The Community Roundtable

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

Community Manager Training Scholarship – Apply Today

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We are humbled by the great reaction to the first module (Community Specialist) of the training program we launched in partnership with WOMMA and ComBlu.  We saw participation from both companies that are actively looking to train their teams on the intricacies of  community management and … [Read more...]

How To Build A Community From The Ground Up

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We learn so much from our network and enjoy sharing that information.  It is what we do, after all, advance the business of community for everyone in our circle.  Many have come to us asking how to get started, or do we think their community might work, or what they might do better. Here … [Read more...]

Inside TheCR Network: 3 Questions

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  We get great speakers on our member Roundtable calls for TheCR Network and they all speak wonderfully about their area of expertise.  But one hour is not really long enough to get to know them better.  So we're starting a new series where we ask them 3 questions.  Not about their expertise … [Read more...]

Community Management 101 Webinar – Key Take-Aways

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Talk of community management is all the rage these days and last week I sat in on the Focus Roundtable Webinar: Community Management 101: The Start-Up Edition. Four experienced community managers — Evan Hamilton (UserVoice), Thomas Knoll (Launch Rock), Alison Hillman (BranchOut), and Sarah-Jane … [Read more...]

Come Learn, Connect & Celebrate with TheCR

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The Community Roundtable has a lot going on.  So much for easing into the New Year.  Instead we are starting it off with a bang and more.  We held our first TheCRLive in Washington, DC on Tuesday night and from all accounts a great time and interesting, thought provoking conversation was had by all. … [Read more...]

A Big Old School IOU

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 We are thrilled to have a guest post today from Dawn Lacallade, a recognized thought leader in the social marketing and online community space.  She is a long standing member of TheCR Network and has taken a lead role in helping to develop the community management training program we are delivering … [Read more...]

Social Business in Pictures

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They say a picture is worth a thousand words.  And we think that can be true.  Especially with hard to grasp concepts like what social business is and how it works in corporations.  Well here are a few infographics that we think show what is happening now and in the future of the business of … [Read more...]

Trends and Predictions? We’re Not Quite Ready Yet

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It's that time of year again where there will be a lot said about what may happen next year in social business and community management.   We're not quite ready to post our thoughts here yet, that will come after our December 20th TheCR Network weekly call. But here are a few predicted trends that … [Read more...]

It’s Time: Community Management Certificate Program

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We have seen quite a change in the market for community managers over the last few years. When we started TheCR, community managers were largely isolated and working by themselves or on very small teams. Back in early 2010, we spoke with TheCR Network members about hiring social media and community … [Read more...]