By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. Directors of community are responsible for community programs – strategy, governance, team management and budgets. Not every community has a director – instead, a functional executive often takes on these responsibilities. … [Read more...]
CMSS Stats You Can Use: What’s the Best Way to Network?
By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. Community professionals have no shortage of resources to help them grow in their careers. It's an exciting time to work in the community management world. Given the rise in community management, blogs, books and other … [Read more...]
Friday Roundup: The advocacy opportunity, and getting clarity in community roles
By Ted McEnroe, The Community Roundtable February is (almost) over, but we managed to pack a lot into the shortest month of the year. Our main theme of the month has been the State of Community Management 2015 survey, which officially closes today. We are setting new records for responses, which … [Read more...]
Community Career Profiles: All About Community Strategists
By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. Engagement and people skills rank as most important skill set for a successful community strategist, but strategic and business skills were most important to nearly 20 percent of those in this role. Strategists also have the … [Read more...]
Friday roundup: The Community Manager Handbook hits the streets
It's been a big week (again) at The Community Roundtable, with a brand new publication hitting the streets - The Community Manager Handbook: 20 Lessons from Community Superheroes. The Handbook was a labor of love for us, because it gave us a chance to work closely with former and current members of … [Read more...]
CMSS Stats You Can Use: All About Directors of Community
By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. Directors of community bring a community management skillset – strong engagement skills, a knack for contentdevelopment – to the table, but spend most of their time on strategic and business objectives. While similar in skill … [Read more...]
Friday Roundup: Community Manager Appreciation, Respect, and Job Searching
By Ted McEnroe, The Community Roundtable In case you haven't heard - Monday, January 26 is Community Manager Appreciation Day. We've talked a lot about our CMAD events in Boston, New York, Atlanta, Milwaukee and Washington, DC, and if you still want to get in before the tickets are all gone, you … [Read more...]
CMSS Stats You Can Use: How Do I Find a Community Manager Job?
By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. As we close in on CMAD this Monday, we hope there will be a lot of focus on community managers and their careers. Our Community Manager Salary Survey 2014 found signs of an emerging career path for community professionals - but … [Read more...]
CMSS Stats You Can Use: How To Win That Community Manager Job
By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. As organizations begin to increasingly recognize and reward the value of good community management the market for jobs has begun to heat up. While at any given moment there are literally dozens of interesting community jobs open … [Read more...]
CMSS Stats You Can Use: The Role and Compensation of Directors of Community
By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. It's the time of year when many community professionals are making career resolutions - whether to strengthen their current role in their organization or take that next step on the career ladder. With that in mind, it seems like … [Read more...]
