🔓 36: The stress test

Soft Launch — the who, what, when, where, and why. Erica and Brian talk through how you can use it to set your new community up for success.

• Community Industry News:

  • Orbit raised a $15m Series A

  • StackOverflow Sold for $1.8B

  • Commsor announced 5 new integrations

  • Celina Zamora joined Makerpad as Head of Community

  • Willa Tellekson-Flash was promoted to Director of Community at Public.com

  • Austin Grimes joined Flexera as Senior Digital Community Manager

  • Bailey Richardson joined Substack as Head of Community

  • Ryan Sloane joined Facebook as Community Programs Manager

  • Joe Miller joined Incorta as Sr. Director, Community & Customer Enablement

  • Shannon Emery joined Alteryx as Manager, Community Recognition 

  • Kristie Preston joined Inherit Learning Company as Digital Community Manager

  • Piper Wilson joined Grazitti as a Community Manager

• Soft Launch:

  • Community Launch Guide: Soft Launch

  • Bar Rescue

• Sponsored By:

  • Higher Logic partnered with Community Roundtable on this year's State of Community Management report. Go download the report today!

  • Commsor knows that no two communities look the same, function in the same way, or have the same needs. Which is why they announced new integrations to enable Community Managers to bring all their members together in a single dashboard — no matter which platform those members engage on — and connect the dots between them.