[LBC #129] Toronto Highlights, Shaheryar’s Story & Fresh Resources

Hi friends!

Here’s your weekly dose of stories, tips, and tools to help your community thrive:

🎉 Toronto Community Week was a blast! If you missed it, don’t worry—you can catch the highlights on our LinkedIn page.

📚 From crafting engaging experiences to turning data into action, check out insights from Circle, Bettermode, Higher Logic, Steadfast Collective, and more.

💌 Laura Zug, Jillian Benbow, Rosieland, and Richard Millington share wisdom on creating moments that matter and thriving communities.

✨ Meet Shaheryar, who balances his full-time role at Siemens while bringing people together through events, newsletters, and virtual seminars—experimenting, listening, and building genuine connections. Read his story.

🎧 What we’re listening to: new episodes from Community ROI Podcast and Clocktower Advisors, packed with inspiration for community builders.

🎤 Upcoming Talks & Pros: learn from Rochelle Sonnenberg on leadership and advocacy, and join Ruthie Berber to explore co-creating products with your community.

💼 Looking for your next role? Want to share an opening? We’ve got 120+ global community positions and now a space for you to post roles too. Explore them here.

Keep scrolling for fresh resources, events, and happenings from communities worldwide.

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

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• From Bettermode: Digital Communities: The Heart of Modern Customer Engagement. Read

• From Higher Logic: Turning Association Data into Actionable Insights: Lessons from ASAE’s Christin Berry. Read

• From Steadfast Collective: When to Build Your Own Membership Platform (and When Not To). Read

• From CMX: How CMX Uses Its Job Board to Power Community Engagement—and How You Can Too. Read

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

• Designing moments that matter by Laura Zug. Read

• Spoiler: there is no one-fit or perfect community model by Jillian Benbow. Read

• Community keeps us young — Rosieland. Read

• Stop Selling One-Off Consulting Projects (Advanced Lesson from ICS 2025) by Richard Millington. Read

Are we missing a newsletter? Let us know!

And more worth reading below:

• From Clocktower Advisors: How AI Can Actually Bring People Together (If We Design It Right). Read

• From The Community Collective: The CC Coffee with Deborah Tyson. Read

• The hidden architects of the internet: Rebecca Newton and the making of online community management. Read

• From STATESHIFT: How to Increase User Participation in Tech Communities: The 5-System Framework. Read

• From Bevy: Driving Product Innovation Through Member Feedback Loops. Read

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

• From Community ROI Podcast: Why Sharing Community Stories Brings You More Clients | Community ROI with Brian Kling. Listen

• From Clocktower Advisors Podcast: Future Foresight: Community Careers with Deepshikha Yadav. Listen

Balancing his full-time role at Siemens, Shaheryar is passionate about bringing people together through shared purpose and connection. His journey began while leading alumni relations for his fraternity, where he discovered his talent for fostering meaningful engagement.

From organizing events and newsletters to hosting virtual seminars, he turns every initiative into an opportunity to strengthen relationships and nurture community culture. He thrives on experimentation—testing ideas, observing member responses, and refining what works.

His advice? Be consistent, listen to your members, and experiment—because real communities are built through genuine connection.

We have 120+ jobs available in our Job Board, but we are featuring a few below:

US & Remote

💼 Community Lead- US(Remote) at GrowthX AI. Apply

💼 Community Lead- US(Hybrid) at The Founders Club. Apply

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

💼 Community Management Consultant - Gaming- US(Remote) at Vendetta by Infinitize. Apply

💼 Community Operations, Growth- US(Remote) at Weights & Biases. Apply

💼 Community Manager- US(Hybrid) at Dion. Apply

💼 Developer Events & Community Manager- US(In-Office) at GMI Cloud. Apply

💼 Community Events Marketing Manager- US(Remote) at Dropbox. Apply

💼 Product Evangelist- US(In-Office) at Lovable. Apply

💼 Senior Manager, Community and Social Engagement- US(Remote) at Monarch. Apply

💼 Community Manager / Student Success Manager- US(Remote) at PianoGroove. Apply

💼 Head of Customer Marketing & Advocacy- US(Hybrid) at AirOps. Apply

💼 Community Manager- US(Remote) at Fuel Cycle. Apply

💼 Community Programs Manager- US(Remote) at NinjaOne. Apply

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

💼 Head of Social, Community & Creator- US(Remote) at Warner Bros. Discovery. Apply

💼 Social Media & Community Growth Manager- US(Remote) at Buildxact. Apply

💼 Social Media & Community Manager- US(In-Office) at Pave. Apply

💼 Community Manager- US(Remote) at Luxury Presence. Apply

💼 Social Media Community Manager US(Hybrid) at 143 Studios, LLC. Apply

💼 Senior Manager, Community and Social Engagement- US(Remote) at Monarch. Apply

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

💼 Head of Community and Student Experience- US(Remote) at LaunchX Entrepreneurship Program. Apply

💼 Community Team Lead-  US(Remote) at Lionbridge Games. Apply

💼 Customer Advocacy & Community Senior Manager- US(Remote) at Moxie. Apply

💼 Developer Relations Engineer- US(Hybrid) at Monad Foundation. Apply

💼 VP, Ecosystem Marketing & Developer Relations- US(Hybrid) at Circle. Apply

💼 Developer Relations, Lead Developer Advocate- US(Hybrid) at Salesforce. Apply

Canada & Remote

💼 Social and Community Manager- Canada(Hybrid) at Global X Canada. Apply

💼 Social Media & Community Manager- Canada(Hybrid) at Homebase. Apply

💼 Senior Manager, Customer Advocacy- Canada(Remote) at 1Password. Apply

Europe & UK & Remote

💼  Social Media & Community Manager - UK(Hybrid) at Mintago. Apply

💼 Senior Developer Advocate- France (In-Office) at Algolia. Apply

💼 Customer and Community Marketing Manager- UK(Remote) at CoreView. Apply

💼 Social Media & Community Manager- UK(Remote) at Spud Gun Studios. Apply

💼 Community Manager - Germany(In-Office) at Mindspace. Apply

💼 Front Desk Associate- Germany(In-Office) at Mindspace. Apply

💼 Community & Marketing Specialist- Finland (Hybrid) at Fygë. Apply

💼 Community & Content Manager-UK(Remote) at Zero Gravity. Apply

💼 Community Manager- Midnight Foundation- UK(Remote) at Input Output (IOHK). Apply

💼 Community Advisor- Maribor(Hybrid) at Korimako. Apply

💼 Community Manager -Portugal (Remote) at Symbiotic. Apply

💼 Community Manager - Netherlands (In-Office) at University of Amsterdam. Apply

💼 Head of Community- UK(Hybrid) at Caliber. Apply

💼 Head of Community-  UK(Hybrid) at Lawhive. Apply

💼 Learning Community & Engagement Partner - Hungary(Hybrid) at Genesys. Apply

💼 Community Operations Manager-Europe (Remote) at Plaud. Apply

💼 Community Manager - UK(Hybrid) at Judge.me. Apply

Australia & Asia & Remote

💼 Growth Builder- India(Remote) at Reddit. Apply

💼 Community Management Associate (CMF)- India(Hybrid) at Nothing. Apply

💼 CSR Specialist , INOPs Community Engagement- India(Hybrid) at Amazon. Apply

💼 Community Associate- India(Hybrid) at WeWork India. Apply

💼 Customer Services Manager- India(Hybrid) at IWGPlc. Apply

💼 Associate Community Manager- India(Hybrid) at Newton School of Technology. Apply

💼 Community Development- India(Hybrid) at Kuhoo Finance. Apply

💼 Community Manager- India(Hybrid) at Of10. Apply

💼 Community Manager- India(Hybrid) at Kilowott. Apply

💼 Event & Community Manager- India(Hybrid) at PadCare. Apply

Jobs in other locations

💼 Community Manager - Reddit & Facebook- Global(Remote) at Kittl. Apply

📅 The Global Events Calendar

🗓️ Nov 05th, Behind the Badge: Lessons from Leading Microsoft’s MVP Program with Rochelle Sonnenberg. Save your spot

🗓️ Nov 06th, The Global Standup – A Monthly Ritual for Community Builders. Save your spot

🗓️ Nov 25th, AI Lovable Hackathon: Community Tools Edition. Save your spot

🗓️ Dec 3rd, Build With, Not For: Community Strategies for Product Innovation with Ruthie Berber. Save your spot