[LBC #145] Women in Community, Tom Ross Replay & Denver Meetup

Hi friends!

Here’s what we’re building, exploring, and learning together this week:

🌸 For International Women’s Day, we’re spotlighting 250+ women shaping the community industry worldwide. Explore the directory and meet the leaders behind thriving communities.

🎥 Missed Tom Ross live? He shared his Community Compass Framework and practical strategies to build a thriving, profitable membership community in 2026. Watch the replay.

🎙️ Next up: Talks & Pros with Sarah Greisdorf. A deep dive into turning members into co-creators and building partnerships that actually scale. Save your spot and come curious.

🏔️ Our Denver Chapter is gathering for a fireside chat on post-sales strategy for community managers — exploring how community fits into customer success, impact measurement, and long-term value creation. If you’re local, we’d love to see you there.

🛠️ Got an idea your community needs? Turn it into a working prototype in just 3 hours — no coding required. Join our AI Lovable Hackathon.

💬 Prerak Gala reflects on navigating institutional complexity and why curiosity, patience, and ownership matter in community building. His journey is thoughtful, honest, and full of insight. Read here.

📚 New tools and reflections from Discourse, Bettermode, Higher Logic, Gainsight, Rosieland, and more. Dive in.

🧭 Playbook of the week: From Attendees to Advocates by Bri Leever. Explore how pop-up communities, storytelling, and thoughtful follow-ups can turn one-off gatherings into lasting engagement.

💼 New roles are live across community, customer success, and ecosystem leadership. If you’re exploring your next move (or hiring!), take a look.

Stories, resources, and opportunities await — keep scrolling.

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

AI isn’t just reshaping search it’s raising the bar for how Community knowledge is structured and surfaced. If your community still relies on scattered threads, unclear answers, or siloed hubs, this shift will expose those gaps quickly. Join Gainsight’s digital event on April 9th to hear from experts and learn how Community leaders are turning fragmented conversations into structured knowledge ecosystems built for the AI era.

• From Discourse: How We Fixed YAML Comment Preservation in Ruby (And Why We Sponsored It). Read

• From Bettermode: Top 5 Customer Engagement Software in 2026. Read

• From HigherLogic: How Associations Can Clarify and Communicate Their Value Proposition. Read

• From Gainsight: The Retention Value of Customer Community Is Hidden in the Wrong Metrics. Read

• From State Shift: Mighty Networks Review: Is It Really Worth It? Read

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

• Over-Designing Communities to Their Untimely Death by Jillian Bejtlich. Read

• The Attention Game is Over by Gareth Wilson and Jon Levesque. Read

• Remember! Rosieland Roundup 304. Read

• The Most Successful Consultants Work In The Most Boring Sectors by Richard Millington. Read

Are we missing a newsletter? Let us know!

And more worth reading below:

• From Rosieland: Data is at the Heart of Community. Read

• Go High Level vs Circle (2026): Which Community Platform Is Right for You? by Brianna Leever. Read

• From Clocktower Advisors: Why Your Enterprise Community Strategy Is Failing (And What to Do About It). Read

• From Led by Community Blog: Your Customer Advisory Board Is Not the Market: How Small Councils Distort Events, Communities, and Customer Marketing. Read

• From Australian Community Managers: Celebrating 10 years of SOCM Reports: 2015 - 2025. Read

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

• From Community ROI Podcast: Why Slack Communities Are The Future of Business Growth | Community ROI with Zach Hawtof. Listen

• From Higher Logic Podcasts: Improving Your Association's Value Proposition with Sarah Spinosa. Listen

• From Clocktower Advisors Podcast: AllPeeP: Solving Community Problems Quickly | Community Demo Series. Listen

Community Week Highlights

Curious about what Community Week is all about? Watch the London replay to get a feel for the conversations, energy, and people that make it special. Then, experience it live at Community Week 2026! Early Bird passes are available for our multi-city gathering built for community professionals who want to learn with peers. Join us in London, New York, or Lisbon for practical sessions, honest conversations, and real time to connect. Early Bird spots are limited — claim your pass while they’re available.

With years of experience across developer and startup communities, Prerak now serves as Community Manager at riidl, where he helps shape innovation-driven ecosystems within Somaiya Vidyavihar University. Working closely with founders and stakeholders, he focuses on intentional engagement and meaningful connection. He shares reflections on navigating institutional complexity and why curiosity, patience, and ownership are key to building strong communities.

Community Tools Available for You

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

US & Remote

💼 Community & Customer Marketing- US (Remote) at Primer. Apply

💼 Mom Community & Brand Education Manager- US(Remote) at Noodle & Boo, Inc. Apply

💼 Community Manager - US(Remote) at Noovo. Apply

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

💼 AI Community Program Manager- US(Remote) at Snap Inc. Apply

💼 AI Community Manager- US(Remote) at PeopleCaddie. Apply

💼 Advocate Community Lead- US (Remote) at Solace. Apply

💼 Coordinator, Community Management- US (Remote) at E.L.F. BEAUTY. Apply

💼 Community Manager- US(Remote) at Granola. Apply

💼 Youth Advocacy & Success Manager- US(In-Office) at Opal. Apply

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

💼 Community Manager- US(Hybrid) at Discover International. Apply

💼 Senior Community & Event Marketing Specialist- US(Remote) at Madison Logic. Apply

💼 Senior Developer Advocate- US(In-Office) at Promptfoo. Apply

💼Community and Events Program Manager- US(Remote) at monday.com. Apply

💼 Community & Customer Marketing- US (Remote) at Primer. Apply

💼 Mom Community & Brand Education Manager- US(Remote) at Noodle & Boo, Inc. Apply

💼 Community Manager - US(Remote) at Noovo. Apply

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

💼 AI Community Program Manager- US(Remote) at Snap Inc. Apply

💼 AI Community Manager- US(Remote) at PeopleCaddie. Apply

💼 Advocate Community Lead- US (Remote) at Solace. Apply

💼 Coordinator, Community Management- US (Remote) at E.L.F. BEAUTY. Apply

💼 Community Manager- US(Remote) at Granola. Apply

💼 Youth Advocacy & Success Manager- US(In-Office) at Opal. Apply

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

💼 Community Manager- US(Hybrid) at Discover International. Apply

💼 Senior Community & Event Marketing Specialist- US(Remote) at Madison Logic. Apply

💼 Senior Developer Advocate- US(In-Office) at Promptfoo. Apply

💼 Community and Events Program Manager- US(Remote) at monday.com. Apply

Canada & Remote

💼 Community Marketing Lead – Canada(In-Office) at Owl.co. Apply

Europe & UK & Remote

💼 Community Manager - UK (Remote) at Apolitical. Apply

💼 Community Partnership Lead - UK (Hybrid) at FiveTwoNine. Apply

💼 Community Spaces Lead- France (Remote) at Turk Startups. Apply

💼 Community Manager - Sweden (Remote) at Sumsub. Apply

💼 Head of Community- Poland (Remote) at Warmy.io. Apply

💼 Community Specialist- Germany (In-Office) at Corsair. Apply

💼 Senior Community Specialist- UK (Remote) at Tem. Apply

💼 Education & Community Manager- Austria (In-Office) at NYRA Health. Apply

💼 Community Experience Manager- UK (Remote) at Filigran. Apply

Australia & Asia & Remote

💼  Community Manager - India (Remote) at micro1. Apply

💼 Community Services Manager -India (Remote) at Crossing Hurdles. Apply

💼 Community Manager-India (Remote) at StrongYes Media. Apply

💼 Community Operations Specialist -Japan (Hybrid) at Plaud. Apply

Jobs in other locations

💼 Developer Community Manager- Global (Remote) at Apify. Apply

📅 The Global Events Calendar

🗓️ Mar 11th, Scaling Community Relationships at Squarespace with Sarah Greisdorf. Save your spot

🗓️ Mar 13th, Denver Chapter Meetup: Post-Sales for Community Managers. Save your spot

🗓️ Mar 19th, Ideal Member Research: How to Build Strategy on Real Behavior. Save your spot

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

🗓️ June 1st, AI DevCon by Tessl. Save your spot

🗓️ July 07th, London Community Week 2026 (July 7th - 10th, 2026). Save your spot