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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: Conversations with Community Managers

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By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. Have you checked out our podcast series, "Conversations with Community Managers?" Recently we've chatted with community practitioners from Mastercard, Aetna and Deep Information Services. And you can check out our archives for … [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...]

Friday Roundup: SOCM 2015 Resources

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By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. If you haven't already checked out the SOCM 2015 it's not too late (it's never too later for research!) You can still download the report for free, and even take the survey to get your scores for the eight competencies in the … [Read more...]

Friday Roundup: Start With Why

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By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. Happy Friday! And Happy Start of a Long Weekend to many of our US readers. This week we spent some time as a team thinking about how we can inspire action in our communities. I highly recommend Simon Sinek's TEDx talk "Start With … [Read more...]