LBC # 92: Get Ready for Unconference Plus London, New Session for Talks & Pros, BeMore Festival, More Events

Happy Tuesday, Community Leaders! Denise here again. 👋 Get ready for a new week of news and highlights in the community space!

We’re just 2 weeks away from the highly-anticipated Unconference Plus London! 🎉 

Early Bird tickets are almost gone—grab yours before they run out! Unconference Plus London is your chance to get involved in insightful conversations, build connections, and participate in hands-on workshops with industry experts like Valentina Ruffoni and Ece Kurtaraner. Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity!

Plus, we’ve got exciting events coming up, including our Talks & Pros series, in partnership with Bettermode. Our next session on October 2nd features Ed Giansante, Head of Community at Persona, who will explore the Community as a Service (CaaS) concept and its power to accelerate brand growth. It’s going to be an insightful discussion you won’t want to miss. Save your spot today!

We also invite you to check out ADPList.org’s BeMore Festival, a dynamic 24-hour virtual event on September 18th and 19th. The event features over 100 speakers on product-building strategies and leadership. Our founder Francisco Opazo will be sharing insights in his session, How Startups Can Drive Growth and Product Innovation with Online Communities.

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

Upcoming Events:

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

🗓️ September 17th - London - 9:30 AM BST
Building Together: Meetup for Community Leaders in London at Piano House
RSVP HERE.

🗓️ September 19th - Online - 6 PM BST
Lightning Networking for Community Leaders
RSVP HERE.

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

🗓️ October 2nd - Online - 11 AM ET / 4 PM BST
Community as a Service (CaaS): Driving Brand Growth Through Authentic Engagement with Ed Giansante
RSVP HERE.

Keep scrolling for fresh updates, engaging content, and exciting announcements! Check out the latest industry news and explore over 130 job opportunities that could be your next big move. Until the next one—there’s so much more to explore! 🚀🌟

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

On X this week…

• From Commsor: Who Do Your Buyers ACTUALLY Trust? Read

• The Value of Community Ecosystems by Bill Johnston. Read

• From Advocu: Comprehensive guide to developer marketing. Read

• From Community Consultants Collective: Community Artifacts and Connections. Read

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

• AI vs Human Connection: What's Community Got To Do With It? by Jenny Weigle. Read

• AI auto reply bots are killing the internet by Carmen Taubman. Read

• Too Many People Become Consultants For The Wrong Reason by Richard Millington. Read

• The Ski Slope Funnel by Pete Heslop. Read

• Eniola Mercy's Journey into Community and How She's Keeping Her Head High by Martha Essien. Read

Are we missing a newsletter? Let us know!

And more worth reading below:

• From Rosieland: Community is confidently moving toward the niches. Read

• From The Community Collective: Announcing our Ambassadors in Program #5. Read

• From CMX: Closing the CMX Facebook Group. Read.

• From Community Consultants Collective: Your Event is Not a Community—But It Can Help You Build One. Read

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

• From Community Inc. Podcast: Crafting Programs to Last w/ Corina Gheonea (UiPath). Listen.

• From The Community Strategy Podcast: Playback Theatre: Weaving Stories to Strengthen Communities. Listen.

• From CHAOSS Podcast: From Silos to Synergy Aligning Community Efforts With Sales Strategies. Listen.

• From Community ROI Podcast: The Community-Driven Approach to Nonprofit Growth and Impact | Community ROI with Tim McDonald. Listen.

• From Stack Overflow Podcast: The creator of Jenkins discusses CI/CD and balancing business with open source. Listen.

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

💼 Senior Community Manager at HiBob. Apply.

💼 Community Success Manager at Rocketlane. Apply.

💼 Community Manager, Visual Arts at OpenAI. Apply.

💼 Senior Digital & Social Marketing Manager at Center. Apply.

💼 Manager, Customer Success Operations at WalkMe. Apply.

💼 Customer Success Manager at Common Room. Apply.

💼 Associate Community Program Manager at HoneyBook. Apply.

💼 Head of Community at Affinity. Apply.

💼 Community Marketing Manager at Bluesky. Apply.

💼 Social Media and Community Manager - B2B at Lightricks. Apply.

💼 Developer Relations Engineer at Startale. Apply.

💼 Senior Marketing Operations Analyst at Fullstory. Apply.

💼 Lead Developer Advocate at Toolhouse. Apply.

💼 Community Support Specialist at DuckDuckGo. Apply.

💼 Digital Community Manager at Enable. Apply.

💼 Sr. Developer Advocate, MLflow at Databricks. Apply.

💼 Program Manager, Community at Databricks. Apply.

💼 Global Social Community Manager at Gen. Apply.

💼 Customer Marketing Manager at Twilio. Apply.

💼 Sr Developer Marketing at Zuora. Apply.

📅 The Events Calendar

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

🗓️ September 10th, Friends Talk Tools: Webflow with Lacey Kesler & Kyle Pitocchelli. Save your spot

🗓️ September 11th, Community Builders Panel: Creating Engaging Virtual Events. Save your spot

🗓️ September 12th, SWARM 2024. Save your spot

🗓️ September 13th, The IT Hour (for IT admins by IT admins): hosted by JumpCloud. Save your spot

🗓️ September 17th, Obsession CLG Tour 2024 - Boston. Save your spot

🗓️ September 17th, What makes an inclusive community? with Max Pete & DeMario Bell. Save your spot

🗓️ September 18th to 19th, BeMore Festival. Save your spot