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Friday Roundup: Building a Community Roadmap

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By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. Did you get hit by the polar vortex that is sweeping the nation? We're bracing for the cold here in Boston, and it is undeniable, Fall is fading and Winter is coming. Luckily we've got lots of exciting community manager content … [Read more...]

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...]

CM Spotlight AMA Archive: Patrick Hellen, CloudLock, Inc.

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By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager for The Community Roundtable. When we invited Patrick Hellen, the community manager for CloudLock, Inc  to be our October Community Manager Spotlight we knew we were in for a treat. When HE requested the webinar format be an AMA we knew it was ON. In this 30 … [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...]