Esri, UKG, CSA Group, and Cambridge Associates among global organizations recognized as leaders of innovation in community management.
The winners of the ninth annual Community Leadership Awards were announced Monday, October 21st and included community leaders from organizations including Esri, UKG, Constant Contact, the American Association of Medical Colleges, and more. The Community Roundtable, the leading global resource for the community management industry, presented the awards at their annual Connect event for online community management professionals. As the recognized leader in community management research, training, and thought leadership, The Community Roundtable is uniquely qualified to evaluate and reward individual and organizational contributions to the industry.
Community Leadership Awards recognize excellence in online community management across nine categories: Outstanding Community Programming, Outstanding Community Dashboard, Outstanding Community ROI, Outstanding Community Design Element, Outstanding Advocacy Program, Community Trailblazer, Community MVP, Community Champion, and Community Phoenix. Members of The Network – the world’s premier independent resource for community professionals – were recognized in seven individual categories. In total, 16 organizations and individuals were recognized for outstanding efforts in community management.
“I’m thrilled to acknowledge winners of the 2024 Community Leadership Awards, celebrating the outstanding accomplishments of this year’s best-in-class community managers, teams, and organizations. Their passion, innovation, and commitment to building meaningful connections are truly inspiring, and I couldn’t be more excited to honor these community leaders who are setting the standard for excellence in community management and engagement.” said Jim Storer, Co-Founder and COO at The Community Roundtable.
The winners of 2024 Community Leadership Award are:
Outstanding Community Dashboard 2024: Autodesk
The “Outstanding Community Dashboard” award recognizes a community dashboard that exhibits the most impressive and engaging design, sharing metrics and measurement in an impactful way that contributes to the overall narrative of a community program.
Outstanding Community ROI 2024: Constant Contact
“Outstanding Community ROI” award recognizes a community that has best demonstrated significant ROI for their business/organization through innovative community management practices.
Outstanding Community Programming 2024: Esri
The “Outstanding Community Programming” recognizes an exceptional community programming that the whole of a member’s journey.
Outstanding Community Design Element 2024: Cambridge Associates
The “Outstanding Design Element” award recognizes a design element in an online community program that demonstrates meaningful engagement through thoughtful design.
Outstanding Advocacy Program 2024: UKG
The ”Outstanding Advocacy Program” award recognizes outstanding community leadership programs that increase engagement, recognize members, and showcase unique talents.
Community Phoenix 2024: American Association of Medical Colleges
The “Community Phoenix” award recognizes an individual or team that successfully navigated dramatic change to their workplace or industry.
Community Trailblazer 2024: CSA Group
The “Community Trailblazer” award recognizes an outstanding use of emerging technology in an online community program.
Community MVP 2024: Carianne Behr, AECOM
The “Community MVP” award recognizes individual excellence in community management – including outstanding efforts, willingness to share with peers, achievements, and excellent community results.
Community MVT 2024: UKG
The “Community MVP” award recognizes team excellence in community management – including outstanding efforts, willingness to share with peers, achievements, and excellent community results.
Community Champion 2024: Janet Stiles, AAMC
The “Community Champion” award recognizes a specific executive that has shown they understand the value of and fully commit to supporting their Community initiatives through messaging, funding, and integrating community into their overall organization.
Community Detective 2024: Stephanie Melfi, nCino
“Community Detective” awards the member who helps source group knowledge and expertise by regularly asking thoughtful and meaningful questions in The Network.
Community Explorer 2024: Alex Blanton, Microsoft
“Community Explorer” awards the member who charts new territory in the community management industry. They take best practices, research, and community models to experiment and advance the industry.
Community Pack Leader 2024: Matthew Hall, Dassault Systèmes
“Community Pack Leader” awards the member who consistently leads the most discussions, online, in-person, and on virtual calls, and shows leadership around a topic or initiative in The Network.
Community Journaler 2024: Marissa Rogers, PegaSystems
“Community Journaler” awards the member who works out loud the most regularly and with the most depth.
Community Power User 2024: Catherine Hackney, Confident Communities
“Community Power User” awards the most active member in TheCR Network who contributes on a regular basis in a wide variety of ways, from sharing their expertise to supporting and encouraging other members.
Community Rookie of the Year 2024: Megan Cohen, The Conference Board
“Rookie of the Year” awards a Network member who has fewer than three years of industry experience, is new to TheCR Network, and is a power user – regularly collaborating and contributing inside the Network.
About The Community Roundtable: The Community Roundtable is the leading, global resource for the community management industry. The Community Roundtable helps organizations from Fortune 500s to start-ups and associations recognize, define, and leverage the power of their communities. Through the industry’s only comprehensive community management research, The Community Roundtable provides training, events, and consulting to help companies recognize real ROI from their community programs. TheCR Network – the world’s premier resource for community professionals, connects hundreds of community practitioners worldwide for networking, professional development, training, education, and support. Learn more at communityroundtable.com
