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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 online community ROI, and more.

Episode #72 features Elizabeth Kohler, Social Learning & Collaboration Architect at Cleveland Clinic.

In this episode of the podcast, Elizabeth shares how to get learners comfortable with using an online learning platform, strategies for pulling engagement in a social learning community into the classroom, and the benefits of using a cloud-based platform for learning and social sharing.

Elizabeth shares best practices including defining your learning cultures, starting with a definition of success, and getting executive buy-in and support.

This episode of Conversations with Community Managers is sponsored by Jive Software.

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About Elizabeth:

Elizabeth has an extensive background in the design and development of online collaboration communities, adult learning programs (eLearning, classroom and blended courses), and video/graphic production. A majority of her career experience has been in the healthcare industry, and she is skilled in picking up new information quickly, whatever the topic. She finds motivation in challenges, change, and diversity. She is continually recognized for her creativity, problem-solving, and positive attitude. She is an outgoing, optimistic person with a passion for lifelong learning, adventure, and personal development.

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About Conversations with Community Managers*
To better reflect the diverse conversations our podcast covers we’ve changed the name of our long-running series to Community Conversations.
Community Conversations highlights short conversations with some of the smartest minds in the online community and social business space, exploring what they’re working on, why they do what they do, and what advice they have for you.
These episodes are a great way to begin to understand the nuances of community strategy and management.
Each episode is short (usually less than 30 minutes) and focuses on one community management professional.

By Shannon Abram, The Community Roundtable

As community management emerges as a true discipline and not just a job, community pros can start to think about their career path – and how to get from where they are to where they want to be. Our research has shown that investing in your community skill set is a surefire way to advance your career.

Ready to increase your skill set? Here are three reasons you should register for our Community Program Essentials course!

REASON #1 – YOU’LL GROW YOUR SKILLS

Our Community Program Essentials course will help you grow your community program management skills, and focuses on creating the strategic, operational and technical elements to make communities succeed within the larger organizational context. Our Essentials training explores the elements of making community a more powerful part of an organization and helps you learn to think strategically about your community.

REASON #2 – YOU CAN WORK AT YOUR OWN PACE

Our Spring Session of Community Program Essentials course is the best of both traditional and online learning. The training sessions will be a social learning experience that takes place in a private setting where participants will progress through the modules as a group. We’ll provide prompts and light facilitation in the group forums and host weekly office hours to help participants block time on their calendar to participate.

REASON #3 – BUSINESS, STRATEGIC AND TECHNICAL SKILLS ARE REWARDED – KA-CHING!

Community professionals who place high value on business, strategic and technical skills make more money than their peers. Strong business and strategic skills were more likely to be found among community strategists and directors – but technical skills were scattered across roles, suggesting a technical specialty is a way to increase earning without taking on managerial responsibilities. Improving your community programs skills is a great step toward achieving your community career goals.

The Spring Session of Community Program Essentials kicks off on April 26th and runs for eight weeks. Enrollment is limited for an intimate learning experience. Learn more or register now to get started!