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[LBC #165] Call for Speakers, Loop Summit & Fresh Resources

Share your expertise with fellow community builders, join Loop’s global gathering, become a Community Compass mentor, and discover new resources and roles.

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Francisco Opazo
July 29, 2026

Hi friends!

Whether you're looking to speak, learn, or grow, we've got something for you this week:

🇵🇹 Lisbon Community Week is looking for speakers! If you've got a story, experience, or lesson to share, we'd love to welcome you to the stage this November. Apply here.

🎤 Prefer to speak online instead? We're also accepting speaker applications for Talks & Pros, Community Creators, Leading Communities with Purpose, and AI-First Community Builders. Submit your talk.

🌍 Loop is back! This August, we're joining forces with CMX and The Community Collective to bring community builders together across every time zone for a truly global virtual summit. Register now.

📆 Next Wednesday, Pat Miller joins us to share practical lessons on hosting unforgettable community conferences, from sponsorships and speakers to attendee experience. Save your spot.

🧭 Community Compass is still looking for mentors! If you'd like to support another community professional through one-to-one conversations, applications are open until 14 August. Apply here.

📚 This week's reading list includes fresh insights from Carrie Melissa Jones, Rosie Sherry, Brianna Leever, Bill Johnston, Jillian Bejtlich, and more.

💼 Looking for your next community role? We've added a fresh batch of opportunities to the Job Board. Take a look.

Keep scrolling. There's plenty more to discover below.

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

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Join Higher Logic and Scott Wilder from LastPass for a practical conversation on the next phase of community strategy. Discover how LastPass is leveraging community operations, customer language analysis, peer support, and emerging AI capabilities to bring community closer to the product experience. You'll also learn how they're measuring success today and explore what the future could look like when community becomes an in-product layer that anticipates customer needs and connects people with the right answers at the right time.

📈 Strategy, Operations and Analytics

Is your community a “low-effort” family? — The CMJ Group by Carrie Melissa Jones

Communities are like family systems, and many of them function like "low-effort families," where closeness is performed but never actually built. This post breaks down the engagement mistake that causes it, and the real formula for creating authentic closeness in your community.

The CMJ Group by Carrie Melissa Jones

  • Launching Community Case Studies Database by Rosie Sherry. Read

  • How to Design for Community Engagement (Stop Asking the Wrong Question) by Brianna Leever. Read

  • Knowledge Leaders and Culture Leaders: Why Support-Driven Communities Need Both by CMX. Read

🧑‍🎨 Community Creators

Cohort vs. Always-On: Which Community Model Is Right for You?

Choosing between a cohort and an always-on community model is a critical decision for any creator. This guide breaks down the trade-offs in revenue, workload, and member experience to help you pick the right structure for your business and lifestyle.

Led by Community • Led by Community

  • A Guide to Community-Led Product Launches. Read

  • How to Find a Defensible Niche For Your Community. Read

  • Handling Difficult Members in Your Paid Community. Read

  • How to Diagnose and Reduce Community Churn. Read

🤝 Associations and Memberships

Community as Career Ladder: Get Your Members Promoted

Stop offering discounts and start offering career velocity. This is a playbook for four low-cost, high-impact community programmes that help your members get promoted, build their brand and secure their next role.

Led by Community • Led by Community

  • Detoxing from Dashboards: Moving Your Board to Better Metrics. Read

  • Designing for Dissent: Building Psychological Safety. Read

  • The Echo, Not the Pitch: Communicating Member Value. Read

  • Novices & Experts: Serving the Full Member Lifecycle. Read

🎯 Customer Marketing

The First 90 Days as a Head of Community or Customer Marketing

A strategic 30-60-90 day plan for new B2B community and customer marketing leaders. Learn how to listen, audit, strategise, and execute to make an immediate and lasting impact in your first three months.

Led by Community • Led by Community

  • How to Defend Your Customer Marketing Budget in a Downturn. Read

  • Customer Marketing for Enterprise vs. SMB Customers. Read

  • A Guide to Ethical and Transparent Customer Advocacy. Read

💻 From Community Platforms

  • Practical AI Use Cases for Associations by Higher Logic. Read

  • How to Measure the ROI of a Community Challenge by HubPlus. Read

📨 Newsletters from Pros

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

  • Structure3C Research and Frameworks Library by Bill Johnston. Read

  • The Ever Changing Architecture of Arrival by Jillian Bejtlich. Read

Are we missing a newsletter? Let us know!

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🎙️ New Podcast Episodes

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

  • From Shana Lynn Podcast: How to Decide What to Do First. Listen

  • From Community ROI Podcast: The Business Value Of Building Communities Around Events | Community ROI with Seth Resler. Listen

  • From This Week in Community (TWiC) Podcast: Lessons from London Community Week: Community decay is normal, and that's okay. Listen

🤯 More Resources for You

Caring vs. Carrying: A Framework for Sustainable Moderation — Australian Community Managers

Serena Snoad adapts the classic circles of control, influence and concern framework for moderators, showing how to prevent burnout by clarifying what's yours to action, escalate or simply let go. Includes three burnout personas to watch for, and diagnostic questions for individuals and team leads.

Australian Community Managers

And more worth reading below:

  • From The Community Collective: The CC Coffee with Mariana Luis Castillo Patron. Read

  • From StateShift: The Developer Go-To-Market Sequence: What to Build First. Read

  • How to Talk to Ghosters by Yurii Lazaruk. Read

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💼 The Job Board

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

US & Canada & Remote

💼 Community Relations Director — Maple Leaf Dentistry Apply here

💼 Manager of Community Outreach and Engagement — Jewish Toronto Apply here

💼 Community Engagement Representative — Girl Guides of Canada Apply here

💼 Community Safety Manager — Huron University Apply here

💼 Community Lead - Liberty Station — JETSET Pilates Apply here

💼 Community Manager for Multiplayer Games — Sony Interactive Entertainment Apply here

💼 Manager, Campaigns & Individual Giving — The Corp.of Massey Hall & Roy Thomson Hall Apply here

💼 Live-Stream Social Media Community Moderator — Social Factor Apply here

💼 Insomniac - Paid Fall Community Engagement Intern — Insomniac Holdings, LLC Apply here

💼 Senior Manager, GaaS Community — SEGA Apply here

💼 Community Manager — Bolt (Remote) Apply here

💼 Head Coach & Community Manager - S. Louis Park, MN — Solidcore Apply here

💼 Community Manager for Developers — 1Password Apply here

💼 Corporate Programs Analyst - Temporary — Air Canada Apply here

💼 Remote Community Insights Analyst (Canada) — Standing on Giants Apply here

💼 Community Engagement Coordinator at headspace — Marathon Health Australia Apply here

💼 Community Engagement Lead in Media & Entertainment — Autodesk, Inc. Apply here

💼 Customer Marketing Manager — Mimecast (Remote) Apply here

💼 Senior Community Manager — Founders Pledge  Apply here

💼 Creator Community & Scaled Programs Manager — Suno Apply here

💼 Community Engagement Life Skills — Community Integrtn Serv Apply here

💼 Lead Creator Community University — Upperclass Apply here

💼 Partner Community & Engagement Lead — Relativity Apply here

💼 Social Media Community Manager — TruePoint Communications (Remote) Apply here

💼 Community Manager II - Overlook at Thornton — Maiker Housing Partners Apply here

💼 Commissary Manager — Safe Meat Inc. Apply here

💼 Community Engagement Officer at Oxford Archaeology — Oxford Archaeology Apply here

💼 Authentic Community Growth Lead (Reddit, TikTok, YouTube) — Jerry Apply here

💼 Remote Partner, Community Initiatives (Remote) — World Education Services Apply here

Europe & UK & Remote

💼 EMEA Group Lead, Social Content — Adobe Apply here

💼 London Community Moderator — Newsroom Reader Conversations — New York Times Apply here

💼 Presales Consultant — Kainos Apply here

💼 Associate, Customer Success Advocacy — Ciena UK Apply here

💼 Head of Travel Advisory and Community, UK — Navan Apply here

💼 Developer Advocate (Remote) — Cross Border Talents Apply here

Remote & Others

💼 Community Services Volunteer — Valued Connections Healthcare (Remote) Apply here

💼 Community Engagement Worker — WEBRECRUIT Apply here

💼 Community Engagement & Development Lead – North East — NECA Apply here

💼 Broadband Field Advisor: Community Engagement — Cornwall-Staff-Agency-Ltd Apply here

💼 Member \u0026 Community Engagement Committee — Heart of England Cooperative Society Apply here

💼 West Highlands Community Liaison & Outreach — CIH International Housing Group Apply here

💼 Social Growth & Community Lead — Recess (Remote) Apply here

💼 Community Manager — Regus Apply here

💼 Graduate Community Engagement Officer — Reeson Education Apply here

💼 Community Engagement Lead - Social Value & Local Impact — Griffiths Ltd. Apply here

💼 Community Engagement & Social Programs Specialist — Adisco Community Services Ltd Apply here

💼 Community Engagement Officer; GR — Griffiths Ltd. Apply here

💼 Strategic Licensing & Community Safety Lead — Essex County Council Apply here

📅 The Global Events Calendar


🗓️ Jul 30th, AI Sharing Notes: What We're Testing & Learning. Save your spot

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

🗓️ Oct 13th, Remote Work Needs Community. Save your spot

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