Shannon Abram, Author at The Community Roundtable

Find the community platform that’s right for you.

March 14, 2019 By Shannon Abram

Last year, 40% of our participants at TheCR Connect were actively researching online community platforms, and they asked for our help. In order to support their efforts, we are thrilled to announce our first Solutions Showcase! Join us on September 23, 2019 in Boston, MA for a full-day … [Read more...]

Podcast: Conversations with Community Managers – Nick Wallander

March 11, 2019 By Shannon Abram

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. … [Read more...]

Keri Kersten, Stepan Company

February 19, 2019 By Shannon Abram

The Quest for Community

February 11, 2019 By Shannon Abram

This is a guest post from Rachael Silvano, Community Manager at TraceLink and member of TheCR Network. This content was originally posted on Linkedin. It’s Saturday night and I’m watching five friends eagerly arrange their dice and characters. A blank grid is set in front of us, with endless … [Read more...]

Peter Broadley, CSA Group

February 4, 2019 By Shannon Abram

Happy CMAD 2019!

January 28, 2019 By Shannon Abram

Today is the 9th annual celebration of Community Manager Appreciation Day! Hooray! I think it goes without saying that we appreciate community professionals every day of the year (it's sort of what we do!) but wanted to take a moment today to send a few special shoutouts to recognize the hard … [Read more...]

Honoring Our Retiring Member Advisory Board Members

January 21, 2019 By Shannon Abram

At The Community Roundtable, we are fortunate to work with amazing people and companies, helping them make strategic assets out of their community programs. We have always relied on our customer-members to help us prioritize and develop our research, services, and training. In 2017, we … [Read more...]

Conversations with Community Managers – Andrew Mishalove

January 15, 2019 By Shannon Abram

Seven Perfect Gifts for Community Managers

December 3, 2018 By Shannon Abram

My favorite blog post of the year is the one where I get to pretend to be Oprah. Sadly, there is not a brand new car under your seat, but we've pulled together a list of our seven favorite products that would make perfect gifts for the community manager in your life. Read on for more info and links … [Read more...]

How Do I Improve Online Engagement?

November 27, 2018 By Shannon Abram

Online community engagement issues fall into two general buckets: tactical engagement issues and strategic engagement issues. If you don’t have people coming to your online community at all, you have a strategic issue; if people are coming but not engaging, you have a tactical issue. (Still not … [Read more...]