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Top Ten from The Community Roundtable Blog for 2011

December 27, 2011 By Leanne Chase

In case you missed them.  Here are the posts that were the most read, most passed around and most talked about in 2011 from our blog. Want a Successful Community?  Don't be a Social Media Manager Community Management Lessons for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Google+ for Community … [Read more...]

Social Business in Pictures

December 21, 2011 By Leanne Chase

They say a picture is worth a thousand words.  And we think that can be true.  Especially with hard to grasp concepts like what social business is and how it works in corporations.  Well here are a few infographics that we think show what is happening now and in the future of the business of … [Read more...]

Count Me In: Why This Community Manager Is Excited About the Upcoming Training

December 16, 2011 By Hillary Boucher

I fell into community management and social media organically, as a volunteer for community organizations and not-for-profits that were important to me. I had always planned on re-entering the work force after starting a family and it turns out I had a skill set that developed from my volunteer … [Read more...]

Trends and Predictions? We’re Not Quite Ready Yet

December 14, 2011 By Leanne Chase

It's that time of year again where there will be a lot said about what may happen next year in social business and community management.   We're not quite ready to post our thoughts here yet, that will come after our December 20th TheCR Network weekly call. But here are a few predicted trends that … [Read more...]

Lost in Translation: The Business of Community

December 9, 2011 By Leanne Chase

We love our new tag line.  We think it epitomizes what we do.  But we also realize you may not get it.  Thus our 2nd installment of Lost in Translation. When The Community Roundtable was started we had a theory that humanizing a business and making real relationships with people was a better way to … [Read more...]

This week at TheCR Network: How Google Built Community Advocacy

December 6, 2011 By Leanne Chase

Members of TheCR Network are pretty lucky.  They get access to some of the best and brightest minds to learn from, ask questions of, and use as a future resource.  This week is no different.  On Wednesday they will talk with Lasse Wasserman and Adrienne Bernakevitch Ludwick of Google on how Google … [Read more...]

Lost in Translation: You work in community? What’s that?

November 22, 2011 By Leanne Chase

I don't know about you but every time there is a family gathering I try to explain what I do.  Some of it is easy.  Marketing - most everyone basically understands what that is. Where it all comes apart is when I try to explain what The Community Roundtable does to a multi-generational audience … [Read more...]

It’s Time: Community Management Certificate Program

November 18, 2011 By Rachel Happe

We have seen quite a change in the market for community managers over the last few years. When we started TheCR, community managers were largely isolated and working by themselves or on very small teams. Back in early 2010, we spoke with TheCR Network members about hiring social media and community … [Read more...]

Community Managers are Human Experience (HX) Professionals

November 16, 2011 By Rachel Happe

Over the last decade we've all learned how important the user experience (UX) of software is to how well it performs. If features are hard to use and the interface looks stale, it's less compelling to the user. The UX is particularly important in communications and social technologies because there … [Read more...]

Do Companies Need a Break-Up Policy?

November 7, 2011 By Leanne Chase

Over the weekend I found myself coming back to this article again and again. I think because it shows how very much the rise and growth of community management has changed the way individuals and corporations now interact in the business world. When I was in college (those many years ago) you were … [Read more...]

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