Katherine Shamapande with National Association of Surety Bond Producers, with co-host Eileen Johnson of the Whiteford Nonprofit Law Group.  NASBP members have a solid community as a niche industry and consider other members to be family and friends who they can call on when in need. The Association tries to give them as much room for networking as possible. The Association just rolled out a new Learning Management System, which is designed to promote community through educational programming. When choosing the LMS, the Association focused on community in making its decision as to constructing the platform. The Association also has a Collaborate-type site that is designed to create community too, and the members are also active on social media, including Linked-In, FaceBook, and Twitter. New Association members go to a Level 1 school when joining as a way to meet other colleagues. They also started a committee for those in the industry between five to fifteen years, so that they can learn more about how the Association operates.  Members of the committee are also required to join another operational committee of the Association to learn more about governance. The Association committees are also very active and meet face to face twice a year as a way to promote community. For one of the committees, they had a hat day where volunteers and staff all wore hats as a humorous way to break down barriers.The Association also brings in partners organizations as a way to promote community with associated industry areas. The Association also allows communities to form mainly by providing time to network and hang out together.