We originally launched #TheCRLive lunches for a couple of reasons. It is partly an awareness building event that brings a wider circle of people into the discussions we have with The Community Roundtable members but it was also a replacement for the summer BBQs that we missed from Mzinga. We … [Read more...]
SXSW Panel – Building Social Strategies at Fortune 100 Companies
The SXSW panel picker is up with more goods stuff than ever - 2,219 panels proposed for the interactive portion alone. Oy. Not many people will have the patience to actually sift through all of those panels but we would appreciate your vote for the panel we proposed: Building Social Strategies at … [Read more...]
#TheCRLive – August 14th
On Friday, we had a great #TheCRLive at John Harvard's in Cambridge. The general topic for the conversation was content creation at live events but we also covered: Percentage of women speaking at events (interesting because the crowd was primarily male) Semantics The definition of a … [Read more...]
Conversations with Community Managers – Bryan Person
It's a little ironic that I'm doing a podcast with Bryan since the first time we met it was to discuss the best practices and lessons learned he'd accumulated in creating podcasts for Monster.com. He taught me everything I needed to know about podcasting, which served me well at SXSWi when Aaron … [Read more...]
The Iceberg Effect of Community Management
Starting The Community Roundtable has been a great way to understand better the day to day issues of community managers in a wide array of organizations. There are a few things that come up somewhat regularly: Community managers are under pressure to justify what they do to peers and bosses … [Read more...]
#TheCRLive – July 31st
We had a great crowd - and had a great conversation on Friday at #TheCRLive. We were joined by some 'social regulars' like Wendy Moldauer, Barbara Gavin, Jim Spencer, Joselin "Jose-lean - as in thin" Mane, & Kate Brodock by some new faces - Jim Hughes, Liz Tran, and Christine Sierra. Topics … [Read more...]
Conversations with Community Managers – Adam Cohen
I met Adam several years ago at my very first Social Media Breakfast in Boston and was impressed from the start. Whether it's transforming business with social media and community, staying current with his blog or dissecting the latest Red Sox trade rumors, he's up to the task. When we caught up … [Read more...]
@TheCR Live! – Now in New York City
This summer, we've been hosting a series of casual Friday lunches for those in the Boston area who are interested in getting together and discussing the business of community and social media - with some fun thrown in. Our intent is to keep these lunches relatively small, 10-15 people, so that … [Read more...]
Conversations with Community Managers – David Alston
Rachel and I had a chance to sit down with David Alston from Radian6 last week. I first met David at a Social Media Breakfast in Boston and was inspired by how he looks at the way marketing (and the role of the CMO) is changing as social media and community become more prevalent in business. In this … [Read more...]
Show & Tell: How Community Managers Use Twitter
There are Twitter users and there are Twitter users. For those of us that have been on Twitter for a while, usage has evolved as the applications and the social norms have. In a recent member roundtable with Laura Fitton, it became clear how important the use of applications, hashtags, and search … [Read more...]
