LBC #36: AI, Events, and Insights for Success πŸš€

+75 job opportunities, 20+ events, one pro story, new podcast episodes and resources.

Hello! Community Pros 😊

Francisco here, Founder at Led by Community, and I'm thrilled to bring you another action-packed edition of our weekly newsletter. First and foremost, we'd like to extend a heartfelt thank you for your support during our Product Hunt launch, which helped us reach #3 Product of the Day! Kudos to you! πŸŽ‰

This week, we've curated a fantastic lineup of news, insights, and resources that every community pro needs to know. Here's a quick rundown of what you'll find inside:

  1. Don't miss our event next Thursday with Paz Pisarski, "The Art of Building a Sustainable Ambassador Program: Lessons Learned and Success Stories." With 50+ registrants already, it's going to be an insightful session.

  2. Richard Millington's tweet highlights a study showing that hosting in-person events may reduce engagement in online communities.

  3. Discover where C-suite and senior executives network, as posed by Guild.

  4. Learn how Discourse AI leads the charge in AI implementation for professional communities.

  5. Get the scoop on Samantha Venia's latest study on the burdens of community growth.

  6. Check out Commsor's 3 essential guidelines for community data analysis – a hot topic!

  7. We've expanded our list of newsletters from community pros to 7, featured in this newsletter. Is yours missing? Reach out to me on LinkedIn!

  8. Find out how to set a good behavior example for your community members.

  9. Bonus: Don't miss the replay of Richard Millington's webinar on solving your toughest community problems – it's unmissable!

Let's dive in and maximise these valuable insights and resources to help you level up your community game.

πŸ’Œ With love Francisco and Led by Community Team.

On Twitter this week…

πŸ“ˆ Strategy, Operations and Analytics

  • From CMX: What You Need to Know About the burdens of Comunity Growth by Samantha Venia Latest Study…..Read

  • From Commsor: 3 Essential Guidelines for Community Data Analysis. Read

  • Top Online Communities for Community Managers: Networking, Learning, and Growing Together. Read

  • The Financial Benefits of Community Building for CFOs | B3 Alliance Inc. Read

  • A Simple Community Positioning Framework- Orbit Read

  • From Olga Koenig, Why Replacing your Community Manager is a risky move? Read

πŸ€– A.I & Community Management

πŸ’Ž Featured Community: Drift

The Drift team is grateful to have incredible customers and wants to create a fun and supportive environment for them to collaborate with peers, learn about recent product innovations, and communicate with Drift's Service, Success and Support teams to get the most value out of Drift.

Francisco OpazoBuilding Community one day at a time.

πŸ“¨ Newsletters from Pros

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

  • The Rise of Virtual Communities, by David Spinks. Read

  • Thriving In The Tide Pools, by Richard Millington. Read

  • Continuous Community: Making following conversations easy, a Substack example. Read

  • Customer-ization's Newsletter: Dark horse: when community outperforms marketing. Read

  • Read This Before You Hire a Community Manager With Sarah. Read

  • The Accidental Community Manager: What’s Your Community SLA? Read

Are we missing a newsletter? Please reply back and let us know!

🀯 More Resources for You

And more worth reading below:

  • Behavior Modeling: Setting a Good Example in Your Community. Read

  • Reflections of my First Year at Adobe, and Building a Strong/er Community with My Team. Read

  • How Taylor Harrington turned a lifetime of community building into a Head of the Community role. Read

  • A quick guide to Mighty Networks Spaces - Find Calm Here A quick guide to Mighty Networks Spaces. Read

  • 5 Amazing Member Benefits Every Association Should Have in 2023. Read

  • Fostering Thought Leadership: Enhancing Communities. Read

  • Why Replacing Your Community Manager is a Risky Move. Read

πŸ“Ί Featured Video: How to solve your toughest community problems by Richard Millington

πŸŽ™οΈ New Podcast Episodes

This week we have only two new podcast episodes available:

  • Beginner Maps #How Madi went from being a software developer to the head of the community at Contra. Listen

  • Episode 62: The Ultimate Blueprint to Scaling Live Calls with Shana Lynn. Listen

πŸ’Ό The Job Board

We have 80+ jobs available within our Job Board but we are featuring a few below:

πŸ’Ό Community and Operations Lead- NEXT Careers. Apply.

πŸ’Ό Founding Head of Community at Plexus. Apply.

πŸ’Ό Founding Lead Designer at Plexus. Apply.

πŸ’Ό Engineering Director, Community at Canonical Limited. Apply.

πŸ’Ό Director, Customer Community at BILL. Apply.

πŸ’Ό Operations and community lead at Potrero Labs. Apply.

πŸ’Ό Coordinator, Community at BrainStation. Apply.

πŸ’Ό Community Evangelist - Mat3ra. Apply.

πŸ’Ό Community and Events Manager at Amplifire. Apply.

πŸ’Ό Growth Marketing Manager at Grapevine. Apply.

πŸ’Ό Head of Community at gravity sketch. Apply.

πŸ“… The Events Calendar

πŸ—“οΈ April 29th, Securing Buy-ins For Your Community Programs. Event by CMX. Save your spot.

πŸ—“οΈ April 30th, Community Lab: CMX LA Hosts the WORD IMPROV RETREAT. Event by CMX.Save your spot.

πŸ—“οΈ May 02nd, Advice for Startups on Building Engaging, Successful Communities. Event by Eventbrite. Save your spot.

πŸ—“οΈ May 4th, The Art of Building Sustainable Ambassador Program: Lessons Learned and Success Stories with Paz Pisarski, Co-Founder at the Community Collective. Event by: Led by Community. Save your spot

βš’οΈ Tools for Community Pros

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