Welcome to edition #3 of The Community Roundup, the monthly Australian newsletter that keeps you up to date with the community industry, written by The Community Collective.

This lands in your inbox on the 1st day of every month and today actually marks the first day of Spring in the Southern Hemisphere (hooray!)🌻

Now grab a tea, soak up some sun (with SPF on) and enjoy the read 🧡 Any feedback, hit reply to let us know!

What's happening in the community industry?

Read this section for the latest news, events, jobs, resources and thought leaders in the community industry.

News

> Australian Community Managers launches their State of Community Management Survey for 2022 for all community builders to complete.

> Pause Awards standard entries close on Friday 16 September, including the category for the community champ 'Super Connector' award.

> The Community Collective announces their first speakers for the Community Cohort #1.

> Richard Millington has launched 'The Beginner's Guide to Community Management' to help newcomers get quickly up to speed and veterans brush up on community basics.

> The Community Builders Guide version 2 has been launched by Jephtah Abu, Jay Elango & Ronald Williams to highlight communities across the globe.

Events

> 1 Sept: Community Cohort Info Session is to learn about The CC's first 7 week cohort where community builders connect and level up together.

> 3 Sept: 10 lessons from 1 year as a Community Manager is a reflection by the Community and Customer Support Lead at SuperHi, Max Pete.

> 6 Sept: The CC Meetup #12: Community Platforms and Tech Tools with Eleanor Smith @ HEX is to help you build and manage your community more effectively with great tools. 

> 9 Sept: Building Community for VCs is a conversation with experts from the startup industry about how to build community for venture capital firms. 

> 13 Sept: Pre-CMX Summit Workshop Day is a jam-packed day of hands-on workshops with Tiffany Oda, Director of Community Operations at Venafi.

> 14-15 Sept: CMX Summit 2022: Thrive is two jam-packed days of speakers, hands-on workshops, and networking with the world’s largest group of community builders (use code VIP-speakers-friends for 50% off IRL tickets).

> 15 Sept: Startup Women Summit is a 2-day summit showcasing, celebrating and inspiring women in the Australian startup community, hosted in Melbourne. 

> 20 Sept: Show me your database! How are you managing your community? is where community managers will share how they are tracking and managing members.

> 23 Sept: Creating a Member Onboarding Experience is to learn how you can set up a member onboarding experience for your community.

Jobs

⚡ Community Manager @ Dovetail (Sydney, Australia) 

🚀 Community Manager @ AirTree (Sydney, Australia) 

🏠 Community Associate @ IWG plc (Sydney, Australia)

📕 Community + Team Manager @ Burch&Co (Melbourne, Australia)

⛰️ Community Manager @ Split Spaces (Queensland, Australia)

🎵 Community Manager @ Patreon (Remote, America)

💫 Developer Community Manager @ AWS (Remote, America)

🔵 Social Media Manager @ Circle (Remote, Global)

🔸 Senior Community Engagement @ Hubspot (Remote, Global)

Resources: Community Books 

Here are our top books to help you learn about building strong communities. 

> Build Your Community is all about turning your connections into a powerful online community, by Richard Millington.

> Community-in-a-Box is about how to build event-driven professional communities, written by Mark Birch.

> Cult Status is about how to create a business with a dedicated community around it who strongly identify with its purpose, written by Tim Duggan. 

> Get Together is a guide on how to build a strong community and sustain it long-term, by Bailey Richardson, Kevin Huynh & Kai Elmer Sotto.

> The Business of Belonging is to understand the value and opportunity of community in business and shares great frameworks for community building, by David Spinks.

> The Startup Community Way is all about how to build startup communities by Brad Feld.

Thought Leaders

The CC Corner

Read this section to find out what's happening at The Community Collective.

> Meet the Ambassador Team #1 who kicked off last week with an in person dinner, despite the team being dispersed across Sydney, India and Melbourne!

> The Community Cohort is now live and you can apply to join the first ever Cohort #1, a 7 week cohort where community builders connect and level up together. Apply here before Thurs 8 Sept @ 12pm or attend our Info Session to learn more.

> Should we create a community jobs board? Tell us if it would be useful to have a single place to search and post community jobs.

> Watch 'How to Increase Member Engagement' with Siân Simpson to learn about tactics to amplify the engagement of the members in your community.

Know someone who should join us?

We're always looking for more community builders to join The CC Meetups! 

Thanks for reading! What did you think? Hit reply to let us know 🧡

Until next time,

Paz and The CC Team