🏵️ Our Last Community Cohort for 2025...

"Without community, there’s no connection, and without connection, customers won’t stick around."

- Laura Henshaw @ KIC

Hey my friends 👋 Paz here.

How are we?!

It’s officially September which means it’s Spring in Australia 🌻

It also means that we’re only 9 days away before applications close for our Cohort #7 !!

This is the last Community Cohort that we’ll run this year.

Our doors won’t open again until March 2026… lol who can think that far ahead.

So if you’re keen to master community-led growth - come join us.

Or if you’re just here to read about the best events x jobs x news in the startup & community space - we love that.

Read on for all of that and more. Grab a cuppa and enjoy! ☕️

There’s a gift from Notion in this newsletter… have fun finding it 🧡

🏵️ Cohort #7 Applications close in 9 Days…

Curious to hear how Burning Man builds community?

Keen to meet the Head of Community @ Slack?

We are.

Only 9 days left to apply for Cohort #7.

Join us and meet the most INSANE lineup of Speakers and Coaches from orgs including Calendly, Zapier, Circle, Grammarly, Notion, Slack, Canva, MYOB & more…

They’re sharing how they have mastered community-led growth and how you can too.

Who wouldn’t want to be in the room with these amazing humans?!

Only 54 spots left…

This could be the professional development you’ve been waiting for

Pop your details down here before 12 September to apply.

📞 Book a call with our team to chat.

Not interested? No worries. Like/comment/repost this on LinkedIn to help us spread the word 🧡

🏵 Behind The CC Scenes

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

🏵 Cohort #7 Info Session: Unsure about whether to join us? Come hear about our new program and hear from alumni who’ve done it. Register here.

🏡 Melbourne Coworking: Get a free day pass and join us at our Community Coworking Day with Stone & Chalk and The Commons Cremorne.

🎉 Ambassadors #7: Watch out. We welcomed 16 Ambassadors from Spain to Nigeria to Sri Lanka to Sydney 🌍 Meet them.

🎟 Last Chance: Only 20 spots left to join our event with Notion TODAY about 🏵 How To Build Cohort-Based Programs with Notion. Register to join live or get the recording.

🎁 Notion Giveaway: We’ve teamed up with Notion and we’re giving away up to 6 months free of Notion Business (with Notion AI!) to celebrate 🚀 Claim here.

🌍 Loop Launch: We’re doing something CRAZY and hosting a 24hr straight online summit for community builders across every timezone, with CMX x Led by Community 🤩 Register free.

🎥 Videographer: Need a videographer at your next event in Australia? Contact our friends at Nudge Productions.

📙 Read: Download our Mastering AI for Community Building White Paper with Discourse.

📞 Book A Call: Curious about how we can help you manage or launch a new community? Book a call with our team to chat more.

🔥 Community Jobs

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

⚡Customer Experience Community Manager @ Xero (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

🚀Community Engagement Officer @ Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

⚡Community Manager @ Smarter Communities (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

🚀Consultant - Community Engagement @ Greenshoot Consulting (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

⚡Community Giving Coordinator @ Cancer Council Victoria (East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

🚀Customer Experience Community Manager @ Xero (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)

⚡Community Marketing Lead @ Canva (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)

🚀Community Experience Specialist @ Hismile (Gold Coast, Australia)

⚡Senior Community Manager (Contract) @ Reddit, Inc. (Australia)

🚀Community Manager @ Midnight Foundation (Remote)

⚡Freelance Senior Community Manager @ 1000heads (Hybrid, England, United Kingdom)

🚀Staff Community Developer @ Sony (United States, Remote)

📆 Startup & Community Events 

Upcoming events in the community, tech and the startup space. Written by Ines & Parkhi.

📍3 Sep – 🏵 How To Build Cohort-Based Programs with Notion Online

📍3 Sep – Meet a Mentor 💥 Women Founder Edition Online

📍4 Sep – The Future Is Yours: Redefining Entrepreneurship in Melbourne

📍5 Sep – AFC Presents In Session with Notion: Building Your Startup Stack Online

📍9 Sep – Loop: The 24hr Global Community Summit Online

📍9 Sep – Founder Connect with OK200 at The Commons QV, Melbourne

📍9 Sep – Fix or Rebuild? Using AI & dev to improve your app without starting over Virtual

📍9 Sep – Tech Summit ’25 in Christchurch, New Zealand

📍11 Sep – From Wipeout to Wisdom - Business lessons from the deep in Torquay

📍11 Sep – More Than a Meetup: Redefining Success in Community Building Virtual

📍 12 Sep – 🏵 Community Coworking Day @ The Commons Cremorne in Melbourne

📍13 Sep – 🏵 Community Builders Brunch Auckland with Pauli Sosa

📍13 Sep – 🏵 Community Builders Brunch Lagos with Margareth

📍13 Sep – Innovative Leadership in Community Management Online

📍13 Sep – Community Talk Series on Content Creation Online

📍16 Sep – Raise the Bar [HEXPO2025] in Melbourne

📍16 Sep – 🏵 Community Builders Dinner Perth with Jack Hallam

📍17 Sep – 🏵 Community Builders Dinner Melbourne with Eike, Dannii and Pavi

📍17 Sep – 🏵 Community Builders Dinner Sydney with Brodie, Karen and Katie

📍18 Sep – Auckland Startup Collective in Auckland

📍19 Sep – HEXPO in Melbourne

📍30 Sep – Build Club Product Hunt Launch Party 🎉 in Sydney

📍30 Sep – The Startup Network Presents: Impact Pitch Night! in Melbourne

☕️ Community Builder of the Month

Learn more about David Kobrosky, Founder @ Intros AI. Read the interview including the 3 tech tools David can’t live without 🧡 

🤪 Let’s Laugh

We love to leave you with a smile - especially if you’ve ever felt like this when trying to explain your job to someone 😆

Until next time,

Paz, Ines, Parkhi and The CC Team