Well, everything feels a bit busy at the moment!
There are new podcasts that I’ve discovered (Together Apart and In Before the Lock). Together Apart is with Priya Parker, I loved her book and I’ve already started tucking into her podcast.
I was pulling this newsletter together and I realised there are quite a few community events happening. It made sense to group them together this week.
Also, for those that know of my one page community resource…I’ve upgraded it. Whoop! I felt I outgrew what it was and I kept wanting to add more things. So, instead I moved it all over to an open Notion workspace. I’m adding more to it now as I go along - videos, articles, books, websites, snippets…etc! It’s essentially an open and living notebook on community building.

Let me know if you find it useful.
Onwards…
🗓️ Events
- Admission Online #2 - Encouraging Community - Vito
- CMX Global Connect - CMX
- Zoom Out – Tony Bacigalupo
- Cultivating an offline community online with Carrie Melissa Jones – Meetup.com
- Vanilla Conversations Spring 2020 - Vanilla Forums
- CommChat Virtual Summit - Comm.Chat
✍️ Blogs, Articles, Resources and News
- Midges, my writing process, and getting in the trenches as a community manager – Andy McIlwain
- AMAs as a practical community building technique – Rosie Sherry
- Online Events Aren’t Easy. This Guide Will Help. – Alex Hillman
- The Campfire Principle for Community - Carrie Melissa Jones & Charles H. Vogl
- 5 Ways Cities Reducing Poverty Members are Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis – Tamarack Institute
- The Future of Online Events on Meetup – Meetup.com
- [Video] Back to Basics: How to Build a Community With Your People – Stripe / People & Co
- What is an audio community? Clubhouse takes over - CommChat
- Gone Remote: Staying Connected with Communities and Customers - Validity Inc
- ‘Singing with people connects you’: how four UK streets are living with lockdown - The Guardian
🎙️ Podcasts
- Ambassador Programs, Empathy Programs, and Random Coffees Can Build Thriving Communities – Community Signal
- Engagement That Scales – Episode #4: Leading Compassionately Through a Crisis – The Community Roundtable
- Conversations with Community Managers – Ashleigh Brookshaw and Meghan Bates on Change Management – The Community Roundtable
- Casper ter Kuile, author of “The Power of Ritual” and co-host of "Harry Potter and the Sacred Text" – GetTogether
- Developer Relations and Developer Marketing (Ep 46) – Community Pulse
- How is This Night Different Than All Other Nights? – Together Apart
- Light At The Middle of the Tunnel – Together Apart
- You Can't Put the Baby Back In – Together Apart
- Join the circus – In Before the Lock
- The next normal – In Before the Lock
- Sell the why – In Before the Lock
- Secrets to healthy and productive online communities - This Teaching Life
- S2EP15: Transform Zoom Fatigue and Energize Your Community with this Assessment Tool - Virgil Stucker and Associates
📰 News & Company Updates
- The New Normal: How COVID-19 Will Impact Your Community Strategy in the Long Run – CMX
- Don’t Launch Groups Too Soon – FeverBee
- Community FAQ: Help me convince my boss watercooler threads are important! – The Community Roundtable
- Tracking And Responding To Search Traffic – FeverBee
- An invitation to talk shop with People & Company. – People & Co
- Social and Self-Expression – FeverBee
- Checking Your Community’s Page Speed – FeverBee
💬 Tweets
A lot can happen in 365 days! Check out this 2019 Year in Review with some amazing @Atlassian Community stats like:
— Erica Moss (@ericajmoss) April 20, 2020
▶️ 18.6M total visitors
▶️ 71K answers and 57K questions
▶️ 1M badges earned
▶️ 394 Community Leaders#cmgr #cmgrchat #communitymanagementhttps://t.co/sLlqVYOUqz