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TheCR Awards 2017

TheCR Connect Awards Community Management

Designed to recognize the best in a variety of community management categories, TheCR Connect Awards are open to members of TheCR Network and their community teams.

TheCR Connect Awards 2017 Winners

Community MVP

Community MVP

Which TheCR Network member has influenced your work and earned your respect? Help shine the spotlight on your community peers by nominating the TheCR Network member who deserves peer recognition for their outstanding efforts, willingness to share with peers, achievements and excellent community results.

The “Community MVP” award recognizes excellence in community management.

Best online community managers
Outstanding Recognition + Reward Program

Best Recognition + Reward Program

Recognition programs reward and motivate your community members and support member success, part of the shared value in any community. Get the recognition you deserve for your unique and successful programs.

The “Best Recognition + Reward Program” award recognizes outstanding community recognition, reward and gamification programs that increase engagement, drive participation and contribute to the overall positive health of your community.

Community gamification
Community ROI

Outstanding Community ROI

Engagement is a great marker of community success, but ROI is king when it comes to securing budget, engaging executives and growing your community programs.

The “Outstanding Community ROI” award recognizes the community that best demonstrates significant ROI for their organization/business unit through innovative community management practices.

Best community ROI awards
Outstanding Community Design Element

Best Community Design Element

Communities are like snowflakes -- each one is different. Now is your chance to shine as you share your best community design element that showcases innovative community management.

The “Best Community Design Element” award recognizes a community program that shows the most impressive and engaging UI or design element. These submissions should show how the element encourages participation, increases engagement and/or contributes to overall community success.

Best community design
Outstanding Community Program

Best New Member Program

Research shows that new member/onboarding programs make a significant impact on overall engagement. Share your new member program success story and become our Best New Member Program award winner.

The Best New Member Program award recognizes a new member welcome/onboarding program that increases participation, encourages enthusiasm and incorporates innovative community management ideas.

Best community consultants
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TheCR Network Explorer

You're willing to go where no community practitioner has gone before. You walk to the end of the map of all that is known about community management and dare to take another step further. You chart new territory in the community management industry.

Best community programs
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TheCR Network Pack Leader

You rally members around a good cause. When you speak people listen, but you also know a good leader listens and empowers a group. You are generous with your knowledge.

Best online community managers
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TheCR Network Power User

The person shows up. No matter the event, in person or online, you are busy making new connections and sharing insights that contribute to a thriving network.

Best online community programs
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TheCR Network Detective

Who? What? When? Where? Why? You're curious and your questions help the network get to the bottom of things. Without you how would we solve community's biggest challenges?

Best online community managers
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TheCR Network Journaler

You check-in regularly to update us on your work and progress. Your documentation helps all of us better understand what it’s like to be a community practitioner and helps us understand where notable milestones exist. Self-reflection is wisdom earned.

Best online community managers
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