The Community Roundtable

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

Getting Down to the Business of Community Research

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The Community Roundtable has always had a two-fold purpose: Help our members who are community and social business leaders be successful, Educate the market about the role of community management. Because of this two-pronged view of our role in the market, research, documentation and public … [Read more...]

2012 Year In Reveiw

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Before we look forward, it's always good to take stock of where we've been, how much progress we've made and where we may not have done so well. For The Community Roundtable this has been a very full year and I am very proud by all we have accomplished. Our goal is to advance the business of … [Read more...]

Now Seeking: Future of Business Research Fellow

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At The Community Roundtable we're expanding our research on how organizations use social technologies and are looking for a Research Fellow with fundamental research skills who needs experience and mentorship to take the next step in their career. This opportunity will help the right candidate leap … [Read more...]

Social Media Pearls: Interview with Ayelet Baron

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In case you missed it Ayelet Baron was interviewed by Shirley Williams from Social Media Pearls on VoiceAmerica radio.  It's a great interview and a great opportunity to meet Ayelet, learn more about her background and why we are so excited to have her on our team, and learn more about what we do at … [Read more...]

Sir Robin: Hero of Community Managers Everywhere

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Our logo confuses a lot of people - what do knights and horses have to do with community management?  When we originally conceived of The Community Roundtable and the community managers we wanted to serve, the resemblance to Sir Robin in Monty Python and the Holy Grail was striking: To us the … [Read more...]

We’re Three Years Old… and Growing

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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

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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...]