The Community Roundtable

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

Community playbooks

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By Ted McEnroe, Head of Research, The Community Roundtable If you've played team sports for any period of time, you've probably had the need to learn plays - and with good reason. No matter how strong your individual skills, knowing what you and your fellow team members can and should be doing in … [Read more...]

Real rewards for community advocates

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By Ted McEnroe, The Community Roundtable Where's your college diploma? If you're like most people, it's hanging on an office wall, sitting in a drawer, or stuck in the back of a closet. It's nice to have, but the recognition that you graduated from the University of Western Maine or Generic … [Read more...]

Best Practices for Selecting a Community Platform

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Q: What's the difference between buying a new home and selecting a community platform? A: One is a major expense, fills you with angst and forces you to move all your stuff. The other changes your address. Joking aside, we tend to approach the selection of a new platform like we would a new home. … [Read more...]

Investing in new community members pays off

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By Ted McEnroe, The Community Roundtable You walk into a restaurant. There are people dining, chatting, having a good time - and there's an empty table, but there's no one there to greet you, seat you or give you a menu. Do you stay? You might, or you might leave. Either way, it's not a … [Read more...]

Community Empowerment

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By Ted McEnroe, The Community Roundtable In The State of Community Management reports, we refer frequently to "Best in Class" communities. From a statistical standpoint, we are referring to the communities that scored in the top 20% overall in the State of Community Management survey (which you … [Read more...]

Community Engagement Framework

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The Work Out Loud framework is now the Community Engagement framework. Same great ideas, new community-focused title  By Rachel Happe, Co-Founder & Principal, The Community Roundtable This week is 'International Working Out Loud Week' or #wolweek - a week to highlight the growing practice of … [Read more...]