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LBC # 90: New Event Series, Unconference Plus, Building Together, More Community Events

130+ job opportunities, fresh events, new podcast episodes, and resources

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Francisco Opazo & Denise Foz
August 28, 2024

Hey Community Leaders, Happy Tuesday Wednesday! Denise here again. 👋We’re excited to dive into another week and share all the latest updates with you!

This week, we’re launching our new Talks & Pros event series, powered by Bettermode. We’ve got an incredible lineup of virtual sessions led by community leaders ready to share their top tips and insights!

Next week, we’re starting the series with Jenny Weigle-Bonds who will be sharing her insights in Closing The Year Strong: Top 5 Community Action Items for You. In October, join Edu Giansante for Community as a Service (CaaS): Driving Brand Growth Through Authentic Engagement. Then, in November, we have Anamaria Dorgo exploring Co-creating with Your Community: The Why, What, and How. And in December, we’ll wrap up the year with Community Building for Early Stage Startups featuring Margaux A. Miller. These events are all about sparking fresh ideas and giving you the tools you need to enhance your community efforts. Join us and let’s make this a fantastic series together!

We’ve mentioned it before, but here’s a quick reminder about Unconference Plus. This is your chance to join us at the historic Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA, on Wednesday, September 25th, 2024, from 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM. It’s going to be a day filled with engaging discussions, valuable networking, and interactive workshops. Don’t miss this great opportunity to connect with fellow community enthusiasts and explore fresh ideas!

Stay tuned for what’s next—our upcoming events have something for everyone!

Upcoming Events:

🗓️ September 04th - Online - 4 PM BST
Closing the Year Strong: Top 5 Community Action Items for You with Jenny Weigle-Bonds
RSVP HERE.

🗓️ September 11th - Online - 10 AM BST
Building Together Online: Collaboration Space for Community Leaders
RSVP HERE.

🗓️ September 18th - Online - 6 PM BST
Lightning Networking for Community Leaders
RSVP HERE.

🗓️ September 25th - London - 9:30 AM BST
Unconference Plus
RSVP HERE.

🗓️ October 02nd - Online - 10:45 AM ET
Community as a Service (CaaS): Driving Brand Growth Through Authentic Engagement with Edu Giansante
RSVP HERE.

🗓️ October 08th - Online - 9:30 AM BST
Building Together: Meetup for Community Leaders in London
RSVP HERE.

🗓️ November 05th - Online - 10:45 AM ET
Co-creating with Your Community: The Why, What, and How with Anamaria Dorgo
RSVP HERE.

🗓️ December 04th - Online - 10:45 AM ET
Community Building for Early Stage Startups with Margaux A. Miller
RSVP HERE.

Keep scrolling for more updates, engaging content, and exciting announcements! Check out the latest industry news and explore over 130 job opportunities. Until the next one! 🚀🌟

Your Friends, Denise, Francisco, & The Led by Community Team

On X this week…

📈 Strategy, Operations and Analytics

Can You Scale Cozy Communities? — The CMJ Group by Carrie Melissa Jones

If a community gets bigger, will it lose its magic? How can you preserve the coziness? Over the years, our clients have asked us these questions many different ways. In this post, we’ll discuss how we think about cozy communities—and whether they can scale.

www.carriemelissajones.com/blog/can-you-scale-cozy-communities

  • From Circle: The ultimate online course playbook, with Amy Porterfield. Read

  • From Advocu: Consistency, Persistence and Feedback: Francesco Ciulla on the Essential Aspects of Content Creation. Read

  • From Commsor: Warm vs. Cold: What’s the ACTUAL Difference? Read

📨 Newsletters from Pros

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

  • Level up your cmgr skills by Carmen Taubman. Read

  • The Future is Human – GenAI’s role within Communities of Practice (Part Three) by Drew Pontikis. Read

  • Stop Sharing Your Opinion, And Start Sharing Great Research by Richard Millington. Read

  • Sunday Thoughts - August 25th, 2024 by Max Pete. Read

  • Managing Community at Scale w/ Monica Silvestre (Canva) by Gareth Wilson. Read

Are we missing a newsletter? Let us know!

Francisco OpazoBuilding Community one day at a time.

🤯 More Resources for You

The Power of Pop-Up Communities (You're Already a Fan)

Don't overcomplicate your community-building efforts. Just because some venture-backed start-up is charging $199/mo for a community, you can customize to infinity and beyond doesn't mean you need to use it.

www.increateable.io/the-power-of-pop-up-communities-youre-already-a-fan

And more worth reading below:

  • From Chris Detzel: AI Revolution in Community Management: A Game-Changer for 2025. Read

  • From Clocktower Advisors: The Future of Work: Evolution of Communities. Read

  • From Rosieland: Trend: The Fediverse Shift. Read

🎙️ New Podcast Episodes

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

  • From Community Pulse: After Pulse: Community Conferences. Listen.

  • From CHAOSS: Red Hat OSPO: Contextual Community Analytics and the AI Hype Cycle. Listen.

  • Community Life: Turning Community Engagement Into Cost Savings | Community ROI with Chris Catania. Listen.

  • From Beginner Maps: Building community businesses for the world's top creators. Listen.

  • From CX NEXUS Podcast: Aligning Marketing Sales and Community for Business Growth. Listen.

💼 The Job Board

We have 130+ jobs available in our Job Board, but we are featuring a few below:

💼 Community Engagement lead at Macrocosmos. Apply.

💼 Senior Community Manager at Higher Logic. Apply.

💼 Senior Community Manager at Gusto. Apply.

💼 Associate Community Manager at Squarespace. Apply.

💼 Community Manager, Chicago, Illinois at VLM. Apply.

💼 Digital Community Engagement Manager at dbt Labs. Apply.

💼 Community Marketing Manager at WedoTech. Apply.

💼 Associate Community Programs Manager at Pendo. Apply.

💼 Community Platform Manager at Dice. Apply.

💼 Community Engagement Manager at HopSkipDrive. Apply.

💼 Virtual Events Manager at Jane. Apply.

💼 Senior Developer Relations Advocate (Front End Focused) at Honeycomb. Apply.

💼 Developer Relations at Railway. Apply.

💼 Sr. Developer Advocate at Databricks. Apply.

💼 Community Specialist at Lucid Software. Apply.

💼 Client Community Manager at Intapp. Apply.

💼 Scaled Program Manager, Community at Airtable. Apply.

💼 Head of Developer Experience at Atla. Apply.

The Early Bird Offer will be available for a limited time.

📅 The Events Calendar

🗓️ August 28th, CMX Masterclasses. Save your spot

🗓️ August 29th, Bettermode Town Hall Event - Q3, 2024. Save your spot

🗓️ September 07th, Live Workshop: 5 Lessons We Learned Launching the CMJ Community. Save your spot

🗓️ September 04th, Discourse x The CC: How To Measure the ROI of Community. Save your spot

🗓️ September 10th, Community Learning Labs with Brian Oblinger. Save your spot

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