By Hillary Boucher, Community Manager at The Community Roundtable. Summer is just flying by inside TheCR Network. I exercised some work-life balance and took a fully unplugged vacation this month thanks to my supportive team who held down the fort while I was out of the office. And while we … [Read more...]
TheCR Network Sneak Peek: June 2014 Wrap-Up
By Hillary Boucher, Community Manager at The Community Roundtable. I was chatting with one of my teammates at TheCR last Friday and we could not believe we were at the end of June already. This month seemed to just disappear in the blink of an eye! June inside TheCR Network marks the end of … [Read more...]
TheCR Network Sneak Peek: May 2014 Wrap-Up
By Hillary Boucher, Community Manager at The Community Roundtable. May was another great month inside TheCR Network! As Shannon mentioned earlier this month, our team was busy traveling and had the opportunity to meet up with many of our members face-to-face at various industry events. I work … [Read more...]
TheCR Network Sneak Peek: April 2014 Wrap-Up
By Hillary Boucher, Community Manager at The Community Roundtable. I'm really not ready for April to be over. Can I get an extension on this month? Ha! I guess I better just keep moving forward. Part of the reason that April flew by was because we launched State of Community Management 2014 this … [Read more...]
TheCR Network Sneak Peek: March 2014 Wrap-Up
By Hillary Boucher, Community Manager of TheCR Network As promised, I am back to share a snapshot of what went on inside TheCR Network this month. In February, I … [Read more...]
Celebrating Community Success – Ian White (Rackspace)
By Hillary Boucher, Community Manager at TheCR Network. As community manager of TheCR Network – our peer network of social business and community leaders – one of the things I love is celebrating our members' successes with them. We know the many challenges our members face as they work to … [Read more...]
Sneak Peek Inside TheCR Network: February 2014 Wrap-Up
Hello. My name is Hillary Boucher and I am the community manager of TheCR Network – our private peer network of the smartest social business and community professionals. And I kid you not -- every day I am honored to work with the intelligent, savvy and experienced community professionals in our … [Read more...]
To the first folks on (community) dancefloor, thank you!
By Hillary Boucher, Community Manager at The Community Roundtable Sure it was easy to assign the Thank It Forward challenge, but so much harder to put pick my own three! Twitter has been a great way to say thank you to many and here are a few more #thankitforward shout-outs. Thank you … [Read more...]
What Comes After Gratitude
By Hillary Boucher, Community Manager at The Community Roundtable If you've been following our Twitter handle you already know that we've been thinking a lot about reciprocity and going beyond the thank you. What happens next? How do you keep the momentum of gratitude and sharing moving … [Read more...]
Emergent Learning in Networks and at Conferences
I've been thinking a bit about the unconference format and how great it is for learning. Here is a definition for unconference: An unconference is a conference organized, structured and led by the people attending it. Instead of passive listening, all attendees and organizers are encouraged to … [Read more...]