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How Community Management is Like Personal Finance

February 29, 2012 By Leanne Chase

Would you invest your money without the support of someone who understands the current marketplace, knows where trends seem to be heading and what strategy will be best to maximize that investment?  Many of us wouldn't.  And yet companies are often throwing open the door to community initiatives … [Read more...]

Review: Online Community Management for Dummies

February 21, 2012 By Hillary Boucher

  I was lucky enough to read and review Deborah’s Ng’s book Online Community Management for Dummies. This book is a great go-to resource for both aspiring and practicing community managers and it’s earned a spot on my office bookshelf. Deborah nails it and I recommend this book for a few … [Read more...]

Inside TheCR Network: 3 Questions

February 14, 2012 By Leanne Chase

  We get great speakers on our member Roundtable calls for TheCR Network and they all speak wonderfully about their area of expertise.  But one hour is not really long enough to get to know them better.  So we're starting a new series where we ask them 3 questions.  Not about their expertise … [Read more...]

Happy Belated Groundhog Day or Why Community Managers Are Gods

February 6, 2012 By Leanne Chase

This article was originally published in last week's TheCR News: When we think of the day to day and the year to year of what community management is, we think of Groundhog Day.  Not the actual event, where a furry creature tells us if winter will last or not...no we mean the movie starring Bill … [Read more...]

Community Management: More Than One Role, a Discipline

January 27, 2012 By Leanne Chase

The Community Roundtable aims to advance the business of community.  I'm going to say that again...we advance the business of community.  I wanted to repeat it because I think it's an important distinction as the way we look at community management.  As Jim Storer has said, everyone is a community … [Read more...]

A Day In the Life of This Community Manager

January 23, 2012 By Hillary Boucher

It's Community Manager Appreciation Day and we sure have a funny way of showing our appreciation for ours...by having her write a blog post.  But we thought detailing what a community manager does day in and day out may help those who work with them to appreciate them all the more.  And she makes it … [Read more...]

Community Manager Burnout

January 19, 2012 By Leanne Chase

When I saw the topic for yesterday's Twitter #cmgrchat, I thought it was a good one to discuss, particularly now.  The holidays just ended where everyone feels stretched in too many directions.  It's January so the business expectations for a New Year are fresh in everyone's mind and people are … [Read more...]

Community Management 101 Webinar – Key Take-Aways

January 17, 2012 By Hillary Boucher

Talk of community management is all the rage these days and last week I sat in on the Focus Roundtable Webinar: Community Management 101: The Start-Up Edition. Four experienced community managers — Evan Hamilton (UserVoice), Thomas Knoll (Launch Rock), Alison Hillman (BranchOut), and Sarah-Jane … [Read more...]

Top Ten from The Community Roundtable Blog for 2011

December 27, 2011 By Leanne Chase

In case you missed them.  Here are the posts that were the most read, most passed around and most talked about in 2011 from our blog. Want a Successful Community?  Don't be a Social Media Manager Community Management Lessons for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Google+ for Community … [Read more...]

Count Me In: Why This Community Manager Is Excited About the Upcoming Training

December 16, 2011 By Hillary Boucher

I fell into community management and social media organically, as a volunteer for community organizations and not-for-profits that were important to me. I had always planned on re-entering the work force after starting a family and it turns out I had a skill set that developed from my volunteer … [Read more...]

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