[LBC #177] MCP Replay, Local Meetups & Community Insights

Hi friends!

There’s plenty happening this week, from an upcoming speaker AMA to local meetups and fresh community reads:

🇵🇹 Meet the speakers of Lisbon Community Week, hear their perspectives and ask your questions ahead of the conference on 13 November. Join our Speaker AMA on 29 October.

🤖 Want to explore community resources with AI? Catch up on our MCP session and learn how to connect Led by Community to ChatGPT or Claude.

🌍 Meet fellow community builders in Katowice on 22 October, London on 23 October, or Asaba and Bengaluru on 24 October. Find your next event.

💜 How can community bring remote teams closer? Join Victoria McCormack from Grow Remote on 28 October to explore belonging and local leadership. Save your spot.

📚 This week’s reads include Amanda Lea Kaiser’s tips for exceptional events, Jillian Bejtlich’s take on trust levels and practical guides to B2B community strategy, customer learning and more. Scroll down to explore the latest resources.

With love,
Francisco, Paôla & the Led by Community Team

• The Easy Way to Make an Event Exceptional by Amanda Lea Kaiser. Read

• Which User Cohort Should One Run Initiatives for to Have the Biggest Impact on Their Community? by Practical Community Management. Read

🎯 B2B Community Strategy

From Led by Community

• Write a Customer Community Service Charter. Read

• Assign Decision Rights Across Community Teams. Read

• Run a Quarterly Community Portfolio Review. Read

From Led by Community

• A Guide to Member-Led Community Programming. Read

• Repurposing Content for Your Paid Community. Read

From Led by Community

• Sharing Customer Feedback Internally: A Playbook. Read

• Customer Marketing Campaigns for New Feature Adoption. Read

From Led by Community

• A Playbook for Dysfunctional Association Chapters. Read

• The Member Exit Survey Playbook for Associations. Read

🎓 L&D

From Led by Community

• Assess Customer Skills Beyond Course Completion. Read

• Design Practice for Complex Product Workflows. Read

• Diagnose Whether a Customer Problem Needs Training. Read

• Discourse in 2027: Building Together by Discourse. Read

• How to Launch an Online Course Like Jessi Jean (The Launch-to-Movement Playbook) by Circle. Read

• Bring Your Audio Into Mighty by Mighty Networks. Read

A fresh perspective on the barriers we put in front of new contributors:

• Let’s Abolish Trust Levels by Jillian Bejtlich. Read

Two listens on useful member outcomes and keeping community knowledge trustworthy:

• Why Some Membership Cancellations are Good by Shana Lynn. Listen

• Stop Waiting for Clean Content: Tackle the Mess with Layla Masri by The Member Engagement Show. Listen

A practical maintenance guide for the knowledge your members rely on:

📖 Latest LBC Playbook

Choose a practical skill from our AI Skills Library for onboarding, engagement, moderation, events or reporting. Use it alongside the MCP playbook above to ground your next task in community resources.

📅 The Global Events Calendar