Friday Roundup - #SOCM2016 Week 2 - CMGR Essentials

By Shannon Abram, Director of Marketing at The Community Roundtable.

We’re in week two of the 7th annual State of Community Management research survey and contributions are rolling in.

I cannot stress enough how important this research is – and how valuable your contributions are to us, and to the community industry as a whole. The larger sample size we collect the deeper the insights we can provide – free – to you, and community manager around the world!

Have 20 minutes? START THE SURVEY HERE

As a thank you for every participants time their next coffee is on us or you can donate $5 to No Kid Hungry/Share Our Strength.

As a surprise to all participants we are giving away a weekly community prizepack every Friday for the duration of the survey period (eight weeks!) This week’s prize is of four things we consider to be community manager essentials:

Our favorite felt tips pens for color coding content calendars, taking notes and doodling “I ♥ CMGRs” in your notebook
A giant Nalgene so you can stay hydrated while battling trolls
An extra set of earbuds for blasting tunes or chatting with your moderators
A drink warmer for those times you for make a cup of coffee and then get distracted – at least that coffee will stay warm!

This week’s winner is Jay Graff, Community Strategist at JM Family Enterprise!

Didn’t win? Don’t worry – take the survey you’ll be entered to win every Frida until the survey closes! Next week we’ll be giving away a “TheCR Prize Pack” including a personalized package of swag from The Community Roundtable!

Don’t forget to share the survey with community friends and colleagues – the grand prize is $1 for every survey participant – help us give you the best prize possible and collect the most comprehensive community data in the world! Share the survey: https://the.cr/socm2016survey