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
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 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.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
