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Communities Drive Meaningful Change Management

December 1, 2022 By Jim Storer

Meaningful Change Management

From improving customer satisfaction to providing fast and easy support and empowering members, online communities drive increased revenue, boost customer satisfaction, and make connecting easier than ever before. This eBook contains new, unreleased data from the 2022 State of Community … [Read more...]

Building Effective Content Programs for Your Online Community

September 22, 2021 By Jim Storer

Content and programs are the lifeblood of a successful online community program. They are often seen as one collective entity, but they serve two different roles for communities. Content gives people a reason to visit (and return to) an online community, while programs create opportunities for … [Read more...]

3 Ways to Increase Member Engagement From SAS, Cloudera, and National Instruments

December 10, 2020 By Jim Storer

Need to increase engagement in your online community? Three companies share ways they increase engagement with their online audience. If you are struggling with engagement in your online community then you aren't alone. Improving and maintaining online engagement is the number one challenge for … [Read more...]

3 Customer Engagement Tips from Powerschool, Tealium Education, and Acer

December 3, 2020 By Jim Storer

3 Customer Engagement Tips from Powerschool, Tealium Education, and Acer

Check out how customer support organizations across industries use online community programs to engage with their audience and improve the customer experience. You know community is important, but what is the actual impact of a mature, well-resourced community program? Community programs … [Read more...]

Executive Perspectives on How the Way the World Works is Changing

October 16, 2020 By Rachel Happe

Every year members of TheCR Network, who are among the world's most innovative practitioners in helping organizations transform their culture and communication practices, convene for TheCR Connect. This year, that looks a little different - and we've staggered sessions throughout the month of … [Read more...]

Communities Change How We Work

August 27, 2020 By Rachel Happe

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The global health crisis brought on by COVID-19 has put the transformation of work into stark relief. It has changed how we work. Those that had already started to use digital technologies to change work found it an easier transition. However, those that had not explored the flexibility of digital … [Read more...]

The Role of Communities in Innovation

February 21, 2020 By Rachel Happe

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Communities play a critical role in innovation. Whether in the middle ages or now cities, in particular, are critical to innovation. Cities are a type of community that produces a high cadence of collisions between a diverse set of individuals. This collision of people and ideas allows people to … [Read more...]

The Community Maturity Model™

May 16, 2019 By Rachel Happe

How to improve online engagement

The Community Roundtable is 10 years old this spring. One of the first things we did when we started was to create the Community Maturity Model as a way to frame our view of how communities approaches develop over time. The Community Maturity Model™ serves several critical roles. It: Creates … [Read more...]

The Community Roundtable’s 2019 Research Agenda

January 2, 2019 By Rachel Happe

Free Online Community Resources

A Rapidly Changing Community Market 2019 is going to be an interesting year for the community leadership and management space. It's becoming clear to executive stakeholders that community approaches are critical for ALL leaders and managers to employ. They are also seeing that it is an effective … [Read more...]

The Community Roundtable’s 2018 Research Agenda

January 11, 2018 By Rachel Happe

Research has always set The Community Roundtable apart. We've always believed that to get the attention and support of stakeholders for the strategic role of community management, we needed to invest in research. Our research is also a key shared value with our members, clients, and our broader … [Read more...]

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