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[LBC #156] New Communiteers, Avital’s Replay & Fresh Reads

Meet new Communiteers, catch Avital Knoller’s Talks & Pros session, explore new playbooks, and discover resources and opportunities for community builders.

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Francisco Opazo
May 20, 2026

Hi friends!

Here’s a quick look at what’s happening across the community world this week:

📚 Have you checked out all the London Community Week playbooks yet? Explore interactive takeaways and insights from sessions at your own pace. Dive in here.

✨ We just launched a new Search Agent in beta, a chat-first experience for discovering events, playbooks, jobs, articles, and more. Give it a try and let us know what you think.

💬 Looking to meet more community builders? Our second round of Smart Intros is bringing curated 1:1 matches back to our Slack. Join us and get matched.

🎉 New members just joined our Communiteer Program! Welcome Kate Rushton, Amanda Pimenta, Mariana Calleja, and Shaheryar Ajmal to their new community roles.

🎤 Missed Avital Knoller’s Talks & Pros session? The replay and interactive playbook are now live with lessons on scaling community through growth and change.

🔎 New on the blog: How Google’s AI Search Rewards Communities — a practical playbook on GEO, AEO, SEO, and community visibility in the AI era.

📈 This week’s resources cover gamification, customer success, content strategy, and community growth — with insights from Circle, Higher Logic, Bevy, and more.

💌 We’re also featuring newsletters from Gareth Wilson & Grace, Richard Millington, and Jillian Bejtlich.

💼 Fresh roles are live on the Job Board. Whether you’re hiring or exploring what’s out there, take a look.

Keep scrolling for more ideas, resources, and opportunities.

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

Calling for Speakers – Community Builders & Leaders

Are you building or growing a community? We’d love to hear your story, case study, or lessons learned across our upcoming events, including Talks & Pros, Community Creators Series, and Leading with Purpose. We’re looking for real, practical insights from people in the field.

Click here to apply.

📈 Strategy, Operations and Analytics

Community Gamification in 5 Steps | Circle Blog

Most community gamification feels cheap. This guide covers 5 steps to build engagement, loyalty, and revenue—without the gimmicks.

Circle

  • From cmgr.LIVE: The Constitution Builder: The thinking is already in your library. Read

  • From Higher Logic: How Community Scales Customer Success and Enablement. Read

  • From CMX: We Just Launched the CMX Connect Dubai Chapter. Read

  • How to Get Headhunted: A Sustainable Content Plan for Community Managers by Nikita Heyland. Read

📨 Newsletters from Pros

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

  • The Price of Belonging by Gareth Wilson and Grace. Read

  • Mastering Stakeholder Engagement: the full webinar, slides, and what's next by Richard Millington. Read

  • Is This Thing On? Anyone There? by Jillian Bejtlich. Read

Are we missing a newsletter? Let us know!

Francisco OpazoBuilding Community one day at a time.
Community WeekCommunity Week is the new home for evolving community leaders.

🤯 More Resources for You

Why Community Events Matter More in the AI Era, Not Less - Bevy

AI handles community knowledge at scale. But trust, loyalty, and advocacy are built through events. Learn why community events matter more in the AI era.

bevy.com/b/blog/why-community-events-matter-more-in-the-ai-era-not-less

And more worth reading below:

  • From Rosieland: Doing more with what we have. Read

  • From Kajabi: Your online community shouldn't look like everyone else's. Read

  • From State Shift: Circle Review: Pros, Cons, and Who It’s Best For. Read

  • From Stack Overflow: Introducing the Heap, the software engineering blog for everyone. Read

🎙️ New Podcast Episodes

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

  • From Community ROI Podcast: The Community Dinner Strategy That Generated $3M in Pipeline | Community ROI with Ed Giansante. Listen

  • From Clocktower Advisors: Community Design & Implementation: Why Less Is More | Talk About Your Community. Listen

Become a Member of Led by Community

Did you know we have private conversations happening every single day? Behind the scenes, 400+ community builders are sharing experiments, lessons, wins, and challenges in real time. If you’re building community (or want to), this is where you belong.

We built a new chat-first Search Agent to help you discover events, playbooks, jobs, articles, podcasts, and more through simple conversations instead of endless clicking. Ask something specific, weird, or wonderfully random — and see where it takes you.

Community Tools Available for You

Create Your Professional Portfolio

Showcase your expertise, services, and case studies in a beautiful, shareable portfolio built specifically for community professionals. Highlight your positioning, skills, tools, and real-world work — all in one place.

Showcase Your Community

Create a beautiful profile in our curated directory to attract the right members and grow your visibility. Share your story, publish events and articles, collect reviews, and showcase what makes your community unique.

💼 The Job Board

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

US & Remote

💼 Community & Partnerships Lead- US (Remote) at Fel Beauty Inc. Apply

💼 Growth, Partnerships & Community- US(Hybrid) at Unify. Apply

💼 Social and Community Manager- US(Remote) at Dexmate. Apply

💼 Senior Developer Content Advocate, Social & Community- US(Remote) at Okta. Apply

💼 Senior Manager, Community Programs & Operations- US(Remote) at HackerOne. Apply

💼 Customer Marketing Manager- US(In-Office) at Decagon. Apply

💼 Community Engager- US (Hybrid) at LEGO. Apply

💼 Enterprise Account Executive- US (Remote) at Bevy. Apply

💼 Senior Manager, Moderation Operations- US(Remote) at Bevy. Apply

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

💼 Social & Community Brand Manager- US(Remote) at Scribd, Inc. Apply

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

💼 Culture & Community Specialist- US(Hybrid) at Acorns. Apply

💼 Community & Communications Manager- US(Remote) at Unsplash. Apply

💼 Community Manager- US(Remote) at Jerry.ai. Apply

💼 Community Engagement Manager- US(Remote) at Seattle Seahawks. Apply

💼 Head of Community- US(Remote) at Creatify. Apply

💼 Director, Community Engagement- US(Remote) at Creatify. Apply

💼 Head of Community- US(Remote) at Pantheon. Apply

💼 AVEVA PI Square Community Manager- US(Remote) at AVEVA. Apply

💼 Program Manager, Student Outreach- US(Remote) at Anthropic. Apply

💼 Community Manager & Content Creator- US(Hybrid) at Trove. Apply

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

💼 Community Engagement Manager, AWS InCommunities- US(Remote) at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Apply

Europe & UK & Remote

💼  Community & Product Growth Manager- Finland (Remote) at Thunderstore. Apply

💼 Community manager- UK (Hybrid) at Work Simple. Apply

💼 Community Moderator- UK (In-Office) at The Telegraph. Apply

💼 Community Manager- UK(Hybrid) at NetEase Games. Apply

💼 Growth, Partnerships & Community- UK(Hybrid) at Omnea. Apply

💼 Community Lead- UK(Hybrid) at Blissgrowth. Apply

💼 Lead Community Strategist- UK(Remote) at Scopely. Apply

💼 Community & Social Media Manager- Spain(Remote) at MAKE - Banking for creators. Apply

Australia & Asia & Remote

💼 Japan Community Manager - Japan (Remote) at VRChat. Apply

💼 Head of Community -Australia (Remote) at Kaboose. Apply

Jobs in other locations

💼 Developer Portal & Community Manager- Global (Remote) at Flipper Zero. Apply

💼 Head of Community & Events- Global (Remote) at Instrumentl. Apply

📅 The Global Events Calendar

🗓️ May 22nd, AI Sharing Notes: What We're Testing & Learning. Save your spot

🗓️ Jun 01st, AI DevCon by Tessl. Save your spot

🗓️ Jun 18th, Scaling Digital Customer Success with Community as the Delivery Layer. Save your spot

🗓️ Jul 07th, London Community Week 2026 (July 7th - 9th, 2026). Save your spot

🗓️ Aug 05th, Your Community IRL: How to Host a Conference for Your Community. Save your spot

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