Join the community experts at The Community Roundtable as they chat about online community management best practices with a wide range of global community professionals. Topics include increasing online audience engagement, finding and leveraging executive stakeholders, defining and calculating … [Read more...]
Managing Remote Teams: Ideas and Advice for Thriving Online
The dramatic spread of COVID-19 changed what life looks like for millions of people - forcing people to evaluate how thriving online can impact their work, school, and personal connections. Colleges and Universities embraced virtual learning. Employers are closing offices and encouraging people … [Read more...]
The Community Roundtable Connect: Community Solutions Showcase 2019 Snapshot
After the thought-provoking inaugural Community Solutions Showcase at TheCR Connect 2019, we wanted to create a useful recap of the discussion for the Network, attendees, and anyone considering a new community solution. And as a result of chats with the Community Roundtable team and attendees, we … [Read more...]
Evaluating Community and Engagement Platforms
Are you evaluating and assessing community or engagement platforms? You are in great company - a lot of people are. This is being driven by shifts in the vendor space, the growing importance of these technologies to organizations, and the maturity of current programs. At The Community Roundtable, … [Read more...]
Lisa Allison on Migrating Community Platforms
Join the community experts at The Community Roundtable as they chat about online community management best practices with a wide range of global community professional. Topics include increasing online audience engagement, finding and leveraging executive stakeholders, defining and calculating … [Read more...]
Introducing The Community Score: How mature is your community?
Communities need different management at different stages Young communities can be pretty simple to manage. It can be as easy as inviting a few friends and asking questions. As they grow and mature, however, communities need more mature and sophisticated management. When a community has … [Read more...]
Shopping for an online community platform?
The first time I evaluated an online community platform was in 2011 for a large, customer-facing application. At the time there were only a handful of best-in-class providers. The good news for the community platform shopper today is there are more good options to choose from. The bad news is you’ll … [Read more...]
Susan Cato, ASPB
Welcome to the latest episode in our community management podcast series, “Conversations with Community Managers.” Join TheCR’s Jim Storer and Shannon Abram as they chat with community managers from a variety of industries about their community journey. They ask the community questions you want to … [Read more...]
TheCR’s Community Platform Requirements Library & Vendor Comparison Tool
Do you need to evaluate community platforms? Are you being asked to justify your existing platform? Are you looking at platform gaps but are not sure you are thinking of everything? The Community Roundtable has collaborated with our members to develop two new tools to support this work: The … [Read more...]
A 2017 View of the Community Platform Market
The Community and ESN Market is in Flux The community platform market is in flux, leaving customers anxious and uneasy. The two most mature independent community platform providers - Lithium and Jive - have been acquired by private equity firms. Even more recently, Lithium turned around and … [Read more...]