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Sending You Warm Wishes

December 15, 2020 By Shannon Abram

As 2020 draws to a close (finally) we decided to use our annual holiday card to honor the successes and setbacks this year dealt us all. Our Connect 2020 keynote, Priya Parker spoke to us about the power of finding meaningful ways to acknowledge and release our disappointments from this strange, … [Read more...]

Unlocking the Next Stage in Your Community’s Development

October 3, 2019 By Binta Dixon

We know that empowered members engage, but just as a garden may appear inactive then suddenly shoot up with green, there is a slow progression towards empowerment that takes time, patience, and consistent watering. After doing the tactical, strategical, and operational labor to create an … [Read more...]

Throwback Thursday – Building Your Community

October 27, 2016 By Amy Turner

how to build an online community

By Amy Turner, The Community Roundtable A community is only as successful and effective as the people who are part of it. When first starting out, or perhaps re-energizing and re-building a stale community, how do you build a strategy and lay the foundation for a successful one? We've compiled … [Read more...]

The best community managers share leadership of community programs: SOCM2016 Fact #8

August 1, 2016 By Ted McEnroe

community leadership programs

By Ted McEnroe, Director of Research and Training You start a community. It's awesome. People engage, share ideas and provide value. You moderate, plan, provide tech support, train, encourage, goad, scold, backchannel and do about 37 other things, and that's just before lunch. And it … [Read more...]

View from the Top: Executive Perspectives on Community

July 25, 2016 By Rachel Happe

Executive Perspectives on Community

By Rachel Happe, Co-Founder and Principal, The Community Roundtable. Our research shows that communities are becoming more strategic. C-level executives are often the ones approving budgets and receiving progress reports. This is fantastic progress of which all of us who work in the community … [Read more...]

Building Your Own Support Network: Why Everyone is a Community Manager

May 4, 2016 By Shannon Abram

How to build an online community

By Rachel Happe Principal and Co-Founder, The Community Roundtable Success requires relationships. Whether you measure your success by happiness, wealth, family or some other measure, relationships figure prominently. There is emerging research to suggest that lack of relationships and connection … [Read more...]

Improving Community Sentiment: Taking a Community from Hostile to Happy

April 26, 2016 By Shannon Abram

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By Shannon Abram, The Community Roundtable When community sentiment is good, it often gets taken for granted. When it's bad, it's clear that it is one of the biggest barriers to success and value. What's not always clear is this: you CAN create the community environment you want. The Community … [Read more...]

My community is great! Why is it failing?

April 5, 2016 By Ted McEnroe

One possible reason? Because you're working in isolation. Learn to connect your community with your organization with Community Program Essentials! By Ted McEnroe, Director of Research and Training, The Community Roundtable You’ve probably been there at some point. You run (or are a member of) … [Read more...]

The Link Between Communities and Culture Change

March 28, 2016 By Rachel Happe

Work Out Loud Framework

By Rachel Happe, Co-Founder, The Community Roundtable This month, at JiveWorld, I presented Becoming a Community Ninja: 5 Secrets of Community Black Ops. One of those secrets was using communities to create culture change. Most organizations do not understand how powerful communities can be in … [Read more...]

10 Trends for the Future of Communities

January 13, 2016 By Rachel Happe

Community trends and observations

By Rachel Happe, Co-Founder & Principal of The Community Roundtable Communities sit at the intersection of a number of trends; social media, digital transformation, a generational shift to prioritize purposeful work, change management, leadership and social learning. They are both complex … [Read more...]

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