Managing job-related stress is important for everyone, but for community managers, in particular, it is especially critical. 50% of community professionals report feeling burnt out by their jobs. If burn-out rates are high, how can you make sure to take care of yourself? We asked for advice … [Read more...]
Understanding Community Roles and Responsibilities
A lot has changed in the community landscape in the last few years. We've seen movement on the vendor side, increased executive support for community programs, and the continued maturation of community roles. To further explore some of these changes in community roles and responsibilities, we … [Read more...]
Community Roles 2020: Three Myths BUSTED
We have a long history of "busting" online community myths. 90-9-1 rule, we're looking at you. The latest edition of the Community Careers and Compensation report did some new myth-busting, and in case you haven't had a chance to read the whole report, we wanted to share a few highlights with you. … [Read more...]
Community Management Skills That Matter: Business
Community Management Business Skills: Integrating community into the organization Not surprisingly, the value of community management business skills grows as community managers more effectively integrate their communities with their overall organization. Directors of Community are … [Read more...]
Community Management Skills That Matter: Technical
Technical Community Management Skills: Designing and building effective communities Technical skills are unique in that they are most easily outsourced and often score lower than their true importance because not everyone on a team needs each specific skill. But as noted in our Community Careers … [Read more...]
Community Skills in Internal vs. External Communities
In The State of Community Management, our comparison of internal and external communities described them as “similar, but different.” That holds true for internal and external community professionals as well. Our research finds that, when you focus on active members, the engagement profile of … [Read more...]
Community Management Skills That Matter: Content
Content: Ensuring the community is generating value Community Managers place the highest relative value on content skills, although all three key roles give writing and communication high marks. Community managers’ content skills are focused on the development and production of community content and … [Read more...]
Community Management Skills That Matter: Strategy
Strategy: Proving the value of community Strategic skills are the most valued skillset across all community roles, and community strategy development is the most valued of the 50 skills in the Community Skills Framework. For community professionals, this demonstrates the constant need to assess … [Read more...]
Community Career Profiles: The Director of Community Role
By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. Directors of community are responsible for community programs – strategy, governance, team management and budgets. Not every community has a director – instead, a functional executive often takes on these responsibilities. … [Read more...]
What is a community manager?
Community Manager is by far the most often cited and discussed role in the community space for a couple of reasons. First, in the past online communities were used primarily for tactical reasons, which often did not warrant more senior roles. Secondly, communities were often run by ‘lone wolf’ … [Read more...]
