LCB #65 Community-led World London Summit is here! Save your FREE spot!

Hello Community Friends, Francisco here 👋 

We have exciting news for you this week! We just announced the Community-led World Summit: London Chapter (+ Free Online), a unique experience in the heart of London.

We have amazing speakers confirmed: Richard Millington, Brian Oblinger, Nikki Thibodeau, Paz Pisarski, Remco de Vries, Ilker Akansel, Rosie Sherry, Chantelle Lewis, Valentina Ruffoni, Ruthie Berber, Tali Leibowitz, Stuart Clark, Michelle Sims, Blaise Grimes-Viort and Celine Riemenschneider.

We are expecting around 200 Community Leaders in London and 1K+ joining us online since, thanks to our sponsors, we decided to stream the event online with no additional cost for everyone! Kudos to our sponsors!

We got also news on a new Lightning Networking for Community Leaders US-centered hosted by Ruthie Berber and Aleksandra Thomas. RSVP HERE

Click to join the Community-led World Summit for FREE👇️ 

On X this week…

• From Talkbase: Unlocking Community Value with Meaningful Data. Read

• From Guild: Case study: Thread & Fable connects FCDO student ambassadors with Guild community. Read

• From Disciple Media: A Head-To-Head Comparison Of Teachable & Thinkific. Read

• From Disciple Media: Best Mighty Networks Alternatives To Build Online Community. Read

• From The Community Roundtable: Three Tips for Effective Community Management. Read

• From The Community Roundtable: Focus on relationships to build strong communities. Read

• Exploring the Boundaries of Reality: A Dive into Virtual and Augmented Realities with Jason de Parrie-Turner. Read

• From Community Member to Leader: Neval Dalgic's Inspiring Rise in the World of Online Community Management. Read

• Beyond the Screen: 5 trends in Online Communities in 2024. Read

• Reasons to be Optimistic About the Future of Community Practice by Bill Johnston. Read

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

• Getting Connected by Madeleine Milne. Read

• Reflections on 2023 and the future ahead by Adrian Speyer. Read

• Going Far Together - the value of social learning by Drew Pontikis. Read

• Shaping behavior in communities by Max Pete. Read

• Holiday Gift Guide for Community Managers by Jillian Benbow. Read

• The Holiday & Engagement by Martha Essien. Read

• Community Growth at: Figma by Gareth Wilson. Read

• The F.A.S.T community-led approach to conference organizing by Rosie Sherry. Read

• Lessons learned in 2023 by Drew Pontikis. Read

• 2023 - It’s a wrap by Madeleine Milne. Read

• How To Quickly Separate Real Prospects From Time-Draining Opportunities by Richard Millington. Read

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🤯 More Resources for You

And more worth reading below:

• From CMX: 9 Tips for Integrating AI into Your Community Strategy. Read

• From CMX: Moving Forward in the CMX Community. Read

• From Higher Logic: Has Your Association Fallen Into “Benefits-Creep”? Read

• From Guild: Community Trends 2024. Read

• Jeremy Meiss on Developer Relations: From Evangelism to Advocacy. Read

• How DevRel Teams Can Use AI Today and Tomorrow by Karl Hughes. Read

• Managing an online community by Andrew Owen. Read

• Clocktower Advisors: Online Community Building: Deb Schell's Practical Insights. Read

• From Discourse: Related Topics: Enhancing Content Exploration. Read

• From CommonRoom: Lead prioritization (or a better way to separate the gold from the garbage). Read

• From Hivebrite: InnoEnergy once again partners with Hivebrite to enhance and enrich its virtual entrepreneurship competition. Read

• From Hivebrite: Our 2023 highlights. Read

• What is Community Everywhere? by Michelle Goodall. Read

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

• What Does a Community Manager Actually Do? by Shana Lynn. Listen.

• The Community Roundtable: Building Mobile-First Communities. Listen

• Decoded by Threado: Kincy Clark - Lessons of building great support teams from an army veteran! Listen

• In Before The Lock: A really great activation. Listen

• How this One Question can be Rocket Fuel for your Business with Blake Fly by Shana Lynn. Listen.

• From CHAOSS: DEI Metrics Overcoming Social Barriers in OSS. Listen

• Decoded by Threado: Peter Peart - How to unlock customer success in the right way! Listen

• Community Life #78 with Laura Zug. Listen

• Community Life #77 with Joel Primack. Listen

We have 60+ jobs available within our Job Board, but we are featuring a few below:

💼 Senior Community Manager at NIKEL COMM. Apply.

💼 Community Manager at Atera. Apply.

💼 Community Program Management Lead at Miro. Apply.

💼 Community Relations Manager at Ripple. Apply.

💼 Associate Community Manager (Contract) at ZAM. Apply.

💼 Principal Data Scientist, Community at Atlassian. Apply.

💼 US Community Ambassador Manager at Vivobarefoot. Apply.

💼 Community Partnerships Manager at Public. Apply.

💼 Lead Community Manager at Fortis Games. Apply.

💼 Head of Developer Relations at O(1) Labs. Apply.

💼 Head of Developer Relations and Community at Gatsby. Apply.

💼 Community & Content Manager at Karrot. Apply.

💼 Senior Community Director - Genshin Impact at HoYoverse. Apply.

💼 Community, Marketing and Communications Lead at Turbofish. Apply.

💼 External Community Lead at Fasset. Apply.

💼 Community Manager at Ubisoft. Apply.

📅 The Events Calendar

🗓️ January 06th, Cultivating Vibrant Learning Ecosystems by Unleashing the Power of Community-Driven Growth. Save your spot

🗓️ January 11th, Engage & Elevate: Strategies for Personal Networking and Community Success. Save your spot

🗓️ January 16th, Friends Talk Tools: Asana with Joel Primack. Save your spot

🗓️ January 23th, Building Digital Communities: A MasterClass for SaaS and Startup Founders. Save your spot

🗓️ January 29th, 2024 Community Managers Celebration: One Year, Many Communities. Save your spot