[LBC #180] Lisbon This Friday, Coworking Days & Softr AI Hackathon

Hi friends!

Lisbon Community Week is almost here, and there's plenty more to look forward to in the coming weeks:

🇵🇹 Lisbon Community Week is this Friday! Join us at Impact Hub Lisbon for talks, a hands-on workshop, an unconference and an after-party. Explore the full programme.

☕ On 19 November, connect with fellow community professionals at our Community Heroes Coworking Day in Shoreditch, London. Save your spot.

💡 Also on 19 November, Leah Ruehlicke from Skillshare explores how making people feel seen can counter community apathy and inspire participation. Join the session.

📊 On 25 November, Serena Snoad shares a practical framework for measuring impact in nonprofit communities while protecting member trust. Register here.

💻 Later that week, on 27 November, join fellow community professionals in Mumbai for an afternoon of coworking and connection. Save your spot.

🤖 On 3 December, bring your ideas to our Softr AI Hackathon and build practical tools, apps or even your own community platform. Join the hackathon.

📖 Catch up on our AMA with Lisbon Community Week speakers, featuring key takeaways and the full recording. Read the playbook.

📚 This week's reads feature Carrie Melissa Jones, Rosie Sherry, Jillian Bejtlich and Simon Tomes on onboarding, the challenges of community building, finding more discernment in our work, and more. Scroll down for the full selection.

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

• Community Debt: The 10 Types That Hold Community Building Back by Rosie Sherry. Read

• The CC Coffee with Evan Hamilton by The Community Collective. Read

🎯 B2B Community Strategy

From Led by Community

• Nurturing Your Digital Garden: A Comprehensive Guide to Community Engagement. Read

• Breathing New Life into Dormant Communities: Turning Passive Communities into Active Hubs. Read

• Circle.so: a member-first community experience powered by automation and AI. Read

From Led by Community

• Plan Live Podcast Sessions for Paying Members. Read

• Build a Membership Alongside Your Video Channel. Read

From Led by Community

• A Playbook for B2B Community Moderation. Read

• How to Revive a Stale B2B Customer Community. Read

From Led by Community

• Practical AI Workflows for Solo Community Creators. Read

• A Playbook for Member-Led Accountability Circles. Read

• Reddit vs. Discourse: A Tale of Two Incentive Models by Discourse. Read

• Build vs. Buy a Community Platform: What Happens After the Weekend Prototype by Bettermode. Read

• 2026 Association Community Benchmarks: Five Findings Worth a Closer Look by Higher Logic. Read

Fresh perspectives from community professionals:

• Community Pros Make Terrible House Guests by Jillian Bejtlich. Read

• Disyearnment: The Yearning for More Discernment in an Age of Domentum by Simon Tomes. Read

Three useful listens on community-led revenue, member progress, knowledge management and data-informed experiences:

• How A $3K Community Dinner Helped Close $80K In Deals by Community ROI with Darragh Collins. Listen

• How to Turn Community Engagement Into Member Progress by Shana Lynn. Listen

• Get shait done: build data, not features, despite AI contradictions by This Week in Community. Listen

Two fresh resources for measuring learning impact and studying community programmes that created visible member and business value:

• Meet the 2026 Community of the Year Award Winners by Grazitti Interactive. Read

📖 Latest LBC Playbook

Choose a practical skill from our AI Skills Library for onboarding, engagement, moderation, events or reporting. Use it alongside the MCP playbook above to ground your next task in community resources.

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