The Community Roundtable

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

Are you our next community management fellow?

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I am thrilled to announce that we are hiring a new community management fellow for TheCR Network. "What?!" you're saying, "But you just hired, not one, but two back in January!" Well, dear reader, you're right, and spoiler alert: they were so awesome they have both moving onto full-time roles on … [Read more...]

Do online communities need dedicated budgets? YES!

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One of the questions we ask each year in the State of Community Management survey is whether communities have their own budget. It may not seem like a big deal – and to some community leaders, dealing with the budget process might sound unappealing. However, we consistently see correlations … [Read more...]

What’s the Agenda for TheCR Connect 2017?

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October might seem far away but we’re diligently planning every last detail for our annual community workshop – TheCR Connect. Our content team just released the agenda and I wanted to share it with you ASAP! The overarching theme of this year’s Connect is “Telling Your Community Story” and in … [Read more...]

Community Management FAQs – What is community strategy?

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What is community strategy? A successful community strategy integrates social tools and methods with business goals and processes. A good community strategy also aligns an organization’s goals with member needs setting you up to succeed in both keep engagement high and provide ROI. We recommend … [Read more...]

Should I Train My Community Members?

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When thinking about engagement many community managers dismiss the idea of formal training program for their members. For some it’s just too much work – if you have thousands of members already set in their ways, where do you even start? Hillary Boucher recently led a Roundtable Call with members … [Read more...]

Why Attend TheCR Connect 2017?

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The theme of this year's community workshop - TheCR Connect, is "Telling Your Community Story" and we believe that means many things. Some obvious: building a narrative, using metrics to paint a picture, and some not so obvious: defending investments, cultivating stakeholders. Every community … [Read more...]

Do communities spend more on people or platforms?

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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?

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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...]