🏡️ How To Gain Value After A Conference

Plus free ticket to public speaking workshop

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Paz Pisarski
May 04, 2026

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"My key tip is to go to conferences repeatedly. Pick a couple you like and go every year. Conferences tend to get better every time."

Hey friends πŸ‘‹ Paz here.

Just got back to Australia from San Francisco πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈβœˆοΈ

What a time to be at Startup Grind in Silicon Valley & attend one of the world’s largest conferences for community builders at CMX Summit. It was a vibe.

Meanwhile so lovely to see CC’ians catch up at Blackbird Sunrise in Sydney last week. Loved the pics.

THIS is what community is all about 🧑 Especially with CC’ians catching up all over the world πŸ₯Ή

For our May newsletter, read on for our new Industry Report, The Conference Code PDF and free tickets to a once-in-a-lifetime public speaking workshop this week.

Plus all the top events x jobs in the community x startup space 🧑

Grab a cuppa and enjoy! β˜•οΈ

Make us smile? Forward this email onto a friend to join 4.4k of us keeping up to date with the community x startup space, from an Aussie perspective 🦘

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🏡 Launching The Conference Code PDF

In case you missed it… we interviewed 20+ Key Voices about their advice for gaining value from a conference πŸŽ‰

The advice is actually insane. I've read it 3 times now πŸ˜†

🏡 Behind The CC Scenes

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

Our Cohort #8 Workshop with Head of AI @ IBM, Nick Renotte

πŸ”₯ Cohort #8 Halfway There: We're halfway through and the energy is next level. Many CC'ians submitted their Community Strategy docs this week, massive congrats to everyone who got theirs across the line! Join 978 people on Cohort #9 waitlist.

πŸ€– We Built An AI Agent… Live: During our session with Nick Renotte, Head of AI @ IBM, we built and launched an AI Agent into The CC community in 60 seconds. It's called "Ask Chloe" and it's trained on all our past recordings to reply to our members πŸ”₯ Download Cohort PDF for more deets.

🎀 Free Ticket To Public Speaking Workshop: Get free tickets to 🏡 The Art of Public Speaking Workshop with the incredible Joel McKerrow in Melbourne. A once-in-a-lifetime hands-on workshop. Register here.

🌴 Torquay Coworking: We're partnering with Happy Spaces in Torquay to bring co-working down the Surf Coast. RSVP here: 29 May Β· 26 June.

🧠 Our Brain: Access our Entire Community Brain on Notion that we built for you for free with legendary Alex Dam.

🎁 Notion gift: Claim up to 6-months of Notion Business (with Notion AI) free for startups.

πŸŽ™οΈ SOUTHSTART 2026 Interview Series with @The Nudge Group: All our interviews are now LIVE for you to listen on to founders sharing their stories about their businesses and why they went to SOUTHSTART. Watch the series.

🀝 Partners: We are looking to bring on 2 new partners from 1 July to collab with on events x Industry Reports x more from 1 July. So if you’re looking to get in front of our 17.8k audience and bring good to the world, read more & hit reply!

πŸŒ… Sunrise: We loved seeing everyone attend our Blackbird Sunrise side events with Birchal x Standard Ledger x Tractor Ventures x Frontcover x FKS. Get the lowdown.

Birchal drinks with Zach x Liz!

Sunrise hangs

πŸ”₯ Community Jobs

Find the hottest jobs in the community and startup space. Written by Parkhi.

πŸš€ Partner Community Manager @ ClassPass (Sydney, Australia)

⚑ Community Program Manager @ Gartner (Sydney, Australia)

πŸš€ Social & Community Manager @ Tixel (Australia)

⚑ Assistant Community Manager @ Aveo (Brisbane, Australia)

 πŸš€ Retail & Community Manager @ Mons Royale (Auckland, New Zealand)

⚑ Community Manager @ Granola (San Francisco)

πŸš€ Community Marketing Lead @ Anthropic (San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY)

⚑ Community Associate @ Regus (New York)

Are you hiring? Share the role with us here to be featured in our next newsletter to reach 4.4k+ community enthusiasts.

πŸ“† Community Events 

Upcoming events in the community x startup space. Written by Parkhi.

πŸ“5 May - Startmate Accelerator Demo Day in San Francisco

πŸ“5 May - Fireside Chat with Jethro Cohen and Lucy Tan in Melbourne

πŸ“6 May - Ignite'26 Growth Summit by Icehouse in Auckland

πŸ“7 May - ManawatΕ« Innovation Showcase in Palmerston North

πŸ“12 May - Founder Connect! in Melbourne

πŸ“14 May - Startup World Cup Melbourne 2026 in Melbourne

πŸ“15 May - Startmate Pitch Night in Sydney

πŸ“18-24 May - Techweek NZ in New Zealand

πŸ“20 May - 🏡 Community Builders Dinner Melbourne in Melbourne

πŸ“20 May - 🏡 Community Builders Dinner Sydney in Sydney

πŸ“20 May - 🏡 Community Builders Dinner Adelaide in Adelaide

πŸ“22 May - 2026 NZ Hi-Tech Awards Gala Dinner in Auckland

πŸ“23 May - 🏡 Community Builders Brunch Bangalore in Bangalore

πŸ“23 May - 🏡 Community Builders Brunch Lagos in Lagos

Melbourne

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πŸ˜† Let’s Laugh

We love to leave you with a smile. Especially if you’ve ever been to a conference in Silicon Valley and seen these cardboard signs…. πŸ˜‚ The new age business card anyone?

Genius - he legit book 15 investor calls. Love the hustle

Until next time,

Paz and The CC Team

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