The Community Roundtable

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

TheCR Connect Big Idea: Lakshmi Balachandra

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Lakshmi Balachandra is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Babson College and her research examines the impact of trust, gender and other entrepreneurial characteristics in acquiring early-stage funding. Through our State of Community Management research, we've uncovered parallels … [Read more...]

Using ROI to Gain Executive Support

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Element14 is an online community of over half a million engineers, makers, educators, and students where members can connect, learn, create, and inspire. The element14 team sought to provide tangible ROI to help executives understand the financial value the community provides to drive revenue. In … [Read more...]

Julie Blutstein on Communities of Practice

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Welcome to the latest episode in our community management podcast series, “Conversations with Community Managers.” Join TheCR’s Jim Storer and Shannon Abram as they chat with community managers from a variety of industries about their community journey. They ask the community questions you want to … [Read more...]

Find the community platform that’s right for you.

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Last year, 40% of our participants at TheCR Connect were actively researching online community platforms, and they asked for our help.  In order to support their efforts, we are thrilled to announce our first Solutions Showcase! Join us on September 23, 2019 in Boston, MA for a full-day … [Read more...]

Announcing Our 2019 Member Advisory Board

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At The Community Roundtable, we try to practice what we preach and lead by example. Our business model relies heavily on building relationships, which in financial terms means we are constantly focused on generating more value for our stakeholders – friends, guest experts, members, clients, team … [Read more...]

Keri Kersten on Change Management

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Welcome to the latest episode in our community management podcast series, “Conversations with Community Managers.” Join TheCR’s Jim Storer and Shannon Abram as they chat with community managers from a variety of industries about their community journey. … [Read more...]