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Friday Roundup – The News You Can Use Edition

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By Shannon DiGregorio, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable

It was a big news week here at The Community Roundtable. We announced our newest toolkit offering and discussed changes in TheCR Network for 2014. If you missed the news you’ll find those links below as well as links to some of our favorite stories from around the web this week.

Our Holiday Gift Guide: For the Community Manager in Your Life was one part silly, two parts serious – but 100% built to help you shop!

The WestJet Christmas Miracle ad went viral and brought a lot of smiles (and maybe some tears) to our team.

Our co-founder Jim Storer shared some upcoming changes in TheCR Network for 2014.

This “The Twelve Days of Community Management Christmas” series (Part One & Part Two) is funny and spot on.

2014: The Year of Earned Social Marketing is an interesting look at how social marketing might change in the new year.

We launched our newest toolkit with newly released and archived research from our State of Community Management survey.

I can’t believe there are only three weeks left this year! I hope you have a lovely, warm and cozy, restful weekend – whether you are celebrating the holidays, braving the snow on the East Coast or decking your palm trees with lights!

Friday Roundup – Let It Snow? Edition

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By Shannon DiGregorio, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable

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The weather people are predicting snow in Boston this weekend, which to me is a mixed blessing. I love the holidays, and growing up in New England a white December makes things a little more jolly. My commute is also from the kitchen to the living room of my house, so nasty traffic isn’t a concern. I do however have a 16 week old puppy who likes to take her sweet time outside – I think a cold snap and a little snow might speed her up – we’ll see!

I really enjoyed seeing so many #thankitforward tweets from so many different people. I’ve included a few below as part of the roundup in addition to my favorite links from this week. Have a wonderful weekend, whether you’re covered in snow or on a sunny southern beach!

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Credit: Snowy Boston Photo by Arthur C. Mills

Friday Roundup – Turkey Sandwich Edition

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“Turkey for me. Turkey for you…”

If you celebrated (American) Thanksgiving yesterday you might just be up to your ears with leftover turkey – and in a prime position to make my #1 sandwich of all time: the Tom Terrific. Today is the only day all year I can convince myself that putting more bread (stuffing) on my sandwich is not just acceptable, but mandatory.

The Tom Terrific Sandwich

The Tom Terrific Sandwich – a Friday-after-Thanksgiving staple.

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Not to be confused with this Tom Terrific, who I’m happy to see any day of the year.

But, I digress. Here are this week’s links – perfect for enjoying with the delicious sandwich of your choice. Dreamy quarterback optional.

– Excited to share and spread gratitude this holiday season with #thankitforward: https://t.co/5hcFd6qDs1 Seeing all the tweets tagged this week was really fun – please keep adding more!

– Interesting stuff – 2013 Shift Index metrics. The burdens of the past: how long-term trends help to tell a story. https://dupress.com/articles/the-burdens-of-the-past/

–  Anyone attending the Gilbane Conference: Content & the Digital Experience next week? gilbane.infotoday.com/program. Our very own @rhappe will be there taking part in a discussion titled “Guidelines for Building Communities and the Role of Employees in Social Media” on Wednesday, December, 4th at 3:30pm. Please stope by and say hello!

– Fun look inside the #mini brand:  Motoring Community Member Experience ow.ly/qLkMe

Enjoy these last few days of November – December and 2014 are coming! (Also: winter!)

Credit Note: Sandwich pic via Martha Stewart, Tom Brady pic via People.com