🏵 Sneak Peek At Our 2023 Wrapped Metrics! 🎉

WOW. Can you believe it’s already December!? Does time fly or what!? 🤯 

Welcome to our final 2023 edition of The Community Roundup 👋 

Upon reflection this past year, what have we learned, loved, done less of, or longed for more of? 🤔 For us, it’s the entire community from wide and far, who have come together in person and virtually to connect and grow together 🌍️ Whether you’re a CC’ian, an alumni, a mentor, or if you’ve just joined us, we’re thrilled to have you a part of this wonderful journey 🙏 

As we soon enter a new year, we’re thrilled to share last December edition with you which includes the latest community jobs, a curated list of end-of-year celebrations to close 2023 in style, as well as our annual 2023 Wrapped Metrics! 💃 

And back by popular demand, we’re re-sharing our Community Snapshot Report here for our 56 new readers who are joining us this month 🎁 

Want to discover more?
You can catch up on previous editions here. Feel free to share this email with someone who also shares your passion for community.

🎄 Get ready for Christmas Networking Drinks 🥂

Our last Christmas Party is happening in Sydney! It’s been amazing to host celebrations with our members across Auckland, Melbourne & Brisbane.

Next week in Sydney, we’re partnering with Startup&Angels to host a Special Edition: Christmas Networking Drinks 2023 to celebrate you and the successes of our amazing communities. We would love for you to be a part of this merry occasion!

Join us on 7 December here.

📆 Startup & Community Events

Check out this month’s latest events in community, tech and the startup space.

📍4 Dec - Pause Awards Night '23 & Afterparty in Melbourne

📍4 Dec - Young Enterprise Scheme National Awards 2023 in Wellington, New Zealand

📍4-8 Dec - WEST TECH FEST in Perth

📍5 Dec - Foundations: Presenting with Confidence | Public Speaking Workshop in Sydney

📍5 Dec - TechWomenNZ and CyberCX End-of-Year Celebration - Auckland and Wellington in Auckland & Wellington, New Zealand

📍6 Dec - Founder Lab: Demo Day in Melbourne

📍6 Dec - A Very Merry Xmas in Adelaide 

📍7 Dec - 🏵 The CC #26 Meetup: 2023 Yearly Reflection Online

📍7 Dec - Antler x Skalata x Playbook Ventures: End of Year Celebration in Melbourne

📍7 Dec - Startup&Angels x The CC | Christmas Networking Drinks in Sydney

📍8 Dec - SpX AgriTech 2023 Showcase in Melbourne 

📍11 Dec - Design Foundation: For SaaS & App Founders! Online

📍11 Dec - Startup Year: Bootcamp in Sydney

📍12 Dec - Sustainability 101 for Brisbane Businesses in Brisbane 

📍13 Dec - MERRY MIXMAS! in Adelaide

📍14 Dec - She celebrates - End of Year Event in Auckland, New Zealand

📍15 Dec - Startmate EOY Drinks in Melbourne

Are you running an event? Add your event here to our Startup Events Calendar, in collaboration with Startmate. This is a great place to see all the upcoming events in Australia and New Zealand.

🔥 Community Jobs

🚀Community Manager @ Dattner Group (Melbourne, Australia)

⚡Global Lead, Reimagining Masculinities @ Movember (Melbourne, Australia)

🚀Partnership Development Manager @ University of Melbourne (Melbourne, Australia)

⚡Director, Strategic Partnerships @ Airwallex (Sydney, Australia)

🚀Senior Community Partnerships Manager @ Airwallex (Sydney, Australia)

⚡Partnerships Manager @ Humanforce (Sydney, Australia)

🚀Head of Startup Accelerator Programs @ Cerebral Palsy Alliance (Sydney, Australia)

⚡Community Associate @ WeWork  (Sydney, Australia)

🚀Community Manager @ Peppermint Magazine (Brisbane QLD)

⚡Manager Community Place @ Auckland Council (Auckland, New Zealand)

🚀Community Development Coordinator @ Lincoln University (Canterbury, New Zealand)

⚡Community Manager @ Dashboard.Earth (Los Angeles, California)

🚀Community Manager @ Demand.io (Los Angeles, California)

⚡Online Community Manager @ Aveva (Lake Forest, California)

🚀Community Manager @  Gearbox Entertainment (Remote, Frisco, Texas)

⚡Community Engagement Manager @ Miro (Remote, Austin, Texas)

🚀Associate Community Manager @ FocusKPI, Inc. (Remote, San Francisco)

⚡Developer Community Manager @ Couchbase (Remote, United States)

🚀Community Growth & Experience Lead @ Airbnb (Remote, United States)

⚡Community Manager @ Corestack (Remote, United States/India)

🚀Senior Community Manager @ HoYoverse (Remote, Singapore)

🏵 The CC 2023 Wrapped Metrics

Paz here, Co-Founder of The CC 👋 Each year we review our annual metrics in a style that’s inspired by Spotify’s Yearly Wrapped ritual. As I sat down with my chai tea to write our 2023 report this week, the insights honestly brought tears to my eyes. Reflecting on what our team and community have achieved in our first full calendar year of business has been mind blowing.

I’m blown away (and can’t stop smiling), so I hope you enjoy reading them too. So grab a chai (and get the tissues ready?!) and let’s dive into our 2023 Wrapped Metrics!

> 116 community builders across 11 countries welcomed to our Community Cohort #2 and #3 programs

> 7.8k combined audience reach across our socials, website and newsletters

> 681 attendees across 21 public events & meetups in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland and online via Butter (our beloved partner)

> 502 members (AKA legendary CC'ians) in our free meetup community (169 new members this year, 55% finding us through word of mouth)

> 451 on a waitlist to hear about our next Community Cohort #4 🤯

> 135 downloads of our new Community Manager Snapshot: Startup Space Report with ACM 

> 85 NPS for Community Cohort #3, up from 78 and 71 in Cohort #2 and #1

> 80+ attendees at our sold out 2nd Birthday Party with One Roof 🎂

> 60 hours worth of event experiences hosted during our Cohorts

> 37 member-led events organised without us in our Cohorts (!!!!!!! damn I love community builders)

> 34 Community Strategy Templates submitted during our Cohorts

> 31 inspiring guest speakers across our public events, meetups & Cohorts

> 19 collaborations with incredible organisations to co-host events, including Ennovate, StartSpace, LUNA, MedTech Actuator, Common Code, Overnight Success, One Roof, Australian Community Managers, MUV Talks, Startmate, Innovation Bay, Usual Company, React Brisbane, Stone & Chalk, Startup&Angels, Hub Australia, Kréol and Archa (are you next?!)

> 11 newsletters sent to 1.5k+ subscribers, with 54.5% open & 18.1% click rate

> 10 incredible Ambassadors joined Program #2 & #3 including Kat, Marina, Des, Ashwin, Amy, Andy, Gabi, Ines, Makenzie, Pauli from 58 applications, with a 100 NPS score for the 3rd time (they’re the beating heart of our community)

> 8 Alumni Hosts, 7 Alumni Editors and 3 Coaches joined our Cohorts to support CC’ians on their way 🧡

> 5 incredible Advisors on our Board: Melia, Jaala, Kim, Ben and Dan (my life lines)

> 4 incredible partnerships with Discourse, Ennovate, Kréol and Butter

> 3 official team members joined us including our amazing Content Creator Sanchi, Marketing Lead Thao and Operations Assistant Angela (we appreciate you so much)

> 2 sub-communities created by members in our Community Cohorts for Founders & Cohort-Based Program community builders (thanks Cathy & Agustin!)

> 1 extremely supportive community that continues to change lives 🥹

I’m speechless.

When I quit my job last year and we registered The CC as a PTY LTD company to support more people to build impactful communities, we could never have imagined the impact it was going to have. I remember thinking “Well, we’ll probs just run 1 program and if it doesn’t take off, I’ll just get a normal job.” Damn I was wrong. 

Not once could I have ever imagined how viral The CC’s presence was going to go through word of mouth.

Not once could I have ever imagined touching the lives of 600+ community builders across 16 countries including ​​Australia, New Zealand, Nigeria, England, India, Spain, Sri Lanka, America, Colombia, Kenya, Russia, Singapore, Poland, Pakistan, Egypt and Netherlands.

Not once could I have ever imagined supporting community roles at companies such as Airtree, Antler, Canva, B Lab Australia, MYOB, CSIRO and KPMG to build community strategies.

Not once could I have ever imagined hiring a team of 3 to keep up with the demand.

Not once could I have ever imagined this becoming my full-time job paying me a wage (& super!) only 30% less than my previous job.

Not once could I have ever imagined that the country with the 2nd largest number of members from our Community Cohort would be Nigeria.

Not once could I have imagined The CC becoming profitable within 3 months of registering it as a company and generating 6 figures in revenue in 18 months, with no external investment.

Not once could I have imagined all of this…

But we have not done it alone. There are so many people to acknowledge. Special mention to our Co-Founders; Melia and Jaala, Advisors; Ben, Kim, Dan, our team, Thao, Angela, Sanchi, Ambassadors, Alumni Hosts, Alumni Editors, Coaches, Speakers, CC’ians and many friends who’ve supported us along the way. Not to mention all those who have recommended us to someone - a huge heartfelt thank you. 

This community has evolved so quickly from our OG free meetup in Melbourne to a fully fledged business impacting the lives of humans all around the world.

Our vision remains to empower the world to build impactful communities.

We are committed to demonstrating that communities can not only change the lives of people, but entire businesses. Communities are the next best strategy for certain businesses. Community IS the driving force behind success.

These 2 comments from our recent Cohort #3 CC’ians say it all:

“The Cohort turned my fairly lonely community management journey that I don't feel like I can explain to anyone, into a purpose that I am proud to share. I have so much more confidence in my role as a community builder after 8 weeks in this program and not only have a better understanding of what I currently do, but also what I WANT to do. I have rubbed shoulders with and learned from some of the best in the industry, and can't wait to see where this path takes me next.” - Kirsten McNeice, Head of Community @ Werkling

“The CC has solidified my pathway. Made me feel seen, heard and understood in community management. The network is life-changing and the workshops changed the way I operate as a community builder.” - Jack Hallam, General Manager @ Ammo Marketing

And what’s to come in 2024? Plenty. We’re locked in to run 2 more Cohorts in April & September. We’re reshaping the way our free meetup community operates (more details soon). We’ll be launching a new public event series to support anyone curious about community and a podcast is even on the table… Not to mention an entire new pre-accelerator program to help anyone land a job as a Community Manager.

We’ll share more in our next newsletter coming out on New Years Day 🧡 

Thanks for staying on the journey with us. Until next year!

🤪 Let’s Laugh

We love to leave you with a smile. So let’s reflect, let’s learn, let’s laugh! How was 2023 for you? 😅 

Thanks for being a part of 2023 with us! Any questions or feedback, hit reply 🧡

Until next time,

Thao, Paz and The CC Team