In honor of CMAD, The Community Roundtable and Higher Logic have teamed up to co-sponsor the release of The Community Manager Handbook, with a dedicated webinar on February 4 at 2pm ET. This new resource, The Community Manager Handbook: 20 Lessons from Community Superheroes, puts community superheroes at the forefront of change for organizations, including research and case profiles on how the relationships among companies, employees and customers work.
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Introducing the Community Manager
Handbook
www.communityroundtable.com
Available immediately following
webinar at higherlogic.com/CM Handbook
20 profiles and lessons, coupled with
research and guidance from The
Community Roundtable
Topics include:
• Selecting a platform
• Understanding community needs
• The power of community programs
9. • CXPA was 6 mos. old when Lesley started,
needed to shape both organizational and
community identity
• 600 community members when Lesley
started; today 3500
• Focus on volunteer efforts to create
engagement
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About the CXPA community:
www.communityroundtable.com
10. • More members passionately volunteering
• An incredible “family” feel at our annual
conference each year
• Robust discussion forum with conversations
that represent the overall willingness to
support and share
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Three Markers of Progress
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About the Aetna approach
Aetna community inspired by urban planning
methodology
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Three Markers of Progress
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Community Health Index
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16. • CA has had communities in some form for
over 30 years, with a lot of variation
• Challenge of creating a more consistent
community approach, engaging hundreds of
user groups
• Opportunity to connect customers to the
larger organization, simplify the customer
experience
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About the CA communities:
www.communityroundtable.com
17. • Moving beyond being “consistently
inconsistent” to provide a more unified
customer experience
• The Communities Team is no longer lonely –
have plenty of company on board
• Hard to quantify progress – frequent
iterations make apples-to-apples
comparisons difficult
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Three Markers of Progress
www.communityroundtable.com
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Superhero Panel Discussion
www.communityroundtable.com
J.J, Lovett
Director, Online
Communities
CA Technologies
Lesley Lykins
Director of Member
Engagement
CXPA
Lauren Vargas
Head of Social Media
and Community
Aetna
Research themes
1. Accessibility vs. Scale
2. Proactive vs. Reactive
3. Structured vs. Organic
4. Good vs. Great
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State of Community Management
2015
www.communityroundtable.com
Wouldn’t you like to know…?
• What is the average time to first response across all communities?
• How many organizations fund community management training for community
managers?
• What percent of advocacy programs provide financial support for advocates to attend
events?
• How many community programs have dedicated budgets – and what percent of those
budgets is spent on community management?
Participate here! - http://the.cr/socm2015survey