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Has anyone set up a "Community Rotation" type program?
Hi everyone! I'm looking for some advice as I am in the early stages of scoping out a kind of internal community rotation program to help support me as I am the sole community manager at my company. I run a closed community for customers (we're a health tech SaaS company) and our community continues to scale, it's getting…
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How do you manage interval vs external announcements in your community?
I'm curious to hear how you all manage announcements that are specific to your users vs announcements that are open to the public? Here is our use case: We have one category that we've used mainly for announcements. Members are not able to post there except our staff, mods, and admins. Now that we are working towards…
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July Success Community Roundup! 👙 ☀️ 🏖️
Hey Success Community! 👋 Summer is in full swing, hopefully you're all enjoying some fun in the sun! Let's take a look at what's been happening in the Success Community this month: 🧭 Community Strategy 🎯 What part of your community are you most focused on right now? ⭐️ #TipTuesday #TipTuesday: Keep your community…
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What part of your community are you most focused on right now?
At Higher Logic, we just introduced the COMPASE Framework—a model to help community teams align strategy with impact across seven functions: Connection 🤝 Operations 🛠 Marketing 📣 Product Feedback 💬 Acquisition 📈 Strategy & Retention 📊 Education 📚 🔍 Which of these are you currently prioritizing—and why? Are you doubling…
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What Newsletter/Digest format is working for you?
Hi all! We recently launched our community and now that we're one month in it's time for some activity recap, like a digest or Newsletter. At the moment, I prefer to curate the content myself rather than relaying on the Digest feature. With that in mind I was mainly contemplating two options: A community post that lives on…
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Ideation Setups - Best Practice Examples
Hi! Our ideation space needs a refresh and I would love to see how you've set-up your ideation space. This is one of the most active areas of our Community and I'm keen to improve the user experience. Please share links to your ideation space or any best practice examples/tips you might have for me. I would do the same and…
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June Success Community Roundup! ☀️ 🍦
Hey Success Community! 👋 Happy June, and happy start to summer!! Let's take a look at what's been happening in the Success Community this month: 🍦 Vanilla Updates 🌟 Exciting News: Higher Logic Vanilla is Upgrading to AWS Hosting! 🌟 Welcome Nicole Saunders, Our New Customer Experience Leader 🧭 Community Strategy 🎯 The…
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Migrating legacy activity badges
We are in the process of migrating an existing community to Vanilla and are deciding what to do with legacy activity-related badges that do not exist in Vanilla (an example of this would be our badge for responding to polls). Would love to hear from anyone else who migrated an existing community and faced a similar…
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[Tip Tuesday] Top 5 Qualities Needed for a Community Manager
Hey Everyone! Happy Tip Tuesday! I recently had a conversation with some friends inquiring on what does it take to be a Community Manager. Is it simply just about posting content & banning unfavorable behavior? Answer: No. It's much more than that. Being a Community Manager requires embodying a blend of technical,…
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How do you promote your important announcements on Community?
Hi there! I'm looking to learn from fellow community managers: What are your best practices for making important announcements stand out in your community? Whether it's product updates, policy changes, or promoting biggest event of the year, how do you ensure your members see and engage with the announcement? (Aiming to be…