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Driving Engagement and Innovation in the UKG Community: A Strategic Success Story

January 13, 2025 By Jim Storer

Meet Allison Brotman: Name: Allison BrotmanTitle: VP, Learning and CommunityOrganization: UKG As the VP, Learning and Community, Allison Brotman leads the charge in fostering customer learning and engagement at UKG. Her mission? To ensure customers not only adopt but actively engage with the UKG … [Read more...]

Building Strategic Maturity and Securing Budgets

January 8, 2025 By Jim Storer

Community programs are evolving rapidly (as always!), with organizations increasingly recognizing the importance of having an approved, operational, and measurable strategy (spoiler alert - an approved strategy is one of the criteria for our best-in-class community segment). This shift is evident in … [Read more...]

How Communities Harness Low-Code and Pro-Code Technology

February 14, 2024 By Guest User

How Communities Harness Low-Code and Pro-Code Technology This guest post is sponsored content provided by Verint. Learn more about Verint here. No two online communities are the same – nor should they be. A successful and thriving online community must provide for the specific needs of its … [Read more...]

Help Community Programs Scale

December 12, 2022 By Jim Storer

Help Community Programs Scale

The Policies & Governance competency of the Community Maturity Model™  details operational guidelines for successful online community programs. Policies refer to how a community interacts and can be divided into two areas: Terms of service - How a community is managed in legal … [Read more...]

Three Tips for Building Your Community Team

August 12, 2022 By Jim Storer

Three Tips for Building Your Community Team

In our State of Community Management research, we found that 47% of community roles are defined by HR teams, who might not always understand what your community team needs to succeed. A clear understanding of community roles and responsibilities is critical when building your community team. … [Read more...]

3 Reasons You Should Have a Community Roadmap

July 19, 2022 By Jim Storer

3 Reasons You Should Have a Community Roadmap

A community roadmap gives direction to your community program. Your community strategy describes your destination. The roadmap helps steer you there. ​ Roadmaps often look like project plans, detailing specific activities and the resources required. Roadmaps mark milestones in a community’s … [Read more...]

Community Strategy Must Balance Business and Member Needs

July 11, 2022 By Jim Storer

Community Strategy Worksheet Blog

The Community Maturity Model™’s Strategy competency tracks how business and community goals align to achieve results for both the community program and the organization as a whole. Community strategy balances the business’ need to drive revenue or cost savings with the needs of community members. … [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...]

Now Enrolling: Developing a Community Roadmap Workshop

November 17, 2020 By Jim Storer

The best way to improve the performance of your community is to ask for the investments you need that ensure it. But asking without context, data, or analysis is just a wish - one that is easily dismissed. A community roadmap is an effective way to educate, set expectations for, and secure budget … [Read more...]

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