The Community Roundtable

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Growing Organizational Interest in Community Metrics

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The Metrics & Measurement competency of The Community Maturity Model™ helps organizations understand the “why” of social approaches and the results they see when they do. Community teams are often responsible for collecting, analyzing, and reporting back to the organization, which evolves as the … [Read more...]

Best Practices for Community Posting Guidelines

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One of the hardest aspects of community management is the negative energy that can be directed your way when a member is unhappy. It's common to grow weary and frustrated with the unwelcome behavior of many users, and it can feel like there is nothing you can do about it. Luckily, there are … [Read more...]

The power of an award-winning dashboard

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Each year, we celebrate excellence in community through our Community Leadership Awards. These awards are The Community Roundtable's way of recognizing the dedicated individuals and organizations who are doing innovative, mission-critical work in our industry. Nichol Goldstein, Senior Community … [Read more...]

4 Ways Engagement Benefits Communities

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The most effective communities strike the balance of a well-crafted shared value. Communities help individual members feel seen and heard. That potent combination leads to members feeling empowered and more likely to engage; they ask more questions, problem-solve, and tackle leadership initiatives … [Read more...]

Your Community’s Impact: How To Measure It

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By: Morgan Wood, Head of Community at Hivebrite. Note: This guest post is sponsored content from Hivebrite. Learn more here.  Building trust and growing your community requires communicating your impact, but measuring impact isn't always straightforward. Your choice of success metrics … [Read more...]

Benchmarks and actions for building better communities

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Note: This guest post is sponsored content from Common Room. Learn more here. In November, we published our first 360: Community-Led Growth Report from Common Room. The report offers insights and actionable next steps based on 141 communities at various stages of longevity, maturity, and growth … [Read more...]

3 Community Trends We Noticed in 2022

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We won’t give you another version of Spotify wrapped, but this is the time of year where one can’t help but reflect on what occurred in yet another historic year. What we’d like to share with you today are three community trends that we most look forward to exploring more of next … [Read more...]

5 Reasons Using Internal Talent is Good for Community

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Community managers tend to reside at the intersection where creatives and strategics meet, and as a result, they can sometimes take on too much on their own. When that happens, burnout isn't far behind, but it doesn't need to be. Why? Most community managers have a huge untapped resource at their … [Read more...]