The Community Roundtable

Empowering global community leaders with research-backed resources, training, and tools.

Building Community Teams with Lisa Tallman

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Lessons from The NEW Community Manager Handbook is a limited-run podcast series, featuring the 21 community leaders showcased in the Handbook in conversation with Anne Mbugua. Episode One features Lisa Tallman, VP, Data and Information Management at Easterseals, on building community teams. … [Read more...]

The NEW Community Manager Handbook

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The NEW Community Manager Handbook started as a series of twenty-one interviews with community leaders from organizations like Analog Devices, Inc, Easterseals, Microsoft, PTC Software, the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, the World Bank Group, and many more. The conversations, led by Anne … [Read more...]

Meet TheCR Team | Lindsey Leesmann

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At-a-Glance: Member Since | 2022Superpower | Ridiculously high caffeine tolerance #TeamCat or #TeamDog | #TeamWhyNotBoth As an elder millennial, Lindsey has loved the concept of community since the days of "a/s/l?" in chat rooms. She helps share community best practices and … [Read more...]

Building a Content Strategy in 5 Steps

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Content marketing sounds like a straightforward term, but a surprising number of marketers and community managers don’t get it. But no worries, because we love content marketing and are here to help in building a content strategy. What is content marketing? Glad you asked! Content marketing … [Read more...]

Three Ways to Re-Energize a Quiet Online Community

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Inheriting a community with 39,000 members sounds like a dream come true, except for when the engagement rate is <1% — oh, and a lot of the members are upset because they were moved to a new platform without warning or resources. Welcome to the world of Extreme Networks when Sam Pirok started as … [Read more...]

Using Community Dashboards to Tell a Story

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A thoughtful narrative combined with powerful metrics can help you tell your community story in a way that connects with stakeholders and executives, unlocking additional resources and providing you with needed advocates in your corner. But, how do you decide what story to tell? Many community … [Read more...]

Save the Date: Customer Community Summit is June 15th

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After a two-year hiatus, we are thrilled to welcome our community audience back to Boston for a one-day, exclusive customer community summit. This all-inclusive experience will take place at Convene Boston on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. This event is designed for community professionals working with … [Read more...]

5 Tips for Launching an Online Community

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The idea of not planning for a grand launch day for your online community is hard to consider. You've spent months project managing and planning for the launch, so of course, you want to celebrate! But, having a huge to-do to launch a new community can set up unrealistic expectations that tend to … [Read more...]