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Digging in to 2016 at TheCR

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By Rachel Happe, The Community Roundtable. Wow. 2016. A fresh Moleskine for me and a blank canvas for all of us. While I am not big on resolutions I do use the new year as an opportunity to take stock of the previous year and declare my intentions for the new year. In particular this year, I … [Read more...]

50 Essential Skills in Community Management

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We're going to take a break from our weekly series of facts from the Community Careers and Compensation report to review the 50 essential community manager skills from the Community Skills Framework™. We updated the Community Skills Framework™ as a means to explore the value of 50 … [Read more...]

50 Skills of Community Management

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Rachel Happe, Principal & Co-Founder, The Community Roundtable Back when we started The Community Roundtable in 2009, community management was a bit of a mystery and while there were opportunities for community managers to gather and share, there was not much documented about what community … [Read more...]

Friday Roundup – Resources for Community Managers

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By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. Hard to believe that we've already reached the end of the first full week in August. Here in the Northeast we are still a few weeks away from back-to-school, but I've heard from folks in other parts of the country that their kids … [Read more...]

Friday Roundup: The Early Bird Gets the Discount

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By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. Today is the Early Bird discount deadline for TheCR Connect! Register today and save $50 off the cost of the event this October - and trust me, if you work in community you don't want to miss it! (And you can trust me - I'm … [Read more...]

Friday Roundup: Calling All Early Birds

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By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. Hey East Coast early birds, don't forget: early bird registration for TheCR Connect ends next Friday - and half your registration fee can be applied to a membership in TheCR Network! If you've been thinking about joining now … [Read more...]

Building a Community Roadmap

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The State of Community Management research shows that the best–in-class communities are more likely to be able to translate an approved strategy into realistic planning. As a result, 85 percent of them can measure their value, however building a roadmap can be a daunting task for any … [Read more...]

Defining Community Management Roles

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The eBook, sponsored by Jive, uses our research to target one of the pain points we most often hear from community professionals – the lack of clear role definitions in community management. This is a problem for human resources professionals and hiring managers – because standards … [Read more...]

Friday Roundup: TheCR Connect

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By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. Have you ever wanted to crawl inside your computer and meet up with all the amazing community folks you know to chat about your challenges, vent your community frustrations and walk away energized and inspired by their … [Read more...]