LBC #113 London Speakers revealed! Co-Ownership Event and Anamaria Dorgo Pod by Yurii.

Hello! Fellow Community Builders,

A heads up that you still have some time to save your spot for the event this week: From members to co-owners: Building communities everyone truly belongs to with Francisco Opazo (Yes, that’s me! 😀 )

But the big news today is 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁:

Meet the complete list of speakers for London Community Week 2025!

It was an incredibly challenging process, as we received a total of 110 applications. We also wanted to provide opportunities for every level of speaker to have a chance. If we do not allow less experienced professionals to speak, how will they become experienced speakers?

Our Fantastic Speakers are:

• ​Richard Millington, Author & Founder of FeverBee
  Paz Pisarski, Community Strategist and Co-Founder of The Community Collective

• ​Brian Oblinger, Community Consultant & Founder of Community Strategy Academy

• ​Diana Tripac, Senior Community Program Manager at Intercom

• ​Ilker Akansel, Founding Partner at TalentLed Community Consultancy

• ​Max Pete, Community Lead at Origin

• ​Nikki Thibodeau, Regional Vice President, Digital Engagement & Community at Calix

• ​Rosie Sherry, Community Executive Officer at Rosieland

• ​Ruthie Berber, Global Community & Marketing Leader, Director New York Chapter of Led by Community

• ​Tali Leibowitz, Global Community Builder

• ​Anamaria Dorgo, Founder & Community Experience Designer at Handle with Brain

• ​Jillian Bejtlich, Sr. Community + Advocacy Program Manager at Calendly

• ​DeMario Bell, Founder & Community Strategist, Gatherful

• ​Kelsey Robb, Global Community, Events & Experiences at Google

• ​Adam Parry, Co-Founder & Editor of Event Industry News

• ​Kateryna Bova, Founder & Community Consultant at BÓVA Agency

• ​Vera Hazelwood, Director of Data Science Collaborative Programmes at AstraZeneca

• ​Sarah Masterton-Brown, Head of Community at Mews

• ​Rachel Luxemburg, Lead Customer Community Manager at Cloudinary

• ​Mohamed A. Mohammed, Community Manager at Personio

• ​Drew Pontikis, Head of Social Learning at PwC UK

• ​Kathryn Whelan, Communities of Practice Enabler at PwC UK

• ​Ece Kurtaraner, Community Operations Queen at Generalist World

• ​Alla Zhdan, Community Development Lead at Women in Machine Learning & Data Science

• ​Imran Hussain, Community Designer at GOV.UK Design System

• ​Joanna Moćko-Łazarewicz, Community & Events Lead at Appsilon

• ​Jennifer Durkee, Community Manager at Moveworks

• ​Tom Ross, Community Strategist & Mentor at Learn.Community

• ​Emma Wyatt, Community Manager at Grammarly

• ​Jan de Vries, Community Team Manager at Mendix

• ​Andrea Dos Anjos, Co-Founder & Community Specialist at The Root Lab

• ​Erin Owenby, Community Programs Manager at Patreon

• ​Isabel Ruiz, Events & Member Services Adviser at LIA

• ​Izzy Ahrbeck, Head of Community at Impact Hub Berlin

• ​Jan Biller, CEO & Partner of Glowing Blue

• ​Megha Arora, Founder & CEO of DevRelSquad

• ​Tali Vasilevsky, SaaS Community Builder & Consultant

• ​Adrian Singer, Senior Community Strategist

• ​Erica Isotta Surace, Co-Founder, Community-led Growth, Events & B2B Partnerships, the D2 collective

• ​Esther Grieder, Director of Membership Engagement of NetHope

• ​Ewa Magiera, Community Manager at Grafana Labs

• ​Francisco Fonseca, Community-First Brand Builder

• ​Paula Bekinschtein, Founder & CEO of CONEXEN

• ​Pete Heslop, Managing Director at Steadfast Collective

• ​Venessa Paech, Founder of All Things in Moderation

• ​Jennifer Serrat, Community Consultant at IFC

• ​Michael Shillingford, Senior Community Strategy Manager at SS&C Blue Prism

One of our friends, Venessa Paech, is running All Things Moderation next month. Keep scrolling to learn more and save your spot! (It’s an online and on-demand conference!)

Keep scrolling for the latest updates, engaging content, and exciting announcements! Explore the newest trends and check out over 90+ job opportunities that might be your next big step. 🚀🌟

Your Friends Francisco, Akash, Heather, Paola, Ismot & The Led by Community Team of Volunteers

Featured Led by Community & Partner Events

🌍 All Things in Moderation (ATIM) is the global gathering for community professionals who care about safe, inclusive and thriving online spaces. Join fellow community managers, moderators and experts for fresh insights, real talk, and practical tools you can use right away. Whether you work in forums, social media, gaming, or digital activism, ATIM connects you with the people shaping the future of healthy, sustainable communities.

🔗 Don’t miss this unique event made by community folks, for community folks. Register now!

• From Talkbase: 5 Signs Community Isn’t Aligned With Marketing—and What to Do About It. Read

• From Discourse: 20 Community Metrics Explained. Read

• From Bettermode: Community Forum: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters. Read

• From Circle: How to create, launch, and scale your online course–in 9 steps. Read

• From Clocktower Advisors: Decentralize the Right Way: How to Bring DAO Principles Into Your Team or Community. Read

• From The Community RoundTable: Building a Strong Foundation: The Importance of Policies and Governance in Community Management . Read

• From Bevy: How to Scale Enterprise Communities with Local Chapters. Read

We love to feature Community Professionals sharing their wisdom with the community, this week we have a few:

• How to build a community without burning out by Laura Zug. Read

• Stop Sleeping on Community: The Hidden Engine Behind Retention and Revenue by Joshua Zerkel. Read

• Secret Shop your community by Pete Heslop. Read

• How to make friends by Paz Pisarski. Read

• Your Client Hasn't Paid - What Happens Now? by Richard Millington. Read

• Get People to Care for Others in Your Community (Without Telling Them To) by Laís de Oliveira. Read

Are we missing a newsletter? Let us know!

And more worth reading below:

• From CMX: From Manual to Magical: Practical AI Playbook for Community Managers. Read

• From Stateshift : Sustainable DevRel: Scale Community, Not Stress. Read

• Reclaiming Online Communities for Young People: Beyond Social Media by Australian Community Managers. Read

• From Pappus: Reframing Coworking: Coworking Trends in 2024. Read

• From Gainsight: How to Build and Sustain Vibrant Customer Communities. Read

• From Rosieland: Making sense of community knowledge is a superpower! Read

• From The Community Collective: Key Voice Series: Community Trends with Alan Crabbe. Read

• Yes to a diverse community by Tony Stubblebine. Read

This week, we have a few new podcast episodes available:

• From CHAOSS Podcast: Guest Episode - Sustain meets Sean Goggins to talk about CHAOSS and Auger. Listen.

• From Community Life Podcast: Design The Work Around Who You Are | HoB with Christine Vallaure de la Paz. Listen.

• From Community ROI Podcast: How Community Turns Connections Into Clients | Community ROI with Barry McDonald. Listen

• From Community Pulsse Podcast: The Decline of Technical Influencers. Listen

• From Higher Logic Podcast: SEO Quick Wins for Associations with Romeo Talento. Listen

We have 130+ jobs available in our Job Board, but we are featuring a few below:

US & Remote

💼 Global Community Specialist- US(Hybrid) at Gen. Apply

💼 Community & Events Coordinator- US(In- Office) at Magna. Apply

💼 Community Lead- US(Remote) at Aztec. Apply

💼 Community Events Manager- US(In- Office) at HeyGen. Apply

💼 Head of Community, Content and Sales Enablement- US(Hybrid) at Eventbrite. Apply

💼 Sr. Community Program Manager, AWS Developer Experience- US(In- Office) at Amazon. Apply

💼 AI Community Strategy Lead- US(In- Office) at Adobe. Apply

💼 Developer Relations & Community Manager- US(Remote) at Rootly. Apply

💼 Senior Community Growth Manager- US(In- Office) at Kira. Apply

💼 Community Events Manager- US(In- Office) at Ramp. Apply

💼 Staff Product Manager, Community Success- US(Remote) at Reddit. Apply

💼 Community Manager- US(In- Office) at Jobgether. Apply

💼 Community, Growth & Ecosystem- US(In- Office) at QuestDB. Apply

💼 Developer Advocate- US(Hybrid) at Orkes. Apply

💼 Developer Relations Team Lead- US(Hybrid) at Adobe. Apply

💼 Community Manager- US(Hybrid) at Chainlink Labs. Apply

💼 Online Community Administrator- US(In- office) at Agiloft. Apply

💼 Principal, Creative Community Roadmap- US(Hybrid) at Adobe. Apply

Jobs in Canada & Remote

💼 Community Manager- Canada (In-Office) at Torn Banner Studios. Apply

Europe & UK & Remote

💼 Community Manager - UK(In- Office) at Reddit. Apply

💼 GTM – Community, Growth & Ecosystem - UK(In- Office) at QuestDB. Apply

💼 Community Manager - UK(In- Office) at Newton Venture Program. Apply

💼 Partner Manager, Athlete & Community Partnerships (DACH)r - Germany(In- Office) at Strava. Apply

💼 Community Manager - UK(In- Office) at RAS. Apply

💼 Senior Community Manager- Italy (Hybrid) at Nacon Studio Milan. Apply

💼 Principal Community Architect- Ireland (In-Office) at Red Hat. Apply

💼 Community Advocacy Manager- UK(Hybrid) at Ubisoft. Apply

Australia & Asia & Remote

💼 CurseForge Community Content Manager- Israel (In-Office) at Overwolf. Apply 

💼 Community Manager- Japan (In-Office) at Side. Apply

Other locations

💼  Developer Advocate- Anywhere (Remote) at SerpApi. Apply

💼 Developer Advocate / Developer Relations Engineer- Anywhere (Remote) at Motia. Apply

📅 The Global Events Calendar

🗓️ April 30th, From members to co-owners: Building communities everyone truly belongs to with Francisco Opazo. Save your spot

🗓️ May 01st, CMX Summit 2025. Save your spot

🗓️ May 07th, Community Meets CX: Elevating the Customer Journey with Christina Garnett. Save your spot

🗓️ May 13th, Beyond Marketing: How to Position Community as a Business Driver with Avital Knoller. Save your spot