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Tools for Community Management: Trello, Canva, Slack.

February 22, 2017 By Georgina Cannie

Community tools

  The recent Atlassian acquisition of Trello, got me thinking about some of my favorite community manager planning, design and communication tools. Turns out my top three go-to tools for community management were not designed specifically with community management work in mind. … [Read more...]

Good communities plan now for a mobile engagement future

September 12, 2016 By Ted McEnroe

By Ted McEnroe, Director of Research and Training Organizations are changing. We're on the move. We work remotely. We rely more and more on smaller devices. And our communities aren't keeping up. In the State of Community Management 2016 survey, we introduced two new questions for community … [Read more...]

Engagement and Community Architecture

July 9, 2015 By Rachel Happe

By Rachel Happe, Co-Founder of The Community Roundtable Most of us who drive cars stick to driving on roads. Why? They helps us get where we are going faster - even though the route is rarely a straight line between where we start and our destination. We could try and take a more direct route but … [Read more...]

Building a Community Roadmap

November 12, 2014 By Jim Storer

Building A Community Roadmap eBook

By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. We are excited to share with you a free eBook based on the findings in the State of Community Management 2014 report - Building a Community Roadmap. The State of Community Management 2014 research found that the best–in-class … [Read more...]

Using a Content Management System in Your Community

November 6, 2014 By Jim Storer

Content Management System

By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. One of the most daunting tasks for a community manager is choosing a community platform. There are lots of options out there (full disclosure - here at TheCR we celebrate and support all community platform vendors. Remaining vendor … [Read more...]

TheCR Network Sneak Peek: July 2014 Wrap Up

July 29, 2014 By Hillary Boucher

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By Hillary Boucher, Community Manager at The Community Roundtable. Summer is just flying by inside TheCR Network. I exercised some work-life balance and took a fully unplugged vacation this month thanks to my supportive team who held down the fort while I was out of the office. And while we … [Read more...]

Industry Interview: Dennis Shiao, DNN

May 21, 2014 By Jim Storer

By Shannon DiGregorio Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. We were able to publish the State of Community Management 2014 through the generous support of our sponsors. We are lucky enough to work with a number of partners in the community space that are helping advance the … [Read more...]

Friday Roundup: January is in the Books

January 31, 2014 By Jim Storer

By Shannon DiGregorio Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable.  Another January in the books! The first month of 2014 flew by (personal note: I did get married and honeymoon this month, which probably helped the time move fast for me!) and our first experiment with themed content … [Read more...]

Building Value: Articulating the Power of Community Management

January 7, 2014 By Jim Storer

Over and over we hear from members and peers that articulating the value of a thoughtful and well-executed community program is one of the hardest parts of their job. Sure - wrangling tough community members isn't a walk in the park, and no one likes a troll, but condensing the power of community … [Read more...]

Building your Community Approach

January 6, 2014 By Jim Storer

By Shannon DiGregorio, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. Here on The Community Roundtable blog we've decided to try something new for 2014. Each month we'll pick an aspect of community management and tackle it from many angles, providing commentary, resources and expert opinions. … [Read more...]

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