As an organization that caters to mid- and senior-level community, social media, and social business practitioners we've had a lot of people ask for recommendations and referrals; both organizations looking for social business leaders and professionals looking for opportunities. We've done what we … [Read more...]
Using Social Media in Regulated Industries
This week we had a member call on using social media in regulated industries with guests Mari Anne Snow, CEO of SophiaThink Consulting, and Edward McNicholas, a Partner with Sidley Austin LLP. It's a topic that gets mentioned a lot but rarely gets to specifics so we were thrilled to hear about some … [Read more...]
Selling Community: Getting Stakeholders to the ‘Aha’ Moment
Whenever we make investments in organizations, we need a business plan that makes financial sense. With social and community initiatives, that is required but often not sufficient. Why? Communities take a long time to gestate and mature before they start to realize their potential - certainly more … [Read more...]
Tacit Knowledge, Communities, & The Power of Pull
This week we were fortunate to have John Hagel join our members to discuss his latest book, The Power of Pull. One of the markers of a good book is that everyone who reads it gets something different out of it and TheCR Network members found a wide variety of topics that sparked their thinking, … [Read more...]
Drupal Commons – Open Source Social Business?
Late last week we heard about a new offering from Acquia, an open source software company focused on the Drupal social publishing system and a partner of The Community Roundtable. The product is called Drupal Commons and it's focused on expanding the use of Drupal in business. This is an … [Read more...]
A Community Vacation
This morning when I peeked in at my Facebook stream, I saw this: [It's a grainy screen shot but reads: Dear Fan, it's summer time and also Nutella® fan page will be on vacation for the next weeks. Our wall will be closed until September 1st. You might want to come back in September to find … [Read more...]
5 Awesome Ideas for Community Engagement from Burr Settles
Don't know Burr Settles? He's the force behind February Album Writing Month, otherwise know as FAWM. Like many community managers, he stumbled into the role because of his passion for independent music and an inspiration from National Novel Writing Month. What started as a fun thing to do in 2004 … [Read more...]
Assessing Social Business Maturity – Getting to Stage 2/Emergent Community
When we originally developed the Community Maturity Model, we thought of it as a tool that organizations of all sizes could use in creating a baseline understanding of where they were on the path to becoming a 'social' organization. Additionally, it was designed to provide organizations with a … [Read more...]
Is Your Social Initiative the Chicken, or the Egg?
Communities are funny, organic, and slightly unpredictable organisms. When they are robust and successful, they are amazingly powerful ways to communicate, collaborate, and produce results that can change the fundamental economic dynamics of a company and a market. Why? Communities incorporate … [Read more...]
eModeration Whitepaper: Communities of Purpose
The team at eModeration - a community moderation and management services company in the UK - released a whitepaper this week discussing 'communities of purpose'. They distinguish these communities of purpose from communities of interest in the following way: Communities of purpose: An online … [Read more...]
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