By Shannon DiGregorio, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. Here on The Community Roundtable blog we've decided to try something new for 2014. Each month we'll pick an aspect of community management and tackle it from many angles, providing commentary, resources and expert opinions. … [Read more...]
Announcing the State of Community Management Toolkit
By Shannon DiGregorio, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable The State of Community Management (SOCM) has been one of our core research platforms and we are excited to announce the availability of The State of Community Management Toolkit, which includes both newly released research … [Read more...]
Become a Part of the Network You Need… Before You Need It
By Jim Storer, Co-Founder and Principal at The Community Roundtable 2013 has been an amazing, busy and productive year here at The Community Roundtable. Membership grew by 34% and we now reach members in thirty-one US states and seven countries around the world. I am personally thrilled with the … [Read more...]
Holiday Gift Guide: For the Community Manager in Your Life
By Shannon DiGregorio, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable It's that time of year! My inbox is full of (dangerous) sale emails and the mall is now a terrifying cross between Mad Max and my nightmares. In the spirit of getting into the spirit we've pulled together a list of items … [Read more...]
Friday Roundup – Let It Snow? Edition
By Shannon DiGregorio, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable The weather people are predicting snow in Boston this weekend, which to me is a mixed blessing. I love the holidays, and growing up in New England a white December makes things a little more jolly. My commute is also from … [Read more...]
Looking to Start or Build a Community? There’s a Map for That!
Nearly everyone involved in community building quickly discovers that facilitating the growth of a community is less of a deliverable and more of a journey. That journey can feel a lot like exploring a rain forest without a map, despite all the information out there about building community. The … [Read more...]
Holiday Tips for Internal Community Engagement
We have become regular participants in a great weekly twitter chat for Internal communities also often known as Enterprise Social Networks or ESNs called #ESNchat. Last week's talk centered on behavior in those communities around the holidays. For the complete conversation from the chat … [Read more...]
Meet the TheCR Summit: Hacking Culture
Here at The Community Roundtable we love online connections: watching members swap war stories in TheCR Network, listening in as problems get discussed and resolved on a roundtable call or even the growing comments on a particularly provocative blog post create real and meaningful relationships. … [Read more...]
Open Leadership and Coaching Executives
By Rachel Happe, Co-founder of The Community Roundtable Over the last few years, as social business and networked communications environments have become more pervasive, executives increasingly became pockets of inertia due to their more traditional modes of communicating and managing. But … [Read more...]
The Value of Community Management by the Numbers (Infographic)
One of the best parts of this year’s State of Community Management: The Value of Community Management report was that for the first time we were able to pull together quantitative data from community managers. It’s a great way to understand what is happening in the discipline of community … [Read more...]