:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/?p=2191"},"modified":"2019-06-17T21:34:01","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T21:34:01","slug":"connecting-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/connecting-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Communities Together with an Audio Messaging App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s quite amazing to see the various use cases of Voxer across the world. From an active educator community, book clubs, bible study groups, and fantasy football leagues, Voxer is connecting communities in fantastic ways.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>First and foremost, we can&#8217;t hide our admiration\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a0immense effort that educators have put in to implement Voxer as a professional development tool in their community. From comprehensive directories\u00a0to entire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/18\/hosting-a-global-conference-on-voxer\/\">conferences held solely on Voxer<\/a>, this crowd\u00a0has taken key Voxer features to the next level.<\/p>\n<p>They connect in <a href=\"https:\/\/support.voxer.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/204712298-Creating-Group-Chats\">large groups<\/a> (up to 500 per chat) for meaningful discussions in professional development and classroom tactics. Participants can find topics of interest via <a href=\"https:\/\/support.voxer.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/207311048-Group-Chat-Links-\">group chat links<\/a> distributed via twitter or various directories. Since they are part of such active chats, these users take advantage of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.voxer.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/204332223-Disable-Enable-Notifications-per-Chat\">notification management<\/a>, as well as chat moderation with <a href=\"https:\/\/support.voxer.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/204092356-What-is-Admin-Control-\">admin control<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/12\/new-feature-alert-send-one-way-messages-to-chat-groups\/\">broadcast chats<\/a>. The ability to use live voice is &#8220;so important\u00a0because hearing others actual voices\/inflection adds a tremendous amount of detail to their ideas.&#8221; &#8211; says Jasper Fox Sr., avid tech educator and host of <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/learning-lab-education-radio\/id957229125?mt=2\">Learning Lab Radio podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another fascinating example of communities that have come together on Voxer is the virtual book clubs. The motivation here is to discover new books and engage in insightful discussions on literary topics in a flexible and\u00a0asynchronous format. In the words of Voxer book club organizer\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mspagano.weebly.com\/my-blog-teaching-in-beta\/teching-up-a-traditional-idea-book-clubs-via-voxer\">Lisa Pagano<\/a>: &#8220;Voxer is flexible. It captures your thoughts and ideas in real time, but you can listen, read, and respond as your schedule allows.\u00a0It is a warm, inviting, and collaborative atmosphere where all ideas are welcome.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, we have been huge fans of the fantasy football leagues on Voxer. 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