How you welcome your new team members matters for personal morale and the benefit of the rest of your team. The new and updating body of research attests that your welcoming style is critical for engagement in the community and fostering important and lasting relationships. Having someone give out a tour, welcome a person, give […]
The Business of Community
Rachel Happe from The Community Roundtable has a great webinar showcasing how businesses who use online communities to their advantage typically see increased user engagement as well as financial surplus. She explains how an online community can offer a direct portal to your consumers allowing for them to give suggestions and let you know what […]
Conversations with Community Managers – Lauren Klein on Community Leadership
Lauren Klein is the special guest on this week’s episode of Conversations with Community Managers. Her expertise includes but is not limited to Business Strategist, Advisor, Leader and Mentor. This week she talks about how we can provide mentors to young women to see them succeed and become value assets to organizations. She explains that […]
TheCR Network Year in Review 2019
TheCR Network did many things in 2019. Some new things in 2019 were the Community Solutions Showcase, new measuring metrics and monthly platform cohort calls. Some milestones were hit like its’ 10th anniversary in 2019, training in TheCR academy became free for all members and The Center of Excellence cohort was launched. There was also […]
Can You Solve This Simple Engagement Challenge?
Figuring out how to make a community thrive is a challenge a lot of people have tried to solve. When we were approached by a group of teachers who were struggling to spend time outside the classroom we had to figure out what barriers they needed to overcome. After asking the right questions we came […]
Measuring Networked Leadership
Being a leader is sort of like the word beauty, it’s in the eye of the beholder, because not everybody views leadership in the same way. Some people want to be leaders because of the prestigious nature of the position and not because they actually care about the health of the company. A good worker […]
The Cohere Podcast: Ep 3 – The Role of AI in Online Communities and Networks with Venessa Paech
Community experience is all something we want to have, we want to have connections with the community that we belong to. Now that we are in the digital age, we have a lot more access to different communities. Our cell phones that are in our pockets give us the opportunity to stay connected to people […]
The Community Roundtable’s Community Careers and Compensation Report 2020: Online Community Professionals Emerge as Transformational Leaders
online community professionals are a new growing career for many young individuals. In a recent report, 63% of community professionals were promoted within their organization. This online community is becoming the newest trend in social media careers. While these careers are on an upwards swing, only 19% of organizations with communities have a defined career […]
Understanding Community Roles and Responsibilities in 2020
The electronic book, “Community Management: Understanding Community Roles and Responsibilities in 2020,” discusses some of the changes in recent years like vendors changes, executive support, and community role maturation. There are several objectives in the book that will prepare the reader. One such objective is to understand the differences in community roles. Another objective approaches […]
10 Association Communications Stats with Tips to Reach Younger Members More Effectively
Organizations as a whole are struggling to obtain and retain younger membership, in part because they aren’t using communication strategies and media effectively. Younger generation use a variety of media for communication, including email and online communities, and organizations should reach out through all of these channels. Here are 10 statistics about general organization communication, […]