By now, countless organizations have learned the painful lesson: “If you build it, they will come,” only works in the movies. But there’s a related lesson that is a core tenet of community management. How you build it—the shape of the community you create—drives whether the community meets your … [Read more...]
Throwback Thursday – Building Your Community
By Amy Turner, The Community RoundtableA community is only as successful and effective as the people who are part of it. When first starting out, or perhaps re-energizing and re-building a stale community, how do you build a strategy and lay the foundation for a successful one?We've compiled … [Read more...]
Throwback Thursday – Community Management 101
By Shannon Abram, The Community RoundtableLooking to get started in community management, or just need a refresher on the basics? Check out these community management 101 resources! We're highlighting the fundamentals of community management in this week's #throwbackthursday post - including an … [Read more...]
Throwback Thursday – Community Strategy 101
By Shannon Abram, The Community RoundtableToo often new community managers (or veteran community managers faced with a brand new community) will dive right in - because from day one, the to-do list can be daunting. We can't urge you strongly enough: STOP! DROP! STRATEGIZE!!To liberally … [Read more...]
The Community Maturity Model
Community management is becoming a lot more common at all sorts of organizations - driven by adoption of people doing more and more online and the social media tools that allow for easy conversation and collaboration. As that happens, however, there is a lot of friction due to lack of standards - … [Read more...]
