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5 Ways to Put Your Community Members First

September 20, 2022 By Shannon Abram

5 Ways to Put Your Community Members First

Online customer communities solve many tangible business problems. They can increase case deflection, lower support costs, enable distance collaboration, and connect global audiences. Customer communities also empower their members by making them feel seen and heard. Empowerment might not be on … [Read more...]

Get Subject Matter Experts Involved

July 25, 2022 By Shannon Abram

Get Subject Matter Experts Involved

The Community Maturity Model™’s  Leadership competency includes executive sponsorship, participation in a community program, emergent community leadership, and ties into broader organizational ecosystems. Leadership programs (a.k.a., advocacy, MVP, and superuser programs) are key to … [Read more...]

Sarah Rapp on Ambassador Programs

July 14, 2022 By Shannon Abram

Sarah Rapp on Ambassador Programs

Episode Six features Sarah Rapp, Director, Alumni & People Engagement at JA Worldwide. She and Anne discuss JA Worldwide uses ambassador programs to drive long-term engagement. Sarah shares best practices for starting an ambassador program, how JA Worldwide identifies super-passionate … [Read more...]

3 Tips for Building a Community Use Case

July 1, 2022 By Lindsey Leesmann

The writing’s on the wall, your organization can benefit from a community. But how do you get leadership on board? You’re in luck, because we’ve got the scoop on successfully building a community use case! Define your community's goals You know the old saying, “Don’t put the cart before … [Read more...]

Help! Three Questions Community Managers Need to Ask When They’re Struggling

May 26, 2022 By Lindsey Leesmann

Community managers are burnt out. And they’ve been that way since before the COVID-19 pandemic began — in the 2019 State of Community Management (SOCM) about 50% of respondents reported they were highly burnt out, in need of community help, or frustrated overall. Some of the reasons cited as … [Read more...]

3 Quick Community Wins for February 2022

February 2, 2022 By Shannon Abram

Online community management best practices

Check these three easy community management to-dos off your list and set yourself up for community success in 2022. We are delighted that in recent years February has become a time to practice love in all its forms. If you're into all that Cupid stuff? Awesome! But the rise of Galentine's Day, … [Read more...]

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Community Management 101

We've spent a decade working with global community leaders fine-tuning the programs, tactics and tools that make online communities successful.  We've distilled the best of these research-backed resources into individual bundles focused on common community challenges. All 22 community management … [Read more...]

Nurturing Super Users to Cultivate Success

June 27, 2018 By Shannon Abram

Community Management Case Study

Many community managers don’t want to overburden their most active members with extra duties that could make them feel used or make them less active in the community. They don’t have the budget or authorization to provide needed training and resources for advocates (or superusers, power users, top … [Read more...]

Harnessing the Super Power of Community Advocates

April 27, 2018 By Shannon Abram

Community Manager case study

If you don’t already have a superuser program in place you might consider putting that on your 2022 to-do list. Our State of Community Management research shows that when a member of an Average External Community shifts from a passive recipient of information to an active participant, their activity … [Read more...]

How to Think About #thankitforward, or On Building Community

November 27, 2017 By Hillary Boucher

Building community -- no matter your end goal -- depends on gratitude and reciprocity. We're also participating in a round of #thankitforward inside TheCR Network, and I wanted to share how we a running a fun little exercise for our members with all of you. Maybe it will work in your community … [Read more...]

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