Shannon Abram, Author at The Community Roundtable

CMGT 101: Best Practices for Member Retention

June 6, 2018 By Shannon Abram

Note: This content appears in a slightly different form in our ebook: CMGT 101: 17 CommunityLeaders Share Their Secrets for Success.CMGT 101 is packed with engagement ideas, governance tips, career advice, and more from community leaders working at innovative organizations like CA Technologies, … [Read more...]

Communities are Change Agents

May 29, 2018 By Shannon Abram

Resiliency and the ability to change quickly are becoming key competencies for all organizations as new technologies create rapidly changing market conditions. Organizations need to acquire and apply new knowledge faster, and the more traditional learning and professional support mechanisms cannot … [Read more...]

CMGT 101: Community UX

May 7, 2018 By Shannon Abram

CMGT 101: Community Value Statements

May 1, 2018 By Shannon Abram

Community Management Skills That Matter: Technical

April 23, 2018 By Shannon Abram

Technical Community Management Skills: Designing and building effective communities Technical skills are unique in that they are most easily outsourced and often score lower than their true importance because not everyone on a team needs each specific skill. But as noted in our Community Careers … [Read more...]

Community Skills in Internal vs. External Communities

April 18, 2018 By Shannon Abram

In The State of Community Management, our comparison of internal and external communities described them as “similar, but different.” That holds true for internal and external community professionals as well. Our research finds that, when you focus on active members, the engagement profile of … [Read more...]

Community Management Skills That Matter: Content

April 13, 2018 By Shannon Abram

Content: Ensuring the community is generating value Community Managers place the highest relative value on content skills, although all three key roles give writing and communication high marks. Community managers’ content skills are focused on the development and production of community content … [Read more...]

Community Management Skills That Matter: Engagement

April 3, 2018 By Shannon Abram

Engagement: The day-to-day lifeblood of communities Engagement skills are likely what comes to mind when one pictures the life of “typical” community manager, and these daily skills are indeed what helps communities form and grow. Engagement skills are a core community management skills family for … [Read more...]

Community Management Skills That Matter: Strategy

March 28, 2018 By Shannon Abram

Strategy: Proving the value of community Strategic skills are the most valued skillset across all community roles, and community strategy development is the most valued of the 50 skills in the Community Skills Framework. For community professionals, this demonstrates the constant need to assess … [Read more...]

Join TheCR Team: Marketing Specialist Wanted

March 26, 2018 By Shannon Abram

If you're a strong individual contributor looking for a part-time, flexible role you may be a great fit for the marketing specialist role at The Community Roundtable. Note: This job is a part-time (15-25 hours per week) contract position. We are a 100% remote team. Salary is paid hourly and … [Read more...]