The Community Roundtable

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

Trends in Community Management Staffing

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34% of community professionals surveyed in the State of Community Management 2019 are still on teams of one, with the average community team now at six individuals, four of whom are full-time. Surprisingly, the size of a team currently does not show consistent correlation to use case, the number … [Read more...]

Positive Community Impact Powers a Circle of Success

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The famous Alexandre Dumas quote “Nothing succeeds like success” illustrates a critical aspect of successful communities. In particular, because individuals do not always know what to expect from communities, success shows people what is possible and, in turn, tends to change their expectations and … [Read more...]

Inconsistency in Community Roles Creates Uncertainty

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Community roles are more differentiated than they were just a few years ago, but they still lack consistency and rationalized salaries. Our sample includes individual contributors all the way up to vice presidents and over a third of community teams include more specific roles, including community … [Read more...]

Communities Enable Thriving and Adaptive Ecosystems

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Communities are often mistaken as approaches for a single use case – and they can be successful that way. For decades, online communities used in a business context were often focused on customer support case deflection and 74% of external community programs still identify this as a functional … [Read more...]

Advanced Online Community Strategies Enable Success

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Successful communities are generative, with success and impact leading to more success and impact. Community returns, by their nature, benefit more than one participant, thanks in part to the trust and transparency that they enable. This typically results in consolidated and transparent information, … [Read more...]

Online Communities Empower Individuals

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Behaviors are the repeating patterns, or fractals, that makeup culture. Ultimately, culture determines what is possible economically. by looking at language and the engagement behavior it prompts, culture can be seen and measured. does no one respond after an executive speaks? That may suggest a … [Read more...]

Q&A from the SOCM 2019 Webinar

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Missed the SOCM 2019 webinar? Access the Archive here. During the SOCM 2019 the audience asked GREAT questions. In case you missed the webinar or were too engrossed in the slides to check out the chat, we've saved the Q&A for you. We even added in some answers to questions we didn't get to … [Read more...]

Community Management is Becoming Everyone’s Job

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Communities have an immense cross-functional impact, but the State of Community Management 2018 also showed us how far that impact goes. Not only are community professionals responsible for the community and engagement, but individuals across organizations are increasingly responsible as well. What … [Read more...]

Why Community Teams Need to Get Smart About Using ROI

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 Only 6% of community programs who calculate ROI, use it to secure resources. The SOCM 2018 data revealed that of the respondents who were calculating ROI and presenting it to various stakeholders, more than 50% were using it to defend their program or to increase confidence in it, instead of the … [Read more...]