Today we are celebrating the third anniversary of TheCR and of #TheCRLive. Like many things, it seems both yesterday and forever ago. I never expected to be an entrepreneur, but when Jim and I started The Community Roundtable it was clear and obvious to me that the market needed an organization to … [Read more...]
Expanding The Community Roundtable’s Leadership
When Jim and I started The Community Roundtable three years ago, we knew community professionals needed support and we knew the market needed more information about what community management was. We felt like it should come from a neutral source that championed the individual professionals but we … [Read more...]
The Community Roundtable Announces Principal Sponsor for 2012 State of Community Management Report
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...]
