The Community Roundtable

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

Meet TheCR Network Scholars | Terri O’Neal

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As part of our continuing efforts to increase the impact of our community resources, we are excited to introduce you to the 2021 Scholarship Cohort. Each month in 2021 we’ll interview a cohort scholar and learn why community is important to them.  This month we’ll meet Terri O'Neal, … [Read more...]

Community Role Profile: Community Specialist Role

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OVERVIEW OF ROLE ​ Community specialists are the experts and emerging experts on a community team. Unlike community manager roles, where generalists are prized, community specialists often have a focus in one of three disciplines: engagement, content, or technical initiatives. ​ … [Read more...]

Community Leadership is the Future of all Leadership

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Communities provide a governance structure that helps organizations adopt a more distributed model of leadership and accountability. This empowers individuals to collaborate, create, and engage their peers in adaptive ways while staying aligned with a broader mission. As community structures … [Read more...]

Community Role Profile: Community Manager

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OVERVIEW OF ROLE​ Community managers often oversee more processes than people and are the generalists of the community field. Although some community managers manage moderators or specialists, many work with other teams as the voice of the community. A community manager can be an entry-level role in … [Read more...]

Community Career Pathways

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The community field is expanding in exciting ways, with an increasing diversity of roles and career routes available. Where once there was ambiguity and limitations on professional growth, there are now too many possibilities to map out. The map below is just a sample of the avenues that could be … [Read more...]

Meet TheCR Network Scholars | Erin Fristoe

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As part of our continuing efforts to increase the impact of our community resources, we are excited to introduce you to the 2021 Scholarship Cohort. Each month in 2021 we'll interview a cohort scholar and learn why community is important to them.  This month we'll meet Erin Fristoe, … [Read more...]

Meet TheCR Network Scholars | Mohamed Mohammed

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As part of our continuing efforts to increase the impact of our community resources, we are excited to introduce you to the 2021 Scholarship Cohort. Each month in 2021 we'll interview a cohort scholar and learn why community is important to them. Why do you believe in Community/Community … [Read more...]

Sam Pirok on Expectation Management

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Join the community experts at The Community Roundtable as they chat about online community management best practices with a wide range of global community professionals. Topics include increasing online audience engagement, finding and leveraging executive stakeholders, defining and calculating … [Read more...]

Professional Communities Unleash Potential

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Online communities hold incredible potential; they increase collaboration, they connect far-reaching individuals, and they power meaningful behavior change. Specifically, professional communities provide new opportunities to deepen relevance with members, provide significant ROI back to … [Read more...]