Protiviti sponsors report that examines the continued evolution of the social business industry LYNNFIELD, MA – Mar. 14, 2012 – The Community Roundtable is pleased to announce Protiviti Inc. as the principal sponsor of the 2012 State of Community Management Report. The report examines the continued … [Read more...]
Happy Belated Groundhog Day or Why Community Managers Are Gods
This article was originally published in last week's TheCR News: When we think of the day to day and the year to year of what community management is, we think of Groundhog Day. Not the actual event, where a furry creature tells us if winter will last or not...no we mean the movie starring Bill … [Read more...]
Community Management: More Than One Role, a Discipline
The Community Roundtable aims to advance the business of community. I'm going to say that again...we advance the business of community. I wanted to repeat it because I think it's an important distinction as the way we look at community management. As Jim Storer has said, everyone is a community … [Read more...]
TheCR Is Growing!
When we started The Community Roundtable in early 2009, community management was not yet a mainstream concept and social business was barely used as a term. A lot has changed in a relatively short amount of time. A majority of organizations now understand that this new way of doing business, enabled … [Read more...]
Looking for our first Community Management Fellow
Community management is increasing in importance as organizations realize that a new management discipline is required to effectively participate in and get value out of online social environments. As interest in the field has expanded, The Community Roundtable has grown – more members, more … [Read more...]
Thank You – We Wouldn’t Be Two Without You!
We will be at the Enterprise 2.0 conference this week - speaking, socializing, and listening to some great case studies. But more than that, the Enterprise 2.0 conference is a great milestone for us - we launched The Community Roundtable two years ago in Boston at the event. Today, I am on the … [Read more...]
Some Thoughts on Community Management from SXSW
While the casual media making at #SXSW seemed to be down a bit this year, there were still plenty of photos, podcasts, and videos being made. We had the opportunity to participate in a couple of projects and were flattered to be asked. I was interviewed by Scott Laningham of IBM DeveloperWorks and … [Read more...]
Who We Appreciate on this Second Community Manager Appreciation Day
Who do we appreciate? Among other well deserving folks, we appreciate Jeremiah Owyang for taking the lead in making community management a more visible and recognized discipline. Other thought leaders who have contributed quite a bit to the understanding of community management are Bill Johnston, … [Read more...]
Community Management Advisory Services & Webinar
While The Community Roundtable is primarily a peer and educational network for community and social media managers, we have been asked by various customers to help them with internal education, advisory services, and feedback on their social strategies. We have provided two primary types of … [Read more...]
Being Thankful
The Community Roundtable - like any good community - relies on everyone playing a part to be successful. The great thing about community networks is that very often participants get back proportionally more than they contribute and that is what makes communities sustainable. As a young community, … [Read more...]
