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Lili McDonald on Being Comfortable with Community Technology

April 27, 2020 By Jim Storer

Lili McDonald Community Manager

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

March 31, 2020 By Jim Storer

How to manage remote teams

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

October 23, 2019 By Binta Dixon

How to choose a community platform

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

September 16, 2019 By Jim Storer

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

September 9, 2019 By Jim Storer

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?

August 22, 2018 By Rachel Happe

how to improve community engagement

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?

June 20, 2018 By Jerry Green

how to choose 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

January 11, 2018 By Jim Storer

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

October 25, 2017 By Rachel Happe

how to choose an online community platform

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...]

Jive Acquisition: The End of the Beginning

May 1, 2017 By Rachel Happe

When I started IDC’s social software research practice in 2007, the entire market was about $50 million and Jive was one of 10 or more vendors. Needless to say, the market has come a long way in the last ten years, along with lots of twists and turns. Throughout it all, Jive has taken a … [Read more...]

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