The Community Manager Certificate Program
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The document discusses the need for a community management certificate program. It notes that as brands add online communities to their marketing, there is an increasing demand for skilled community managers. However, few people currently have the necessary expertise. The certificate program aims to teach both community management skills and product/brand expertise. It also outlines some of the course content, including roles, engagement, content moderation, and more. The document argues that without proper community management, online communities can face issues like being ghost towns, centers of drama, or cliques.
The Community Manager Certificate Program
- 1. Session: The Community Manager Certificate Program Community Manager The Most Important Role You’ve Never Heard Of Speakers: Jim Storer – The Community Roundtable Kathy Baughman – ComBlu Kathy Baughman – ComBlu
- 2. More About Jim Jim Storer Principal and Co-founder The Community Roundtable @jimstorer @TheCR 2
- 3. More About Kathy Kathy Baughman Principal and Co-founder ComBlu @ComBlu Lumenatti.comblu.com 3
- 4. Session Agenda • Brief Overview of Certificate Program • Need for the program • What is community management • Community management best practices • Introducing the first course work • Questions and Discussion 4
- 5. The Community Management Certificate Program
- 6. Community Manager Certificate Program • Co-developed by WOMMA, The Community Roundtable and ComBlu • As brands add community to marketing mix, there’s an increase in the need for skilled and experienced community managers: – Very few people with expertise – Need to either: » Find someone who knows the business and teach them community management skills » Recruit someone who knows community but does not have product or brand expertise 6
- 7. Community Management Certificate Content Roles Member Relations Growth Engagement Measurement Content Moderation Reputation Management Off-site Integration 7
- 8. Why is the Certificate Program Important?
- 9. Community Maturity Model TM Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Hierarchy Emergent Community Networked Community Strategy Familiarize & listen Participate Build Integrate Leadership Command & Collaborative Distributed Consensus control Culture Reactive Contributive Emergent Activist Community Defined roles & Integrated roles & None Informal Management processes processes Content & Formal & Some UGC Community Integrated formal Programming structured created content & user-generated Policies & No guidelines for Restrictive social Flexible social Inclusive Governance UGC media policies media policies Consumer tools Consumer & self- Mix of consumer & ‘Social’ functionality is Tools used by individuals service tools enterprise tools integrated Metrics & Activities & Behaviors & Measurement Anecdotal Basic activities content outcomes 9
- 10. Case Study: Community Manager Growth Company A 50 40 Company A = 2008, B2C, Customer Support Company B = 2009, B2B, Evangelism/Support 30 Company C = 2009, B2C, Private Client Support 20 10 Company B Company C 0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 10
- 11. Case Study: Community Manager Growth Company A 50 40 Demand for CM expertise depends on maturity, segment, application and industry 30 20 Company B 10 Company C 0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 11
- 12. Supply and Demand for Community Managers ? Demand We expect demand for CM expertise will outstrip supply for the foreseeable future. Supply 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 12
- 13. What is Community Management?
- 14. Community Management is the Discipline of Ensuring Productive Communities Responsibilities • Define scope, ideal outcomes and boundaries • Ensure participants receive more value than they contribute • Promote, encourage and reward productive behaviors • Discourage and limit destructive behaviors • Facilitate constructive disagreement and conflict • Advocate for the community and its members • Monitor, measure and report • Marshal internal advocates, resources and support • Manage tools and member experience 14
- 15. What is Community Management? Visible Behind the Scenes • Managing content (publishing, • Back-channeling with members to curating, tagging) encourage participation – Updates • Building relationships with key – Blog posts members – e-books/white papers – Pictures • Taking issues offline – Videos • Working with internal advocates to – Podcasts plan mutually beneficial • Managing events programming • Welcoming new members • Planning programming/campaign • Participating judiciously in calendar conversations • Collaborating internally • Reaching out to third party • Managing technology issues influencers, partners, media • Communicating value and benefits • Communicating changes to policies, of community internally tools, programming, etc. 15
- 16. What Makes a Good Community Manager? Skills Attributes • Communication • Love of people • Ability to match brand’s • Judgment personality • Tempered enthusiasm • Understanding of human • Empathy behavior/motivations • Adaptability • Relationship building • Self-awareness • Conflict resolution • Project management • Moderate technical aptitude 16
- 17. What are the Risks of Not Having Community Management?
- 18. Community: Measurable But Not Direct Community Manager’s Dream Scenario: More Typical Community Scenario: Positive return takes time, but growth (and Early ROI and moderate success. return) is eventually exponential. How do we get to this scenario? “Shiny Object” Scenario: Early and steady ROI suggests to leaders “we’re successful” and resources are allocated to the next shiny object. Tough to recover. Investment 18
- 20. Ghost Town 20 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcolivera/2809988605/
- 21. Land of 1,000 Flowers 21 http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedjap/74410434/
- 22. Drama Central 22 http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasfordmemoriallibrary/3467799183/
- 23. A Circling Storm 23 http://www.flickr.com/photos/gordontarpley/1481380410/
- 24. A Clique http://www.flickr.com/photos/swirlingthoughts/162016762/ 24
- 25. How are Online Communities Performing?
- 26. State of Online Branded Communities Third Annual Study November 2011 Sponsored by ComBlu 26
- 27. Overall Report Stats • Three more industries – Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is net-new – Divided insurance and healthcare into sub- industries • 14 more companies than last year • Joined 10 more communities 27
- 28. Community Pillar Breakdown 75% = Advocacy 20% = Feedback 33% = Support Note: Many communities had multiple pillars, so sum will not equal the total number of communities. 28
- 29. Study Aha’s Surprises • No huge gains year over year in best practice adoption – Fundamental changes to study sample – Community management is a difficult skill set to find – High Performers (42 or more points) stayed flat at 33% • Content practices not as high as expected – Only two had over 90% adoption (featured content and content aggregation) – User reviews (most closely associated with VOC) dropped from 54% to 27% Good News • Engagement tools increased from 76% to 96% – Much better job of matching mission and engagement approach • Better sunsetting practices • Some brands are integrating gamification engines across multiple properties • More brands are incorporating multiple engagement pillars in community strategy 29
- 30. Missed Opportunities Rewards and Recognition: Up to 43% from 39% last year • NBC’s FanIt/myNBC Community is a great model of an integrated rewards platform across multiple NBC communities. • EA offers a traveling navigation bar that follows members cross-properties. • Some brands, such as P&G, align rewards to purchase, requiring consumers to enter a product code. While we believe P&G could also award “community points,” this method gets to ROI of driving purchase behavior. Mobile • Not yet on the study’s best practice list; started to note use of mobile to extend community beyond desktop. • 16%, or 40 of the 251 communities, we scored offered a mobile community app. 30
- 31. Missed Opportunities Recommendation Engines • Automated way to configure a combination of the consumer’s buying habits, product reviews and information from others with similar purchasing patterns to recommend other products that the person may enjoy or need. • Amazon uses a recommendation engine to recommend such diverse purchases as building supplies and baby clothes. – “People who bought this forklift strap also bought this two-person lifting dolly.” Advocates • Still only 20% adoption rate 31
- 32. Brands That Get It: General Mills Good model for recruiting customer advocates • Pssst… and MyGetTogether stimulates product trial and story sharing • Lengthy registration and surveys capture deep profile info Outreach to members when new opportunities arise to try products or host get-together 32
- 33. Overall Classification • Cohesive Strategy increased from 33% to 41% • Majority of brands still in Experimentation Phase • Big drop in Community Ghost Towns 33
- 34. 2011 Top Performers • No brand = Highest scoring tier – Minimum score: 57 – Verizon just missed • 33% of brands in study are High Performers – All are Cohesive Strategy • Brands that fell off: – HP – Kimberly-Clark – AT&T – Activision • Three new brands on the list: – SAP (new to study) – Intel (new to study) – Xbox 34
- 35. 2011 Contenders • 19 brands = Contenders – Between 42 and 49 points • JetBlue Airways and Intuit also on most improved list • Technology and gaming industries had the most High Performers (42 to 56) and Contenders, followed by Entertainment and Retail industries 35
- 36. Average Best Practice Use Overall • Community manager (CM) lost a few points since last year: – Studies show that CM increases engagement; still missed opportunity • User reviews and user- generated content (UGC) took nosedive from 54% to 27%: – One of biggest stimulants of preference • Good news, too: – Jump in content aggregation – Mission appropriate engagement – Personal dashboards 36
- 37. Best Practice Use by Top Scorers • Only seven best practices (BPs) ≤ 74% adoption rate SAP Bravo EA • Advocates adoption is higher than entire Intel sample (53% vs. 20%), still potential Verizon • Low rate (42%) of contests and campaigns may mean more meaningful interaction • Content aggregation = 95% vs. only 32% among last year’s top five. Important activity for decision journey; other content practices also had high usage: – New/featured content – Personal dashboard – Content rating/ranking – Content tagging – Content customization – Faceted search 37
- 38. Brands That Get It: EA Tied With SAP as Second Highest Scorer Overall Personalizes experience and offers SSO Fun and captivating engagement (e.g., leaderboards, avatars, videos, etc.) 38
- 39. Brands That Get It: EA Surfaces appropriate Offers sub- forums on game- portals for specific pages and game types offers centralized, such as sports searchable hub for all forums 39
- 40. Best Practice Adoption by Pillar • 20% are Feedback communities • Important BPs for Feedback: – Polling – Rating/ranking – Forums – Leaderboards – Personal dashboard 40
- 41. Brands That Get It: Starbucks zz Leaderboards Personal zz dashboard zz Forums Polling zz Rating/ranking zz 41
- 42. Best Practice Adoption by Pillar • Support = 33% of communities • 46% = Advocates; big miss for support • Rewards and recognition and leaderboards both low for support • 76% = Content rating; critical for support experience 42
- 43. Brands That Get It: Verizon User Profile (top) Support Communities = Core Strategy User Profile (bottom) 2 1 6 5 3 1• Detailed user profile tracks recent member activity and Kudos 2• Displays member stats and badges earned 3• 1 Rollover feature allows members to easily view other members’ profile stats 4• 2 Shows member’s friends and their availability (offline/online) 4 5• 3 Displays member’s tagged content 6• Member’s recent posts and messages are linked to the original discussion 43
- 44. Brands That Get It: Verizon Forum Sidebar (top) Forum Forum Sidebar (bottom) 1 2 3 1• Active forums with thousands of views 2 • Live Twitter stream shows Verizon support team actively responds to questions 3 • Top taggers leaderboard, top kudoed posts and recent solutions to member issues 44 44
- 45. Best Practice Adoption by Pillar 75% = Advocacy communities Some best practices that drive affinity showed low adoption rates: • Community manager was the lowest in this pillar at 43% • Leaderboards and rewards and recognition were also the lowest in this pillar; both practices are high return motivators and could help boost longer-term engagement • Content customization was also very low; the ability to self- curate the members’ community experience impacts time spent in the community and return visits 45
- 46. Brands That Get It: Bravo Home Page “Millionaire Matchmaker” “Top Chef Just Desserts” • Ritualized experiences: • Single login • Each show has its own page that offers • Integration – Common ways to • One gateway to every show visitors consistent engagement tools, across multiple engage cross-property on Bravo setup, rich media and navigation social assets 46
- 47. Brands That Get It: Bravo (continued) • Talk Without Pity tab aggregates all Twitter conversations about a specific show • Get-Glue functionality via Twitter – Check in while watching shows – Live chat with other viewers Multiple screen engagement 47
- 48. Percent of Communities with High, Medium, Low Activity by Industry – 2011 • Telecommunications and Entertainment Industries both consistently had high activity levels • High activity in Health Insurance Industry was surprise: – Wellness education and policy support • Travel and Hospitality Industry also high 48
- 49. Social Media Integration by Industry NOTE: ERP industry new for 2011. Healthcare industry split into OTC/Pharma. 49
- 50. Overview of the Community Management Certificate Program
- 51. Key Take-Aways • Focus on business goals • Understand the target audience/member • Build value for all constituents (what’s in it for them?) • Understand the role and value of community management 51
- 52. Three Levels of Certification Community Specialist Community Manager Community Strategist (entry-level position) (mid-level position) (senior community and social engagement strategist) Community Specialist module Community Manager module Community Strategist module covers : covers: raises the level of thought from • Contextual topics like • Operational aspects of a implementation to strategic market trends, strategy, and community with the vision. Provides process to: culture strategic vision that delivers • Evaluate existing efforts • Tactical responsibilities business results. • Establish a vision for the related to content • Builds on the future and align with development, moderation, implementation learnings multifaceted business enforcing policies, and from the Specialist Level needs measuring success. • Thought processes behind • Build the accompanying the creation of ROI business case modeling and executive • Champion the community presentation of a strategy. across business units 52
- 53. Community Specialist Curriculum Topic Presenter/Author Market Context & Program Management Rachel Happe, The Community Roundtable - Presenter & Author Jam Delcambre, AT&T - Presenter Leigh Mutert, H&R Block - Author Strategy, Leadership, & Culture Lauren Vargas, Aetna – Presenter and Author Tonya Hornsby, P&G – Author Tools Dawn Lacallade, Independent – Presenter & Author Content & Programming Cindy Meltzer, Isis Parenting – Presenter & Author Policies & Governance Tamara Littleton, eModeration – Presenter Wendy Christie, eModeration & Tia Fisher, eModeration - Authors Metrics & Measurement Misti Crawford, CSC – Presenter & Author Elena Elena Benito-Ruiz, Ubikuos – Author Community Management Kathy Baughman, ComBlu – Presenter & Author Becky Carroll, Petra Consulting Group – Presenter 53
- 54. How to Register Go to: WOMMA.org Events & Education When? Certification webinars will be held: Every Tuesday and Thursday Starting January 24th – February 16th 54
- 55. Watch for More Info at: womma.org community-roundtable.com comblu.com 55
- 56. Download the Reports Download the report at: Download the report at: http://comblu.com/news/thought-leadership/the-state-of- http://community-roundtable.com/socm-2011/ online-branded-communities-2011.aspx 56
- 57. Contact Info Jim Storer Kevin Lynch Principal & Co-Founder Principal ComBlu The Community Roundtable Twitter: @ComBlu Blog: Lumenatti.comblu.com Twitter: @jimstorer Email: klynch@comblu.com Email: jim@community-roundtable.com Kristen Smith Executive Director WOMMA Twitter: @WOMMA Email: kristen@womma.org
Editor's Notes
- #2: We are here to talk about community management – what it is, why you need it, and what are some of the fundamental tenets of the discipline.
- #15: Community management is, at a fundamental level, a job for generalists who can orchestrate the right resources, skills, tone, and talent that establishes the environment in which community will take hold. Relevant and fun.
- #17: Skills, Attributes, Experience (Program management, Marketing programs, product manager). Person needs to understand people and business to do this job effectively – lots of internal relationships also helps.
- #21: No one shows up and/or there is no engagement.Examples: Constant Contact.
- #22: People are initially very enthusiastic and everyone creates groups or content – some of which is relevant but a lot of which is duplicate or random making it hard for people over time to find useful connections and content and usage drops off.Examples – Internally with Sharepoint sites. Big organizations sometimes have hundreds of Facebook/Twitter accounts because it is so easy to do.
- #23: You’ve created a place for people to vent… and they do, in volume. Turns off people who might otherwise use the environment more productivelyExample: Internal blog in a low morale culture.
- #24: Communities can attract the disenfranchised, the disgruntled, the socially awkward because they have worn out their welcome with individuals and yet, they need social interaction. These people can cause trouble of various types over time and be very persistent. If there are legitimate issues and/or others like them, they can create really big problems over time that are hard to recover from.Example: American Speech Language Hearing ex-Employee
- #25: One set of members becomes much stronger than the others and eventually takes over which creates a huge social barrier to entry for other groups.Example: 2.0 Adoption Council, OvationTV
- #33: Good model for recruiting customer advocatesPssst… and MyGetTogether stimulates product trial and story sharingLengthy registration captures deep profile infoOutreach to members when new opportunities arise to try products or host a get-together
- #39: Tied with SAP as second highest scorerFun and captivating engagement; Personalizes experiences and offers SSOOffers sub-portals for game types such as sports; Surfaces appropriate forums on game-specific pages and offers centralized, searchable hub for all forums Wish List: Featuring high performers as SMEs or guest bloggers; allowing more interaction on brand-sponsored blogs
- #47: Multiple screen engagementRitualized experiences:Common ways to engage cross-propertyIntegration across multiple social assets“Get-Glue” functionalityCheck in while watching showsLive chat with other viewers“Talk Without Pity” tab aggregates all Twitter conversations about a specific showLots of ways to customize experienceWish List: Better gamification engine