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50 Skills of Community Management

September 14, 2015 By Rachel Happe

Essential Community manager skills

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...]

Five reasons you should tell a stranger how much you make as a community professional

September 2, 2015 By Ted McEnroe

By Ted McEnroe, Head of Research at The Community Roundtable As you may have heard, The Community Roundtable’s Community Careers and Compensation survey is out now. The survey is one of our key pieces of research each year – a compilation of the skills, roles, responsibilities and yes, … [Read more...]

Community Careers and Compensation 2015: The survey is open!

August 17, 2015 By Ted McEnroe

How much do community managers get paid

By Ted McEnroe, Head of Research, The Community Roundtable. Today, The Community Roundtable is kicking off the survey period for the Community Careers and Compensation 2015 survey.  It’s the second year of our annual effort to rationalize the profession of community management – giving both … [Read more...]

CMSS Stats You Can Use: What’s the Best Way to Network?

March 4, 2015 By Shannon Abram

Professional development network

By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable.  Community professionals have no shortage of resources to help them grow in their careers. It's an exciting time to work in the community management world. Given the rise in community management, blogs, books and other … [Read more...]

Announcing our new eBook: Defining Community Management Roles

February 25, 2015 By Ted McEnroe

Community manager roles and responsibilities

By Ted McEnroe, The Community Roundtable The Community Roundtable is proud to announce the latest product in our Community Manager Salary Survey platform, a new eBook entitled "Defining Community Management Roles". The eBook, sponsored by Jive, uses our research to target one of the pain … [Read more...]

Community Career Profiles: All About Community Strategists

February 12, 2015 By Shannon Abram

Community Strategist Roles

By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. Engagement and people skills rank as most important skill set for a successful community strategist, but strategic and business skills were most important to nearly 20 percent of those in this role. Strategists also have the … [Read more...]

CMSS Stats You Can Use: All About Directors of Community

February 4, 2015 By Shannon Abram

Director of community salary

By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. Directors of community bring a community management skillset – strong engagement skills, a knack for contentdevelopment – to the table, but spend most of their time on strategic and business objectives. While similar in skill … [Read more...]

Community Career Profiles: All About Community Managers

January 28, 2015 By Shannon Abram

Community Manager Profile

By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. This week we continue our closer look at our research into the roles and career paths of community professionals with a closer look the community manager. Not surprisingly, engagement and people skills are an essential part of … [Read more...]

CMSS Stats You Can Use: How Do I Find a Community Manager Job?

January 22, 2015 By Shannon Abram

Community Manager Profile

By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable.  As we close in on CMAD this Monday, we hope there will be a lot of focus on community managers and their careers. Our Community Manager Salary Survey 2014 found signs of an emerging career path for community professionals - but … [Read more...]

CMSS Stats You Can Use: How To Win That Community Manager Job

January 14, 2015 By Shannon Abram

Community Manager Profile

By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable.  As organizations begin to increasingly recognize and reward the value of good community management the market for jobs has begun to heat up. While at any given moment there are literally dozens of interesting community jobs open … [Read more...]

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