The Community Roundtable

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

Community Role Profile: Community Specialist Role

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OVERVIEW OF ROLE ​ Community specialists are the experts and emerging experts on a community team. Unlike community manager roles, where generalists are prized, community specialists often have a focus in one of three disciplines: engagement, content, or technical initiatives. ​ … [Read more...]

Meet TheCR Network Scholars | Hannah Friedman

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As part of our continuing efforts to increase the impact of our community resources, we are excited to introduce you to the 2021 Scholarship Cohort. Each month in 2021 we’ll interview a cohort scholar and learn why community is important to them.  This month we'll meet Hannah Freidman, … [Read more...]

Community Role Profile: Community Strategist

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OVERVIEW OF ROLE ​ The community strategist role is an expert role dedicated to what the title implies – community strategy. Typically, strategists are individuals with community management experience who have particularly strong strategic skills; analysis, community architecture, business … [Read more...]

Community Leadership Awards 2021

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Since 2016, our annual online community industry awards have recognized and rewarded excellence in community management. We are lucky to have visibility into some of the most creative, innovative and effective community work being done today. From non-profit organizations building community on a … [Read more...]

Community Role Profile: Director of Community

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OVERVIEW OF ROLE​ Directors of community lead community programs and typically lead teams that include community specialists, managers, and strategists. The often have operational backgrounds and are paired with community experts with their focus on securing internal support, integrating across the … [Read more...]

Community Leadership is the Future of all Leadership

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Communities provide a governance structure that helps organizations adopt a more distributed model of leadership and accountability. This empowers individuals to collaborate, create, and engage their peers in adaptive ways while staying aligned with a broader mission. As community structures … [Read more...]

Community Role Profile: Community Manager

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OVERVIEW OF ROLE​ Community managers often oversee more processes than people and are the generalists of the community field. Although some community managers manage moderators or specialists, many work with other teams as the voice of the community. A community manager can be an entry-level role in … [Read more...]