Lesson 1 for the day: Do not put a plastic cutting board in the oven. Lesson 2: Do not grab with bare hands to take it out. My recent life lessons brought me to the ER waiting room to watch triage nurses in their element. As each patient arrived, they took their vitals, assessed their symptoms … [Read more...]
Do communities spend more on people or platforms?
Here’s an interesting piece of data from the SOCM 2017: for the first time, communities say they are spending more on people than on technology. That’s right - by a narrow margin, organizations with dedicated community budgets said they spent slightly more on community management salaries and … [Read more...]
Why don’t executives take part in community?
Executive engagement has long been considered a critical element of community growth. But getting executives to be truly involved in communities has been a tremendous challenge for community managers. So what’s keeping executives from jumping in, even when they think community is a critical … [Read more...]
Why Attend TheCR Connect? Attendees Share Their Stories.
It's easy for me to tell you how special TheCR Connect is, but you already know I'm biased, right? So, don't take it from me, or Rachel or Hillary. Take it from past attendees from the event. I'm excited to share five perspectives on TheCR Connect from past attendees! Check out the video below and … [Read more...]
Quantify value, not vanity: The SOCM 2017 is out!
Eight years ago, when Jim Storer and Rachel Happe founded The Community Roundtable, it was the beginning of understanding that the “art” of community management had a lot of science in it - repeatable best practices that can separate the best communities from the rest. Each year since then, we … [Read more...]
Community Perspective: Chip Rodgers
One of the benefits of membership in TheCR Network is access to experts from every stage of the community journey. We’ve invited Chip Rodgers, former community executive at SAP, Ciena, and MicroStrategy, to have a discussion with Rachel Happe, co-founder of TheCR, and Network members about Chip's … [Read more...]
What is Conversation Research? An Infographic Explainer
Recently, Jason Falls, the Co-Founder of the Conversation Research Institute (CRI) joined members of TheCR Network for an exploration of conversation research. With years of experience in social technology, both on the agency side and brand side Jason developed the concept of conversation research. … [Read more...]
Jive Acquisition: The End of the Beginning
When I started IDC’s social software research practice in 2007, the entire market was about $50 million and Jive was one of 10 or more vendors. Needless to say, the market has come a long way in the last ten years, along with lots of twists and turns. Throughout it all, Jive has taken a … [Read more...]
Community Jobs Round-Up 4/28/17
Every week we share a list of new community management and social media jobs – usually everything from community coordinators all the way up to director level positions (depends on what we can find each week). I also wanted to share some of my favorite community reads from this week: If you … [Read more...]
Getting the New Member Experience Right
Our research has shown that robust new online community member welcome programs have an outsized impact on long-term engagement. It makes sense – having someone welcome you, give you some ground rules on behaviors, give you a tour of the community, etc., makes new members more comfortable, … [Read more...]
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