LCB #69 Community Conversations, CMX Awards, Common Room Updates and Commsor is back?

Happy Friday, Community Leaders!

Francisco here 👋 

First, Big congratulations to Pipe and Celine for winning the CMX Awards on CMXer of the Year and Executive, respectively! Hooray!

This week Rosie Sherry led a workshop all about Exploring Community Conversations!

After some time, up and downs, Commsor is back on the game of Authentic Connections, believe it or not, they are way more than dinosaurs.

Our friends at Common Room keep delivering value to their users, details here.

Noele Flowers is well known for its love of learning communities, and this week’s article is 5 reasons You should not launch a forum for your online community. Read here.

Mighty Max Pete got serious with the article: Measuring the impact of recognition in communities. Read more here. (Did you know he’s one of the speakers at the Community-led World Summit in London this year?)

For our beloved consultants and strategists: The One Thing I’d Recommend Before Starting A Consultancy Practice, by Rich Millington.

We welcome Evan Hamilton's newsletter to our list of sources! We have been missing this gem for a long time! Read this week here.

Your Friend, Francisco & Led by the Community Team

Headline: Circle: the all-in-one platform for community builders

Many creators are under the impression that successful communities have thousands of members and are run by a large team with a complex tech stack.

Here’s the thing though. 4 in 5 of the most successful community builders on Circle have 500 or fewer community members. Nearly 60% don’t have any full-time help, and half of them only use three or fewer tools to manage their community.

You don’t need any more members, employees, or money to become a top community builder. What you need is a deep understanding of the audience you serve, combined with a platform that helps you create an extraordinary member experience—which is exactly where Circle comes in.

If you’ve been wondering what good really looks like for your own community, you can read more data-backed insights inside Circle’s Community Benchmark Report!

Download the report for free here!

On X this week…

• From Discourse: Leveraging Community to Build A Culture of Inclusivity in Remote Workplaces. Read

• From Mighty Networks: What Is A Learning Community? Our 2024 Guide. Read

• From Mighty Networks: What Is a Virtual Community? All You Need to Know in 2024. Read

• From Talkbase: Unlocking the ROI of Community to Support. Read

• From Common Room: Winter 2024 product roundup: what's new at Common Room. Read

• The Disciple Media: Learn How To Build A Successful Membership Website. Read

• 5 Reasons You Shouldn't Launch a Forum for Your Online Community by Noele Flowers. Read

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

• Paid-for - The Pros and Cons by Madeleine Milne. Read

• Recommended Reading - January Edition by Drew Pontikis. Read

• Measuring the impact of recognition in communities by Max Pete. Read

• Discover Community Insights by Gareth Wilson. Read

• On the idea of "just keep going" by Rosie Sherry. Read

• The One Thing I'd Recommend Before Starting A Consultancy Practice In 2024 by Richard Millington. Read

• Nurture then Grow by Martha Essien. Read

• Community Manager Breakfast by Evan Hamilton. Read

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

🤯 More Resources for You

And more worth reading below:

• My Community Experience; Learning Community Building with The CC. Read

• From Stack Overflow: Celebrating and improving your community’s knowledge. Read

• From Advocu: Cultivating Growth: Strategies from Top Developer Ambassador Programs in Tech. Read

• From Rosieland: Create your own Slack Community Tracker. Read

• From Uscreen: Community Guidelines Examples + Template: Rules for Vibrant Communities. Read

• From Community by Association: We're Back! AI, Community, and the Engagement Conundrum. Read

• Communities Reimagined: Sharing the Secrets Behind People Magic Updates by Deb Schell. Read

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

• Basic Tools You Need to Manage a Community Team by Shana Lynn. Listen.

• Community Life #84 with Luke Zimmer. Listen

• Community and Website Design for Associations with Martha Jack. Listen.

• Jillian Bejtlich (Community Lead at Calendly) on Cultivating Customer-Led and Data-Driven Communities. Listen.

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

💼 Senior Manager, Community Engagement at Amazon. Apply.

💼 Senior Developer Advocate - Grafana Developer Advocacy (Remote, EMEA) at Grafana Labs. Apply.

💼 Community Team Lead at Safe Software. Apply.

💼 Global Community Manager, Electronic Arts. Apply.

💼 Director, Community Engagement (East - York/Simcoe/Durham Regions) at Metrolinx. Apply.

💼 Senior Community Manager at Jane App. Apply.

💼 Developer Community Advocate at Databricks. Apply.

💼 Community Manager at Designer Fund. Apply.

💼 Event Manager at EP Events LLC. Apply.

💼 Product Community Lead - Mind the Product at Pendo. Apply.

💼 Senior Community Manager at Second Dinner. Apply.

💼 Employee Experience Manager (Open and Promotional) at County of San Mateo. Apply.

💼 Employee and Alumni Engagement Senior Specialist at AlixPartners. Apply.

💼 Developer Relations at Lit Protocol. Apply.

💼 Community Manager at Amplitude. Apply.

💼Research Community Engagement & Events Manager at OpenAI. Apply.

💼 Online Community Program Manager at Qualtrics. Apply.

💼 Senior Community Manager at Mindspace. Apply.

📅 The Events Calendar

🗓️ February 08th, How to Drive Community Growth with a Strategic Job Board | Bettermode Workshops. Save your spot

🗓️ February 14th, Exploring Community Flywheels. Save your spot

🗓️ February 29th, Community Onboarding Essentials: Best practices. Save your spot

🗓️ February 29th, Community Onboarding Essentials: Best practices for community onboarding success. Save your spot