BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Community
- a group of Internet users with a shared interest or concept who interact with each other in newsgroups, mailing-list discussion groups, and other online interactive forums
Wiktionary Definition for: Community
- group of people sharing a common understanding who reveal themselves by using the same language, manners, tradition and law. (see civilization)
- commune or residential/religious collective
- the condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common
- (Ecology) a group of interdependent plants or animals growing or living together.
Additional Resources
- The Question of Community
- Back in October, I wrote a piece on PR losing to advertising for social media . A lot of people brought up a lot of good points (including that there doesn't need to be a fight). A friend - Kevin A. Barry - noted that the most important...
- News items 2009-09-02
- KDE Community Repositions Brand, Releases KOffice 2.1
- The leadership of the KDE community has decided to reposition the KDE brand from focusing on being an open source desktop for Linux to being an overall open source community. Meanwhile, version 2.1 of KOffice, the office suite for KDE, is released.The leadership of the KDE community has decided to...
- News items 2009-11-25
- Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. Acquires Heritage Community Bank of Danville
- PIKEVILLE, Ky. -- Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTBI) is pleased to announce that it has completed its acquisition of Heritage Community Bank of Danville, Kentucky. On June 10, 2005, Heritage Community Bank was merged with Community Trust Bank, Inc., the bank subsidiary of Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. All former...
- Research articles 2005-06-13
- UCLA Community College Review: community education in the community college
- This article begins by reviewing the development of community education in two-year colleges. It focuses on the five major types of community education programs: adult education, continuing education, lifelong learning, community services, and especially community-based education. The article concludes by discussing the challenges community education programs face due to the...
- Research articles 2004-12-22
- The Importance of Scale Economies and Geographic Diversification in Community Bank Mergers
- Mergers of community banks across economic market areas potentially reduce both idiosyncratic and local market risks. A merger may reduce idiosyncratic risk because the larger post-merger bank has a larger customer base. Negative credit and liquidity shocks from individual customers would have smaller effects on the portfolio of the merged...
- White papers 2001-11-01
- Community Connect Selects Eurekster to Power Community Search for Its Ethnically Diverse Audiences; Ethnocentric Search Mirrors Culturally Oriented Community Interests
- SAN FRANCISCO -- Eurekster, Inc., a pioneer in community-powered, social search and monetization for Web publishers, today announced that Community Connect, the leader in online community destinations for US ethnic groups, will integrate Eurekster's SearchPublisherTM as the social search solution for visitors to its Community Connect sites: AsianAvenue.com, BlackPlanet.com and...
- Research articles 2006-02-22
- Community Food Security Assessment Toolkit
- This report provides a toolkit of standardized measurement tools for assessing various aspects of community food security. It includes a general guide to community assessment and focused materials for examining six basic assessment components related to community food security. These include guides for profiling general community characteristics and community food...
- White papers 2002-07-01
- Bank, Community Group Recognize 2 CUs As Winners
- Two credit unions are among four community lending organizations recognized for excellence by the Wachovia Community Development Financial Institution Excellence Awards, sponsored by Community Capital Association and Wachovia Corp., Philadelphia. Two credit unions are among four community lending organizations recognized for excellence by the Wachovia Community Development Financial Institution...
- Research articles 2002-11-11
- United Way to create $1M endowment.(United Way Community Services for Southeastern Michigan)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- United Way Community Services has enlisted the Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan to manage its United Way Community Services Endowment Fund, started with $1 million in United Way assets. The foundation, which United Way helped establis United Way Community Services has enlisted the Community...
- Research articles 2001-01-22
- ACB, NASDAQ establish community bank index
- America's Community Bankers and the NASDAQ Stock Market have announced the creation of the nation's most broadly diversified stock index for community banks. The index, which will be known as America's Community Bankers NASDAQ Index, was scheduled to launAmerica's Community Bankers and the NASDAQ Stock Market have announced the creation...
- Research articles 2003-12-01
- Community Greening Alliance Receives $575,000 from Home Depot Foundation; Arbor Day Tally Tops $1 Million
- WASHINGTON, April 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Alliance for Community Trees ACT, the national network of community-based urban and community forestry organizations, today announced receipt of $575,000 in funds through two grants awarded by The Home Depot FWASHINGTON, April 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Alliance for Community Trees ACT, the...
- Research articles 2006-04-27
- Community Colleges Solicited for Excellence Award; MetLife Foundation to Recognize Innovation in Helping Youth, Adults Succeed
- BOSTON, April 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Community colleges from across the nation are invited to apply for the 2006 MetLife Foundation Community College Excellence Award. Two community colleges will be honored for their institution-wide commitment to helping dBOSTON, April 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Community colleges from across the nation are...
- Research articles 2005-04-08
- Fed funds--the Department of Labor awarded $7.2 million to four Florida community colleges for workforce training.(WORKFORCE TRAINING)
- FED FUNDS--The Department of Labor awarded $7.2 million to four Florida community colleges for workforce training: Broward Community College gets $1.9 million for transportation sector ... FED FUNDS--The Department of Labor awarded $7.2 million to four Florida community colleges for workforce training: Broward Community College...
- Research articles 2007-02-01
- Lessons learned about community lending. (bank executives speak at the American Bankers Association Community Development Lending Conference in June 1992)
- Boston Bank of Commerce made a mistake by gambling on real estate through its community development lending program, according to CEO Warren Smith's address to the American Bankers Assn Jun 1992 Community Development Conference. The bank's community develBoston Bank of Commerce made a mistake by gambling on real estate through...
- Research articles 1992-08-01
- Bailout a Double-Edged Sword for Community Banks
- Community banks and credit unions are finding themselves in a strange situation these days. They stand to benefit greatly from the financial meltdown of their much bigger brothers as customers look for safer harbors for their money. Yet they don't necessarily want to participate in the $250 billion federal infusion...
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- Community Bancorp Subsidiary Community Bank of Nevada Acquires New Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer
- LAS VEGAS -- Community Bancorp (Nasdaq: CBON) announces that Bruce Ford has been hired as executive vice president, chief credit officer for its wholly owned subsidiary Community Bank of Nevada. In his position Ford will oversee all of the growth of loan production throughout the bank and provide direction and...
- Research articles 2005-02-05
- Community Bancorp Adds Two Members to Its Board of Directors and One New Executive Officer
- LAS VEGAS -- Community Bancorp (NASDAQ: CBON), parent company of Community Bank of Nevada, today announced that Jack Woodcock and Lawrence Scott have been appointed to the board of directors of both Community Bancorp and Community Bank of Nevada, effective Sept. 15, 2005. Additionally, Tom McGrath has joined Community Bank...
- Research articles 2005-09-19
- Tulane University Expands University Social Network With LiveWorld's Community Center
- Leading Online Community Agency Provides Tulane Community With Tools to Grow SAN JOSE, Calif. -- LiveWorld, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets:LVWD.PK) (www.liveworld.com), a leading online social networking and community agency, announced today that Tulane University is expanding its online community to a full social network based on LiveWorld's industry leading...
- Research articles 2007-03-28
- America's community bankers, NASDAQ unveil Community Bank Index.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-21 October 2003-NASDAQ: America's community bankers, NASDAQ unveil Community Bank IndexC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10202003 New York and Washington, D.C.--The NASDAQ Stock Market NASDAQ, the world's largest electronic stock market, and America's Community Bankers ACB, the national trade association...
- Research articles 2003-10-21
- TRACKING COMMUNITY BANK STOCKS JUST GOT EASIER
- America's Community Bankers, the national trade association for community banks, and The NASDAQ Stock Market, the world's largest electronic stock market, have launched the nation's most broadly diversified stock index for community banks, the America's Community Bankers NASDAQ Index.The index creates a new tool for tracking the performance of the...
- Research articles 2004-01-01
