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Throwback Thursday: Community ROI & Benefits

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By Amy Turner, The Community Roundtable After seeing so many wonderful pics of summer vacations from the 70s and 80s, and the weird and wacky hair styles they contain we just couldn't help ourselves. We are fully embracing the #ThrowbackThursday nostalgia here at The Community Roundtable with a … [Read more...]

TheCR Network Sneak Peek: June 2016

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By Hillary Boucher, Community Manager at The Community Roundtable It is officially Summer! And while our programming does slow down a little in the Summer months June was bustling with activity. We wrapped up another guided community management training course (free for all members), launched an … [Read more...]

What does a community for community pros look like?

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By Shannon Abram, The Community Roundtable This week Rachel shared a fantastic look inside the programming inside TheCR Network. You can check out her whole post here.  My favorite part is this great "A Month Inside TheCR Network" calendar she put together: Things We Are Reading This Week  A … [Read more...]

Community Takes Center Stage

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By Shannon Abram, The Community Roundtable Without a doubt the highlight of our programming year in 2015 was TheCR Connect. We loved getting community pros together to chat about their work, share challenges and problem solve together and deepen the relationships that are started inside TheCR … [Read more...]

Championing Community Management at SXSW 2017

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By friend of TheCR Kate Baucherel, Co-Founder, ambix.io At the 2016 South by South West Interactive Festival’s Community Management meetup, professionals from across the world agreed that our discipline needs greater prominence at SXSW 2017. Sessions tagged as "community" in 2016 were often a … [Read more...]

Best Practices for Content Programming

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  Intrigued by TheCR Network, but want to learn more about what membership entails before joining? Watch Hillary Boucher share a special look inside TheCR Network.  In June Hillary shared a look at the research, programming and professional development available exclusively to Network … [Read more...]

TheCR Network Sneak Peek: May 2016

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By Hillary Boucher, Community Manager at The Community Roundtable What an exciting month! The release of the State of Community Management 2016 means lots of great conversations in the Network. Members get early access to all our research and I've been following along with half a dozen fascinated … [Read more...]

Best Practices For Seeding Content In Your Community

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By Gerogina Cannie, Community Manager at The Community Roundtable Recently one of my partners / a fellow community manager asked me to share some of my best practices for seeding content in a new community. She was searching for some very tactical information and I found myself getting creative when … [Read more...]

Communities in 2016: Quantifying the Value of Community

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By Rachel Happe, Co-founder and Principal, The Community Roundtable. It’s an exciting time to be in the community field. In the past couple of years, communities have gained the executive spotlight. It’s currently shining pretty brightly. But the spotlight brings its own challenges and pressures. … [Read more...]