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Get Your Community Management Tool Belt On

April 16, 2013 By Leanne Chase

Today’s guest blog post is by TheCR Network member James LaCorte, Online Strategist for Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina.  We are thrilled to have him help shape our research to better serve his organization and the marketplace.  And if you are in the Raleigh-Durham area be sure to check out … [Read more...]

Sneak peek at results of the 2013 State of Community Management survey

March 28, 2013 By Maggie Tunning

This year, we moved the State of Community Management to a quantitative research platform to help answer questions about trends and performance in online communities and community management. The data that is coming in is fascinating – both because some things are becoming standard practices and … [Read more...]

Call for Research Participants: 2013 State of Community Management

March 6, 2013 By Rachel Happe

Many of TheCR Network members and the organizations we work with struggle with some of the following questions: What is the benefit of a community strategy? When should I expect to see those benefits at a meaningful scale? What difference does community management make? What are the … [Read more...]

Call for Research Participants: 2013 State of Community Management

March 1, 2013 By Rachel Happe

Many of TheCR Network members and the organizations we work with struggle with some of the following questions: What is the benefit of a community strategy? When should I expect to see those benefits at a meaningful scale? What difference does community management make? What are the standard … [Read more...]

Research Innovation and The 2013 State of Community Management Advisory Board

February 27, 2013 By Rachel Happe

We've been investing a lot of our time and resources at The Community Roundtable in expanding our research, in two critical areas: The Social Executive: Research that looks at how executives use social approaches to drive business results The State of Community Management (SOCM): Research that … [Read more...]

The Social Executive Research: UBM Case Study

February 20, 2013 By Rachel Happe

As the business world continues to innovate and move faster, social technologies are changing the way businesses communicate and engage with internal and external constituencies. This dramatic change alters both the structure of organizations and the opportunities they choose to pursue.  A … [Read more...]

2013 State of Community Management: Proving the Value of Community

February 11, 2013 By Rachel Happe

How many times have you wished you could respond, with data, to the following questions: What is the value of implementing a community strategy? What is the value of a community manager? How long does it take to achieve a critical mass of activity such that the community is … [Read more...]

Appreciating Community Managers – Happy CMAD!

January 28, 2013 By Rachel Happe

When Jeremiah Owyang started Community Manager Appreciation Day (#CMAD) we were one of the first to jump on the bandwagon because community managers often work behind the scenes which means that they sometimes don't get the appreciation they deserve for often very challenging work. In the best of … [Read more...]

2012 SOCM: Moving from Hierarchy to Emergent Community

April 19, 2012 By Leanne Chase

The 2012 State of Community Management report has a lot of information in it and at 57 pages it is beefy.  To those of you who have digested the entire document, thank you and nicely done!  But we also know it is a lot to wade through so we will be doing a series of blog posts to better show you the … [Read more...]

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