The Community Roundtable

Empowering global community leaders with research-backed resources, training, and tools.

Friday Roundup – Life Moves Pretty Fast.

By

'Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.' When Ferris Bueller spoke these immortal words he probably wasn't talking about missing out on great content online, but it's the first thing I thought of when discussing rolling out a Friday link … [Read more...]

A Community of Mustaches Changes the World

By

  As sure as the leaves in New England turn into a technicolor display every Fall, so too can you expect the month of November to usher in a wave of mustaches. Some are robust and luxurious, some are...less so, but nonetheless the men (and women) of Movember raise money for prostate … [Read more...]

Meet the TheCR Summit: Hacking Culture

By

Here at The Community Roundtable we love online connections: watching members swap war stories in TheCR Network, listening in as problems get discussed and resolved on a roundtable call or even the growing comments on a particularly provocative blog post create real and meaningful relationships. … [Read more...]

Danger: Community/Social Strategist Shortage Ahead

By

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...]

SXSWi Advice in Small, Snackable Bites

By

There will be ~286,450 blog posts coming out in the next 36 hours on how to do SXSWi right. While we probably don't need 286,451, I promise to make this one chock full of fiber and easy to consume. After three years at SXSWi, I have a few tips and will keep them short to make them easy to … [Read more...]