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Social Business in Pictures

TweetThey say a picture is worth a thousand words.  And we think that can be true.  Especially with hard to grasp concepts like what social business is and how it works in corporations.  Well here are a few infographics that we think show what is happening now and in the future of the business of [...]

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Count Me In: Why This Community Manager Is Excited About the Upcoming Training

TweetI fell into community management and social media organically, as a volunteer for community organizations and not-for-profits that were important to me. I had always planned on re-entering the work force after starting a family and it turns out I had a skill set that developed from my volunteer work. I started doing some small [...]

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Trends and Predictions? We’re Not Quite Ready Yet

TweetIt’s that time of year again where there will be a lot said about what may happen next year in social business and community management.   We’re not quite ready to post our thoughts here yet, that will come after our December 20th TheCR Network weekly call. But here are a few predicted trends that [...]

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Lost in Translation: The Business of Community

TweetWe love our new tag line.  We think it epitomizes what we do.  But we also realize you may not get it.  Thus our 2nd installment of Lost in Translation. When The Community Roundtable was started we had a theory that humanizing a business and making real relationships with people was a better way to [...]

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This week at TheCR Network: How Google Built Community Advocacy

TweetMembers of TheCR Network are pretty lucky.  They get access to some of the best and brightest minds to learn from, ask questions of, and use as a future resource.  This week is no different.  On Wednesday they will talk with Lasse Wasserman and Adrienne Bernakevitch Ludwick of Google on how Google turned their biggest [...]

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Lost in Translation: You work in community? What’s that?

TweetI don’t know about you but every time there is a family gathering I try to explain what I do.  Some of it is easy.  Marketing – most everyone basically understands what that is. Where it all comes apart is when I try to explain what The Community Roundtable does to a multi-generational audience whose [...]

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It’s Time: Community Management Certificate Program

TweetWe have seen quite a change in the market for community managers over the last few years. When we started TheCR, community managers were largely isolated and working by themselves or on very small teams. Back in early 2010, we spoke with TheCR Network members about hiring social media and community pros and there was [...]

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Community Managers are Human Experience (HX) Professionals

TweetOver the last decade we’ve all learned how important the user experience (UX) of software is to how well it performs. If features are hard to use and the interface looks stale, it’s less compelling to the user. The UX is particularly important in communications and social technologies because there are many other ways to [...]

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Do Companies Need a Break-Up Policy?

TweetOver the weekend I found myself coming back to this article again and again. I think because it shows how very much the rise and growth of community management has changed the way individuals and corporations now interact in the business world. When I was in college (those many years ago) you were always taught [...]

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Introducing TheCR Focus: Your Guide to The Business of Community

TweetWhen Rachel and I started building The Community Roundtable in 2009, we had a decision to make. Who to serve? We agreed it was hard to build a truly customer-focused business if you tried to serve too many constituents. In the end, we agreed to focus on the people we thought really needed help… the [...]

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