We get back into the swing of things, we took September to talk about a topic that affects everyone: careers. While this year has been a rollercoaster for many and their careers, it is also an opportune time to take a look at where we have taken our career journeys, reflect on what we have...
After a more unusual summer, we are getting ready to ramp up into another unusual version of a familiar time: back to school. We are looking forward to ramping up our conversations and jumping back into some more in-depth call discussions, so what better topic to start with than one that is...
In previous years, June usually indicated the start of summer in TheCR Network, where programming winds down and groups get a bit more quiet, but, with everyone dealing with a pandemic and social unrest, June 2020 kept going strong. And after a few months of topic-specific programming, we took...
As many people have been testing the limits of, experimenting with new, and launching tools recently, May's topic cycle on Making Tools Work seemed pretty timely. Through some brainstorming, data and research, and member examples, we got to think on both the large and small scale about our...
As we prepare to reach the halfway mark for 2020, we thought it would be a great idea to go back to our roots for our theme this month. After talking about members, culture, gamification, and tools, it's only right that we bring them all together and think about what every aspect of community is...
With some amazing case studies and examples from members and friends of TheCR Network, we chose to get a bit more specific for April in TheCR Network and focus on rewards & recognition programs . While they might not have been on everyone's to-do lists, over the month of April we got to...
After spending a month talking about something a little more fluid (culture), we're switching gears and looking at something a little more practical, but not unrelated, for April. Because people are the very heart of a community, we need to know and tap into what motivates them in order to...
Culture is at the heart of community. Culture is also difficult to measure and convey the value of, but it's imperative that we do that in order to prove the value of our communities. Because discussing culture opens up a swath of conversations, we've decided to focus on Culture &...
With a new year comes a renewed sense of purpose, at least that's what we aim to identify! Many of us found the first month of the new year a busy time, with a lot of tasks on to-do lists. To both get us ramped back up into the swing of things after the December holidays and to refocus our...
As we start a new year, it's only right to think about setting intentions and getting our foundations set to build off of in 2020. Because of that, we'll be focusing on Community Management Fundamentals for this January in TheCR Network. For the month of January, we'll be both looking at...