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Building a Community Roadmap

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By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. We are excited to share with you a free eBook based on the findings in the State of Community Management 2014 report - Building a Community Roadmap. The State of Community Management 2014 research found that the best–in-class … [Read more...]

Friday Roundup: Community Management Lessons

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By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. Sometimes it's easy for forget that online community management is a natural extension of the decades of community management and organizing that have taken place in our physical communities. While technology had made the … [Read more...]

Using a Content Management System in Your Community

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By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. One of the most daunting tasks for a community manager is choosing a community platform. There are lots of options out there (full disclosure - here at TheCR we celebrate and support all community platform vendors. Remaining vendor … [Read more...]

5 Community Management Lessons from Mayor Menino

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By Ted McEnroe, The Community Roundtable Few things in life are certain. But one of them is that Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, who died Thursday at the age of 71, would never have been an online community manager. The mayor, who served the city he loved for 20 years, was noted for, among other … [Read more...]

Friday Roundup: Happy Halloween, Community Managers

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By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable Happy Halloween, community managers! While we toyed with the idea of having a costume contest for the best "community manager" costume this year, we decided you are a too varied and vibrant bunch - so just image us saluting you … [Read more...]

Say Hello to New #ESNchat Mini Decks

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By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. Last month when we were given stewardship of the very popular #ESNchat Twitter chat we were buzzing with ideas. So many topic ideas, content wish lists and engagement activities came to mind that we were instantly overwhelmed. … [Read more...]

TheCR Network Sneak Peek: October 2014 Wrap Up

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By Hillary Boucher, Community Manager at The Community Roundtable. Oh, October, with your foliage, pumpkin spice lattes, and your community programming. It's a great time to be a community practitioner and we've had a busy month inside the TheCR Network. Here are a few samplings of what's been … [Read more...]

Friday Roundup: Salary Data in the Desert

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By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable In case you missed it (and therefore the title of this post makes no sense to you- yet!) we released the first data from the Community Manager Salary Survey this week, an infographic in conjunction with Jive Software, at … [Read more...]