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Connect 2020 Update: A Reimagined Online Experience

June 23, 2020 By Jim Storer

Virtual Community Management Conference

When we started the Connect series in 2015 it was because our members asked us to create a way for to meet in person with the people they rely on in TheCR Network. Our members are, and always have been, the foundation of Connect. Whether as a speaker, lightning talk … [Read more...]

TheCR Connect Big Idea: Lakshmi Balachandra

April 29, 2019 By Jim Storer

Lakshmi Balachandra is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Babson College

Lakshmi Balachandra is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Babson College and her research examines the impact of trust, gender and other entrepreneurial characteristics in acquiring early-stage funding. Through our State of Community Management research, we've uncovered parallels … [Read more...]

Community in Action: Front Porch Forum CEO Michael Wood-Lewis to Speak at TheCR Connect 2019

April 16, 2019 By Jim Storer

Front Porch Forum Film Still

If you've attended TheCR Connect in the past you know that we don't always bring in outside speakers. Some years 100% of our sessions are led by our amazing clients. Other years, the stars align and we have the privilege of sharing amazing ideas from new faces - like last year when Heather McGowan … [Read more...]

30+ Years of Community Resources

August 21, 2017 By Jim Storer

A couple days ago I paused to reflect on all of the people and resources that have helped me (and The Community Roundtable, our members, and partners) since we launched in 2009. It's not a short list. I put the question to TheCR team and we started to collaborate on a list of resources going back as … [Read more...]

To Event or Not to Event? TheCR Connect!

September 22, 2015 By Jim Storer

By Jim Storer, Principal & Co-Founder, The Community Roundtable I have a love/hate relationship with events. It goes back a few years, when I worked as a program director for an events management company. I loved being the guy who focused on bringing together all these super smart people to … [Read more...]

Selling the Value of Community Management to the C-Suite

November 24, 2014 By Jim Storer

Far from being a discipline thrust on the most junior member of the marketing team, community management is the future of all management. The ability to inspire and generate value from networks is what will enable organizations to truly take advantage of a digitally connected, global population. … [Read more...]

Become a Part of the Network You Need… Before You Need It

December 11, 2013 By Jim Storer

By Jim Storer, Co-Founder and Principal at The Community Roundtable 2013 has been an amazing, busy and productive year here at The Community Roundtable. Membership grew by 34% and we now reach members in thirty-one US states and seven countries around the world. I am personally thrilled with the … [Read more...]

Leadership and Cultural Traits for Social Business Success

January 31, 2013 By Jim Storer

(originally published on IBM Social Business Insights) Becoming a social business is all the rage. Executives are drinking the Kool-Aid, organizing teams to explore the use of social tools and networks to aid marketing, customer support, product innovation, employee retention and more. And these … [Read more...]

Danger: Community/Social Strategist Shortage Ahead

May 15, 2012 By Jim Storer

I've been thinking about this post for a long time. It started some time last fall when I was talking with a member of TheCR Network about how they should approach building out their social media/community team. In the course of the conversation, my recommendation boiled down to this... "hire the … [Read more...]

Coming May 15th! Community Manager Online Training Course

May 4, 2012 By Jim Storer

The next module in our online WOMM-COM community manager certificate program starts next week.  We're really excited to bring together such an amazing group of practitioners to teach this course. Check out the instructors and we're sure you'll agree. The community manager course is designed to … [Read more...]

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