🏵️ Announcing New Loop Speakers: Head of Community @ Lovable x Beehiiv x Slack 🎉

Hey friends 👋 Paz here.

Okay, it's officially GO time 🎉

We spent all of July celebrating The CC turning 5 (still can't believe it 🥹), and now August is when we actually get to hug you all in real life.

Because we're doing something we've never done before... we're taking the party on the road 🚗💨 An actual Australia tour. Birthday Parties across Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Torquay & Brisbane this month. HERE WE GO 😆

And tonight we start with MELBOURNE! Yewwww only 5 tickets left omg 120+ of us.

So this edition leads with all the birthday party details (come find us!), plus our 25% off Cohort #9 birthday gift 🎁 is still hanging around if you've been thinking about joining us.

And of course we've rounded up the top jobs x events in the community x startup space for you, as always.

Grab a cuppa and enjoy the read ☕️

🏵️ Announcing New Loop Speakers: Head of Community @ Lovable x Beehiiv x Slack

We’re so excited that our partners at CMX and Led by Community have locked in these amazing speakers for Loop! Together this is our free Global Community Summit. Register.

🏵️ Melbourne Birthday Party Featured Guests Announced

We are SO PUMPED for our Birthday Party tonight!

​It's time to celebrate the business birthdays of The Nudge Group x Notion x Forever Projects x Standard Ledger x The Community Collective at The Commons 🎉 We are so grateful for all our amazing Hosts, MCs, Featured Guests, Ambassadors, Tarot Reader, DJ, Live Painting & Vogue Photographer coming along tonight to give you free headshots…

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🏵 Behind The CC Scenes

Get a sneak peek into what’s happening at The CC. Written by yours truly, Paz.

🎂 Our 5th Birthday Tour: We're taking the party across Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Torquay & Brisbane this August, come celebrate 5 years of The CC with us 🥳 Grab your tickets.

✨ Meet Our Melbourne Birthday Guests: We're thrilled to welcome special guests Caitlin Judd (Lady Brains) & Bryan Williams (Hockey Stick Advisory) to the room on 5 Aug 🔥 See the lineup.

🎓 Cohort #9 Birthday Gift: To celebrate turning 5, we're gifting 25% off our next 8-week program, apply today to master community-led growth 🧡 Apply here.

🏵 The TEDx Formula: Lessons from 15 Years Coaching Speakers with Jon Yeo is a free event running online. Register here.

📊 2026 Trends Report: Download our Community Industry Trends & Predictions Report for the insights shaping our industry this year 👀 Get your copy.

🎤 Loop 2026: We're co-hosting the global community summit 25-27 Aug with Led by Community & CMX, bridging the Americas, Europe & APAC 🌏RSVP free.

🐶 Welcome Daisy! Meet the newest member of the team, our mini groodle who (naturally) turned out completely orange 🧡 Say hi.

🔥 Community Jobs

Find the hottest jobs in the community and startup space.

Our friends at Innovation Bay are on the hunt for a Membership Growth Manager 🔥

🔥 Community Lead @ The Commons (Melbourne, Australia)

🔥 Community Associate @ The Commons (Melbourne, Australia)

🔥 Operations Coordinator @ The Commons (Melbourne, Australia)

🔥 Community Associate @ The Commons (Sydney, Australia)

🔥 A/NZ Country Marketing Specialist (Contractor) @ Notion (Sydney, Australia)

🔥 Facilities Manager @ The Commons (Sydney, Australia)

🔥 Manager, Community Hub – New Lynn @ Auckland Council (Auckland, New Zealand)

🔥 Community Operations Partner @ Vector Limited (Auckland, New Zealand)

🔥 Program Manager, Community (Contract) @ Airtable (United States)

🔥 Singapore Pro Community Lead @ OpenAI (Singapore)

🔥 Head of Community & Comms @ EarthPercent (United Kingdom)

🔥 Network Community & Learning Manager @ National Youth Writing (San Francisco, USA)

🔥 Founding Community Lead @ Quarter (Boulder, USA)

🔥 Community Manager @ Cat Labs (Los Angeles, USA)

🔥 Senior Community Specialist @ FYUL (Barcelona, Spain)

🔥 Community Manager (PT) @ Táche (Remote)

📆 Community Events 

Upcoming events in the community x startup space.

📍5 Aug – 🏵 Melbourne Birthday Party in Melbourne

📍5 Aug – Co-Founder Connect in Melbourne

📍6–7 Aug – MORGO 2026 in Queenstown, NZ

📍12 Aug – 🏵 Community Coworking Day @ Cremorne Digital Hub in Melbourne

📍12 Aug – 🏵 Debate Club & The CC Present: Community Exclusivity vs Inclusivity in Sydney

📍12 Aug – Soara @ UTS Startups: How Non-Technical Founders Become Product Builders in Sydney

📍13 Aug – 🏵 The TEDx Formula: Lessons from 15 Years Coaching Speakers with Jon Yeo Online

📍13 Aug – 🏵 Sydney Birthday Party in Sydney

📍13 Aug – AFC Presents: Before the Job Ad – How Founders Build Companies People Want to Work For in Melbourne

📍14–16 Aug – SCNZ Summit 2026 in Auckland, NZ

📍18 Aug – Preparing for U.S. Expansion: Masterclass & Tactical Workshop in Melbourne

📍19 Aug – 🏵 Adelaide Birthday Party in Adelaide

📍22 Aug – 🏵 Torquay Birthday Party in Torquay

📍25–26 Aug – Loop 2026 Online

📍26 Aug – 🏵 Brisbane Birthday Party in Brisbane

📍27–28 Aug – Something Tech 2026 in Brisbane

😆 Community Builder of the Month

We’re so excited to have Catherine Ashton, Founder & CEO as our community builder of the month! Read her interview including the 3 tech tools she can’t live without 🧡 

😆 Let’s Laugh

We love to leave you with a smile. Especially if you've ever raised a glass to a community manager who makes it all look easy 🥂😅

Until next time,

Paz and The CC Team

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