The Community Roundtable

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

Throwback Thursday – Building Your Community

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By Amy Turner, The Community Roundtable A community is only as successful and effective as the people who are part of it. When first starting out, or perhaps re-energizing and re-building a stale community, how do you build a strategy and lay the foundation for a successful one? We've compiled … [Read more...]

Tracy Maurer, UBM

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Welcome to the latest episode in our community management podcast series, “Conversations with Community Managers” featuring Tracy Maurer, Collaboration Systems Manager at UBM. Join TheCR’s founder and principal, Jim Storer and director of marketing, Shannon Abram as they chat with community … [Read more...]

Throwback Thursday – Finding Community Jobs

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By Shannon Abram, The Community Roundtable   This week's #throwbackthursday focuses on the best practices for getting a community management job. How Do I Find a Community Manager Job? - Community management is a profession of relationships – use your network to discover your next … [Read more...]

10 Best Practices for Gaming in Your Community

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By Amy Turner, The Community Roundtable Incorporating gaming elements into communities not only adds value, but also enhances a member’s experience and gives them an enjoyable moment that would not have otherwise existed. Definitely, a key community must-have for staying ahead of the … [Read more...]

Crowdsourcing Innovation: Three Ways It Drives Value

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By Jennifer Honig, Founder, Techstra Solutions Eighteen months ago, we started looking for an answer to a critical question. “What value is created by crowdsourcing innovation?” Our quest was to define business value as a way of supporting leaders who intrinsically knew that their crowdsourcing … [Read more...]

Marjorie Anderson, Project Management Institute

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Welcome to the latest episode in our community management podcast series, “Conversations with Community Managers” featuring Marjorie Anderson, Community Engagement Specialist, Project Management Institute. Join TheCR’s founder and principal, Jim Storer and director of marketing, Shannon Abram as … [Read more...]

Your online community should be anti-collaboration

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By Ted McEnroe, Director of Research and Training, Want to make sure your community fails? Tell your potential members it is being created to enhance collaboration. Rob Cross of the University of Virginia and others recently wrote in the Harvard Business Review about the culture of … [Read more...]