By Ted McEnroe, The Community Roundtable In The State of Community Management reports, we refer frequently to "Best in Class" communities. From a statistical standpoint, we are referring to the communities that scored in the top 20% overall in the State of Community Management survey (which you … [Read more...]
Community Teams Build Success
By Ted McEnroe, The Community Roundtable The State of Community Management 2015 is out in the wild. Odds are that you are aware of that, if you are a regular reader of this blog and a friend of The Community Roundtable. But if not, or if you haven't had a chance to pull up a chair, kick back and … [Read more...]
The most popular data types in the State of Community Management
By Ted McEnroe, The Community Roundtable Having just enjoyed (survived?) my first season writing and editing for the State of Community Management 2015, one of the most interesting parts of the post-release followup is actually seeing what pieces resonate with people. They seem to fall into three … [Read more...]
Energize your community: the generative power of co-creation
By Ted McEnroe, The Community Roundtable Ever have a conversation with someone who was focused solely on their needs and wants? Of course you have. It doesn't make for great engagement. So why do we expect to engage members when we focus solely on our organizational needs? In a nutshell, … [Read more...]
5 reasons to recognize the superheroes in your online community
By Ted McEnroe, The Community Roundtable This month, our new and brilliant Community Management Fellow, Georgina Cannie, kicked off a wonderful and equally new feature of TheCR Network. Starting this month, we are recognizing members of the network as TheCR Network Superheroes, complete with … [Read more...]
If you run a community, don’t think like a website on metrics
By Ted McEnroe, The Community Roundtable As we continue to slice and dice the data from more than 200 communities for the State of Community Management 2015, we know that one of the most viewed pieces of the report will be the engagement profiles - the percentage of members who are lurking, … [Read more...]
Does your online community feel like Twitter pre-2009? (It should.)
By Ted McEnroe, The Community Roundtable Earlier this month, we got an automated tweet reminding us that The Community Roundtable joined Twitter six years ago. It was a good reminder of how much has changed in social media in that time. Six years ago, Twitter was a much more intimate place. In … [Read more...]
Five Things the Boston Marathon Can Teach You about Community Programs
By Ted McEnroe, The Community Roundtable Monday is the 119th running of a remarkable tradition - the Boston Marathon. For decades, the Marathon has been a Greater Boston institution, a must do for people to either run, attend or watch on TV. People from across the region whose closest thing to … [Read more...]
Our Community Superheroes Share Their Superheroes, Part 3
By Ted McEnroe, The Community Roundtable Today we wrap up a three-part series on the community professionals whom we dubbed as Community Superheroes in the recently-published Community Manager Handbook: 20 Lessons from Community Superheroes - and the people in their work they consider … [Read more...]
Is Your Community Approach a Hollow Bunny?
By Ted McEnroe, The Community Roundtable Yesterday was Easter and for many kids, that means lots of candy. But when I was a kid, I remember the disappointment of certain candy too. The biggest one? That big, delicious looking chocolate bunny in the basket wasn’t all that it was cracked up to be. … [Read more...]
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