The Community Roundtable

Empowering global community leaders with research-backed resources, training, and tools.

Three Tips for Building Your Community Team

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In our State of Community Management research, we found that 47% of community roles are defined by HR teams, who might not always understand what your community team needs to succeed. A clear understanding of community roles and responsibilities is critical when building your community team. … [Read more...]

Online Communities Drive Business Outcomes

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The Culture competency of the Community Maturity Model™ addresses habits, motivators (intrinsic and extrinsic), social norms, communications, decision-making processes, development processes, and learning approaches in an organization and/or community. Organizations that acknowledge and prepare … [Read more...]

3 easy tips to thrive in a digital workplace

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Good news! Working in a digital workplace has become more common than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bad news. There are still some who struggle to stay connected and engaged with their team when they’re not in a single location. (Extroverts, we know your struggle’s especially … [Read more...]

Community Strategy Must Balance Business and Member Needs

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The Community Maturity Model™’s Strategy competency tracks how business and community goals align to achieve results for both the community program and the organization as a whole. Community strategy balances the business’ need to drive revenue or cost savings with the needs of community members. … [Read more...]

Powering Behavior Change Through Community

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The Conference Board planned a big community launch for April 2020. One thing they didn't plan on was a global pandemic. Learn how the community team at The Conference Board leveraged their new community to drive increased member retention and improve the member experience, effectively … [Read more...]

3 Tips for Building a Community Use Case

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The writing’s on the wall, your organization can benefit from a community. But how do you get leadership on board? You’re in luck, because we’ve got the scoop on successfully building a community use case! Define your community's goals You know the old saying, “Don’t put the cart before … [Read more...]

Community Gamification with April Uzarski

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Lessons from The NEW Community Manager Handbook is a limited-run podcast series, featuring the 21 community leaders showcased in the Handbook in conversation with Anne Mbugua. Episode Two features April Uzarski, Associate Director, Tech Community at Xandr on community … [Read more...]

The NEW Community Manager Handbook

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The NEW Community Manager Handbook started as a series of twenty-one interviews with community leaders from organizations like Analog Devices, Inc, Easterseals, Microsoft, PTC Software, the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, the World Bank Group, and many more. The conversations, led by Anne … [Read more...]

Meet TheCR Team | Lindsey Leesmann

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At-a-Glance: Member Since | 2022Superpower | Ridiculously high caffeine tolerance #TeamCat or #TeamDog | #TeamWhyNotBoth As an elder millennial, Lindsey has loved the concept of community since the days of "a/s/l?" in chat rooms. She helps share community best practices and … [Read more...]