By Ted McEnroe, Head of Research, The Community Roundtable Want to make more money as a community professional? It's the size of the team you lead, not the community you manage, that seems to make the biggest difference in community manager compensation. The data from the Community Careers and … [Read more...]
CCC 2015 Fun Fact #4: Community strategy is YOUR job
By Ted McEnroe, Head of Research, The Community Roundtable Want to send your boss through the roof in under five seconds? Tell them these four words. "It's not my job." Want to send your top talent out the door as fast as their resume can carry them? That might take five. "It's not up to … [Read more...]
CCC 2015 Fun Fact #3: The three career paths of the community professional
By Ted McEnroe, Head of Research, The Community Roundtable One of the target goals that we had for the Community Careers and Compensation survey in 2015 was to be able to shed more light on the skills of community. That's why we undertook a significant review and revision of the Community Skills … [Read more...]
CCC 2015 Fun Fact #2: Taking your next steps in a community career
By Ted McEnroe, Head of Research, The Community Roundtable In D.C., there is something known as "the Washington Read." When a new book comes out, you flip straight to the index and see if you were mentioned (for good or bad). The closest equivalent in TheCR world is in the Community Careers and … [Read more...]
CCC 2015 Fun fact #1: Online communities are everywhere – a (mostly) good thing!
By Ted McEnroe, Head of Research, The Community Roundtable Online communities are sort of like chameleons. When they are fully integrated, they can blend into whatever scene they're in. It's perhaps the greatest strength of community approaches - they can work in any part of an organization, … [Read more...]
Sweating the details: TheCR community research process
By Ted McEnroe, Head of Research, The Community Roundtable What goes into the community research that The Community Roundtable does in the field of community management? Data, collaboration and experience. It’s an exciting day for me. Today I shipped out the first draft of the Community … [Read more...]
The 11 Most Valuable Community Management Skills
Looking broadly, it’s exciting to see that community professionals are an experienced, mobile group that have had the opportunities to move up the community career ladder. Community professionals in the survey have an average of 15 years of experience, with five of them specifically in … [Read more...]
