Sure, it's still "Summer" here in the Northern Hemisphere, but our minds are already focused on our annual community event, TheCR Connect. In 2020 we went virtual based on all the factors that were keeping the world apart. And, we found out that being apart, together actually had quite a few … [Read more...]
Community Centers of Excellence Enable Distributed Leadership
What is a Center of Excellence?Centers of Excellence are groups that are charged with enabling their organizations with a specific practice or expertise and often have other names, whether that is an Enablement Group, Adoption Team, or Internal Consulting. Historically, this has not been the … [Read more...]
The Community Roundtable Recognizes Excellence in Community Leadership with TheCR Awards 2020
Ultimate Kronos Group, World Bank Group, and Avnet among global organizations recognized as leaders of innovation in community management.The winners of the fifth annual TheCR Awards were announced Thursday, October 29, 2020 and included community leaders from organizations like BAE Systems, … [Read more...]
Conversations with Community Managers – Lauren Klein on Community Leadership
Join the community experts at The Community Roundtable as they chat about online community management best practices with a wide range of global community professionals. Topics include increasing online audience engagement, finding and leveraging executive stakeholders, defining and calculating … [Read more...]
Measuring Networked Leadership
For many years, I had an uncomfortable relationship with the word 'leadership'. It seemed vague, imprecise and conflated with 'executive', especially in corporate settings. It certainly didn't apply to me. Then I was an executive and I still think of myself as a leader. To me, it felt like the word … [Read more...]
Podcast: SOCM 2019 Highlight – Community Leadership is Unevenly Distributed
Join TheCR’s Rachel Happe, Principal and Co-Founder of The Community Roundtable, as she chats with Marjorie Anderson, CSPO, Manager, Digital Communities at the Project Management Institute, about the State of Community Management 2019 report.In Episode #62, Rachel and Marjorie discuss … [Read more...]
Do You Have the Mindset to Lead the Future of Work?
With the streams and volume of information coming at us today, how do you prioritize your attention and time?This is a critical leadership question as we move further into the world of exponential growth and AI.I don’t think most people are ready for it - and not because they don’t want to … [Read more...]
Honoring Our Retiring Member Advisory Board Members
At The Community Roundtable, we are fortunate to work with amazing people and companies, helping them make strategic assets out of their community programs. We have always relied on our customer-members to help us prioritize and develop our research, services, and training.In 2017, we … [Read more...]
Friday Roundup: How The Best Community Managers Share Leadership
By Amy Turner, The Community RoundtableLet’s face it – a lack of “human capital” can play a huge role in slowing the growth of a community, and it’s only the most forward-thinking organizations that preemptively add capacity. That means it’s up to you to make the case for help, even as you do … [Read more...]
State of Community Management 2015 Monday Fact #7: Real rewards for community advocates
By Ted McEnroe, The Community RoundtableWhere's your college diploma?If you're like most people, it's hanging on an office wall, sitting in a drawer, or stuck in the back of a closet. It's nice to have, but the recognition that you graduated from the University of Western Maine or Generic … [Read more...]
