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Surviving the Summer: Community Management Best Practices

June 11, 2015 By Jim Storer

By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. With Memorial Day behind us we're full-steam ahead in the Summer months (here in the Northern Hemisphere, at least!) This past week we chatted with the community experts that frequent #ESNchat about their expectations for the … [Read more...]

5 Things Kickboxing Class Has Taught Me About Community Management

May 27, 2015 By Georgina Cannie

By Georgina Cannie, The Community Roundtable I never told my fourth grade teacher that I wanted to manage an online network of professionals when I grew up. I stumbled into the community space quite accidentally. Academically, my background is in traditional face-to-face communities and I had … [Read more...]

Energize your community: the generative power of co-creation

May 21, 2015 By Ted McEnroe

By Ted McEnroe, The Community Roundtable Ever have a conversation with someone who was focused solely on their needs and wants? Of course you have. It doesn't make for great engagement. So why do we expect to engage members when we focus solely on our organizational needs? In a nutshell, … [Read more...]

Best Practices from TheCR Network: Hosting an Ask Me Anything (AMA)

May 13, 2015 By Jim Storer

AMA Ask Me Anything

By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. Recently we've caught the AMA (Ask Me Anything) bug. Maybe you've seen our AMA webinars with community managers? Our members are realizing the value of the AMA format for real-time community engagement, and have been sharing best … [Read more...]

5 reasons to recognize the superheroes in your online community

May 5, 2015 By Ted McEnroe

By Ted McEnroe, The Community Roundtable This month, our new and brilliant Community Management Fellow, Georgina Cannie, kicked off a wonderful and equally new feature of TheCR Network. Starting this month, we are recognizing members of the network as TheCR Network Superheroes, complete with … [Read more...]

If you run a community, don’t think like a website on metrics

April 30, 2015 By Ted McEnroe

By Ted McEnroe, The Community Roundtable As we continue to slice and dice the data from more than 200 communities for the State of Community Management 2015, we know that one of the most viewed pieces of the report will be the engagement profiles - the percentage of members who are lurking, … [Read more...]

Does your online community feel like Twitter pre-2009? (It should.)

April 21, 2015 By Ted McEnroe

By Ted McEnroe, The Community Roundtable Earlier this month, we got an automated tweet reminding us that The Community Roundtable joined Twitter six years ago. It was a good reminder of how much has changed in social media in that time. Six years ago, Twitter was a much more intimate place. In … [Read more...]

Five Things the Boston Marathon Can Teach You about Community Programs

April 16, 2015 By Ted McEnroe

By Ted McEnroe, The Community Roundtable Monday is the 119th running of a remarkable tradition - the Boston Marathon. For decades, the Marathon has been a Greater Boston institution, a must do for people to either run, attend or watch on TV. People from across the region whose closest thing to … [Read more...]

The Business Model of Engagement

April 8, 2015 By Rachel Happe

community engagement

By Rachel Happe, Principal/Co-Founder, The Community Roundtable Engagement is a hot topic. For those of you who have heard me speak, you know I don't think all engagement is created equally and I think there is far too little focus put on the purpose behind the engagement. You can have high … [Read more...]

What community metrics are most important to track?

March 24, 2015 By Jim Storer

By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. One of the most daunting tasks for many community managers is dealing with community metrics. A member recently approached us with the following question: "I’m getting started with tracking metrics for my community and looking for … [Read more...]

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