When Jeremiah Owyang started Community Manager Appreciation Day (#CMAD) we were one of the first to jump on the bandwagon because community managers often work behind the scenes which means that they sometimes don't get the appreciation they deserve for often very challenging work. In the best of … [Read more...]
CMAD 2016 – Unleash Your Inner Community Management Superhero
By Shannon Abram, Director of Marketing at The Community Roundtable It's no secret that we love community managers. We've sort of built our entire business around it! The truth is we not-so-secretly believe that every community professional has the ability to be a community management superhero. … [Read more...]
Community management salaries are on the rise
Happy Community Manager Appreciation Day, everyone! We enjoy CMAD as a chance to recognize the hard work thousands of community professionals do every day. But thank yous don't pay the bills. That's why this year for CMAD, we wanted to see how salaries for community professionals were … [Read more...]
Community Manager Appreciation Day #CMAD
This is not our idea but we think Jeremiah Owyang is on to something with his call for a Community Manager Appreciation Day. Community Managers have tough and often under-appreciated responsibilities. They are the glue that often keeps a community from going off the deep end, metaphorically … [Read more...]
Community Manager Appreciation Day 2015: Three things to do today
By Ted McEnroe, The Community Roundtable Community Manager Appreciation Day is here for 2015. As this CMAD kicks into gear, we certainly have a lot of people to appreciate – with members from more than 100 organizations, we could spend a lot of time appreciating. And we will. But appreciation is … [Read more...]
Community Managers Are the Superheroes of Their Companies (Infographic)
By Shannon DiGregorio Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. In honor of #CMAD last week the great folks over at Get Satisfaction put together the infographic below -Community Managers Are the Superheroes of Their Companies. Besides creating an infographic that is fun to look … [Read more...]
Friday Roundup: 20 Minutes to Shape the Future of Community
By Ted McEnroe, The Community Roundtable The fifth Friday of 2015 is in the books, and this one comes at the end of a jam-packed week at The Community Roundtable, where we celebrated #CMAD, postponed #CMAD, launched our landmark annual survey and released the first piece of a new and fun … [Read more...]
Friday Roundup: January is in the Books
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...]
Guest Blog Post: 5 Ways Your Community Can Be More Engaging and Still Keep Your Sanity!
Guest blog post by James LaCourte, Online Strategist and Community Manager at Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina. He blogs at The Gaspar and you can find him on LinkedIn. 5 ways your community can be more engaging and still keep your sanity! Community Manager Appreciation Day is here again … [Read more...]
Happy CMAD 2018 – Community Management Advancement Day
HAPPY CMAD 2018, EVERYONE! I'm going to be honest - CMAD is one of my favorite days of the year. While CMAD started out as Community Management Appreciation Day, we like to imagine it has evolved into something more - community management advancement day. Because really, what shows more … [Read more...]
