From One Community to a Network of Communities A decade ago, most organizational communities served one functional purpose. That might have been offering self-service support that lowered overall support costs while increasing resolution and satisfaction rates. It might have been a community of … [Read more...]
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Community Case Study: Improving Community Sentiment
Taking a Community from Hostile to Happy When community sentiment is good, it often gets taken for granted. When it's bad, it's clear that it is one of the biggest barriers to success and value. What's not always clear is this: you CAN create the community environment you want. The Community … [Read more...]
How to scale your community program: TheCR Library
The State of Community Managment 2018 report is very clear on the demands made on community managers. 47% of community teams are consulting on project work, 43% are responding to training requests, and 32% are accommodating coaching needs while only 8% of community teams report that they are … [Read more...]
Community Skills in Internal vs. External Communities
In The State of Community Management, our comparison of internal and external communities described them as “similar, but different.” That holds true for internal and external community professionals as well. Our research finds that, when you focus on active members, the engagement profile of … [Read more...]
Community Management Skills That Matter: Engagement
Engagement: The day-to-day lifeblood of communities Engagement skills are likely what comes to mind when one pictures the life of “typical” community manager, and these daily skills are indeed what helps communities form and grow. Engagement skills are a core community management skills family for … [Read more...]
What is a community manager?
Community Manager is by far the most often cited and discussed role in the community space for a couple of reasons. First, in the past online communities were used primarily for tactical reasons, which often did not warrant more senior roles. Secondly, communities were often run by ‘lone wolf’ … [Read more...]
Three ways to maintain a positive tone in your online community
For anyone who manages or moderates an online community, you know that sustaining a positive tone can sometimes be a challenge. Members view it as a safe place to provide feedback, vent their frustrations, and have their voice be heard. It’s not always pretty. In a past life, I managed a large … [Read more...]
Community Management FAQs
Since we started in 2009, we've answered a lot of community management questions. This list of Community Management FAQs brings the most common questions (and answers) together in one place. Have a question not answered here? Send it to us and we'll add it to the list! What is community? Why do … [Read more...]
TheCR Connect: Key Priorities for Community Management in 2017
What’s on the Minds of Community Program Owners? There are a lot of changes going on in community management right now. These changes include technology, level of strategic attention, measurement sophistication, collision with other disciplines, and community roles and career options. This week, … [Read more...]
Do communities spend more on people or platforms?
Here’s an interesting piece of data from the SOCM 2017: for the first time, communities say they are spending more on people than on technology. That’s right - by a narrow margin, organizations with dedicated community budgets said they spent slightly more on community management salaries and … [Read more...]
