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Community Skills in Internal vs. External Communities

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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

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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 and … [Read more...]

Community Management Skills That Matter: Engagement

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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

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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

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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...]

Oonagh McQuarrie on Engagement

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Welcome to the latest episode in our community management podcast series, “Conversations with Community Managers.” Join TheCR’s Jim Storer and Shannon Abram as they chat with community managers from a variety of industries about their community journey. They … [Read more...]

CMGT 101: Moderation in Online Communities

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Note: This content appears in a slightly different form in our ebook: CMGT 101: 17 Community Leaders 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...]

Building A Skill-Based Community Manager Job Ad

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A quick search on LinkedIn finds more than 1,000 jobs with “Community Manager” in the title at any given moment. Subtract the ones about property management, and add in “Online Community”, “Community Specialist” and a dozen other terms and you are left with several hundred job descriptions — not two … [Read more...]