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Click to enlarge. Via Mike Schwede. BONUS: Here’s our version, this one created for ASCE and shared with permission. ————– ( photo credit ). Potluck
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So obviously associations–even small ones–are willing and able to pay dues to ASAE and many other associations that support other disciplines within associations–marketing, PR, information management, accounting, publications….basically Would you join an association for community managers?
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Each year, The Community Roundtable publishes survey research, The State of Community Management , that examines the growth of and changes in online community and community management. They invest in management, but their instincts are to squelch dissent.
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Appropriate, effective management is the key to ensuring you get the returns for your social media marketing investments. You’ll agree that proper management is in fact, the key to doing anything right. SproutSocial is a social media engagement and management tool wrapped in one.
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The 2015 State of Community Management Report is out!! While many organizations realize the importance of community management, too many still take only a technology centric or tactical view of online communities. The 2015 State of Community Management Webinar from Higher Logic.
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In 2013 the number of nonprofits that hired part-time or full-time new media managers increased fourfold. It’s very difficult to find a new media manager that encapsulates all the skills listed below. To do it well, these managers must be exceptional multitaskers.
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As always, there’s lots of data, but much more importantly, this video/slide deck includes several case studies showing how companies are handling social media management at scale. This also includes some discussion of social media management systems.
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