Build Your Movement.
You know what building a community can do for your business. Now get the results.
An invitation-only accelerator that develops industry-leading community engagement and growth via personalized training, coaching, and accountability...all tailored to your company's needs.
Adam Christian
CEO, Stateful
“Working with Jono and the CLC is a core part of our company strategy.
Community building is one of the most challenging and important parts of reaching and engaging the right audience and I’ve never seen anything as structured, comprehensive, immersive or effective as the CLC.
Jono is a world class coach and instructor and the accelerator evolves and adapts to ensure that you continually make tangible progress, but consistently fill in the gaps in knowledge as you explore the best way to apply that learning to your community, company dynamics and goals.
I completely recommend the accelerator to anyone that wants to take their community seriously!”
Jono's clients have included:
Jono's clients have included:
LET'S BE REAL...
Community engagement and growth is notoriously difficult to build.
Discord channels with lots of people but no-one talking...boring forums with nothing but questions and answers...lackluster engagement with community members...and little spark, excitement, and buzz.
That sucks.
You want the opposite of all of those things...but how do you manage your team and resources, and generate the best possible results and reduce risk?
If you are an founder or leader, this usually leads to these questions...
...and if you are a community manager/devrel, this might this sound familiar...
OK THEN...
So how do you get better results, build predictability, and reduce risk and stagnation?
Well...here's what won't work: "throwing 💩 at the wall to see what will stick."
Jono Bacon has worked with 200+ companies such as GitHub, HackerOne, AirBnb, GitLab, Chainlink, The Linux Foundation, Digital Asset and more to help them optimize their community engagement and growth. He has also written two best-selling books on the subject, 'People Powered' (HarperCollins) and 'The Art of Community' (O'Reilly).
He knows that success only comes with:
Clear Planning and Target Goals/Metrics
Repeated Feedback & Iteration
1-on-1 & Peer Group Mentoring/Support
Regular Accountability & Growth
For many companies though...these ingredients is not baked into their week-to-week operational workflow...and this means that their community/devrel staff are not able to reach their fullest potential. So how do you fix this?
Taylor Dolezal
Head Of Ecosystem
Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
“Joining the Community Leadership Core has been a transformative experience.
This accelerator has led to numerous innovative ideas and helped formulate how to build a roadmap around creating meaningful connections within my community.
The interactive live sessions with Jono and our passionate community have been a highlight of the accelerator.
We have insightful conversations that keep me thinking long after each meeting.
Jono’s dedication to the constantly improving Community Leadership Core is evident in every facet, and I am grateful for the effort he has put into it.”
INTRODUCING THE
If you are a founder or leader responsible for community/devrel at your company, simplify how you get results and better support your team.
Many execs and leaders struggle to figure out how to effectively manage community staff and accountability to ensure they are delivering great results and well supported in their success.
The Community Leadership Core fills in these gaps and provides high-level clarity for executives and leaders about the progression of your community, as well as the development of core community skills in your team.
Benefits:
Harness industry-leading expertise
With so many moving parts in a community, it can be challenging to know if you are on the right path.
The Community Leadership Core is led by Jono Bacon, who has worked with 200+ companies, and is the author of the best-selling books, 'People Powered' and 'The Art of Community'.
Drive impactful business benefits
Too many businesses build communities that are isolated from sales, marketing, support, and growth.
Integrate your community and business into one tightly coupled unit that drives results but doesn't make your community members feel they are pawns in a sales game.
Track pragmatic real-world results
Some communities struggle with a lack of focused, measurable results (which are difficult to justify.)
Track the maturity of your community, areas of strengths/weaknesses, and get regular updates with the impact, trends, and areas of concern in your community initiatives.
Better support the success of your team
Many leaders struggle to manage community staff, set expectations, and support their overall success.
The Community Leadership Core provides a powerful framework to help you to set goals and expectations and support the development and skills of your team.
...and if you are community manager/devrel, this is an awesome environment to learn and grow as part of an amazing group of peers.
Benefits:
Always know what your next steps are
Communities can be overwhelming due to the sheer number of decisions you can make at any one time.
Take this confusion away and know exactly what your next 3-5 steps are on any week and exactly which goals and metrics you are working towards.
Demonstrate clear progress
Many community leaders struggle to show their impact and value to executives and colleagues.
Always be able to crisply show the progression of your community and the impact of your work...all in a format that is easy for your boss and colleagues to grok.
Build amazing community engagement
Building powerful member engagement is the #1 challenge most community leaders face.
Discover a practical framework to build amazing engagement across forums, chat channels, social media, online/in-person events, and more.
Cultivate world-class skills
Community leadership is a complex art and science that is ever-changing. It can be tough to stay current.
Learn a broad range of practical skills from Jono Bacon, an industry-leading expert on community in a small, intimate, hands-on environment.
Revital Barletz
Head of Community, Monada
"The Community Leadership Core has been immensely valuable to me, providing me with a plethora of great ideas and an excellent framework for engaging with my community right from the outset.
The structure is so well-crafted that I have access to ongoing material and engagement that allow me to continually learn and grow.
Additionally, the Action Cycle report ensures that I am on track with the right tasks and completing them in a timely manner.
The live sessions with the CLC community and Jono are also a fantastic opportunity for me to interact and exchange ideas.
The pool of ongoing tasks has been especially helpful in keeping me engaged with my community.
The entire experience has been designed with perfection in mind, and Jono has clearly invested a great deal of time and effort into its development."
Here's how it works...
Build your Roadmap
One of the biggest challenges with building a community is to get clarity on where you are and where you need to go.
At the beginning of each quarter, you fill in your Community Check-In which pinpoints exactly where you are in your community journey and what your next steps are.
What is unique about the Community Leadership Core is that this roadmap is tuned to your specific community and company based on where you are right now.
This ensures that executives and community staff are clearly aligned on practical targets, goals, and action.
INCLUDES:
Focus on Action
Too many community leaders get into a repetitive cycle of merely responding to comments and mentions and not innovating and growing their community footprint.
With our previous clarity on the roadmap...we now put it into practice and focus on incremental improvements.
This is done in a Quarterly Action Cycle...our growth engine which identifies the next 3 - 5 steps in your community which will have the most impact.
For each of these steps you will have clear training, goals, and metrics to deliver practical results and grow core skills.
This means that every quarter you are always stacking new growth engines to build new territory.
INCLUDES:
- Action Cycles: every quarter get clarity on your next steps and how to deliver them.
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Clear Goals: for each piece of work that you focus on, crisp goals and metrics are clearly mapped out.
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Valuable Training: a large and growing archive of training resources, templates, and cheatsheets are available.
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Team Alignment: action cycles help to get executives and community staff on the same page.
Supported with Mentoring
The most powerful ingredient in the Community Leadership Core is having Jono's extensive experience "on tap."
Jono has spent 22 years working with hundreds of companies to shape one of the most comprehensive levels of community expertise in the world.
Imagine having Jono sitting over the shoulder of your community team...helping them to avoid the common pitfalls that every smart, well-meaning community manager falls into...and leading them directly to the creative insights that you can only get from years of experience.
We do this in LIVE group-coaching sessions focused on strategy, tactics, problem-solving, mindset and more.
In these sessions you don't just learn from Jono, but you also unlock the expertise, insights, and experience of the broader group...and we all come together to help each other succeed.
INCLUDES:
- LIVE Coaching: join twice-monthly LIVE coaching sessions delivered by Jono and others.
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Student Pods: join smaller student pod sessions where you show up for each other to support your success.
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Unlimited Access to Jono: the door is always open for your questions or when you want feedback.
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Private Community: join our private community on Slack where you can have group or 1-on-1 discussions.
Demonstrate real Progress
Many companies fail to measure the impact of communities, and run the risk of divesting if they can't show results.
The Community Leadership Core puts measurable impact at the center of the program, focused on three key areas:
- Maturity: how well does your community serve your members?
- Skills: what are the community capabilities in your team?
- Execution: what is the output of the team?
All three of these areas is tracked each quarter so you can see concrete progress, not just with your community, but also with the growth and experience of your team.
This makes measuring the overall impact and ROI of community easier...and makes it easier to celebrate the wins and strengthen the weaknesses.
INCLUDES:
- Community Maturity: get regular clarity on your progression in the 4 stages of community maturity.
- Community Capabilities: clearly identify the progression of community skills over 6 key areas.
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Rapid Reports: use the Rapid Reporting Framework to showcase insights and issues to colleagues and teams.
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Executive Expectations: be able to easily summarize progress and results to your executive team.
It doesn't stop there...
In the Community Leadership Core we strive to provide every conceivable resource we can to set you up for success and to make problem-solving as simple as possible. This includes...
1-on-1 Check-In Sessions
Jono will have periodic 1-on-1 sessions with your team to identify growth and challenges and course correct where needed.
Private Community
Be part of a private Slack community where we help each other solve problems, share interesting finds, share wins, and more.
Huge, Searchable Archive
Every session, share, hotseat, and Q&A is recorded and searchable inside of our huge video archive called The Vault.
Kris Ledel
Head of Developer Relations, Weavy
"I highly recommend Jono Bacon's Community Leadership Core for anyone looking to develop community building and leadership skills.
The accelerator offers a well-structured framework and workflow, engaging coaching style, and valuable real-life case studies.
The collaborative environment allowed me to connect with other like-minded individuals, enhancing my learning and growth.
The practical approach helped me apply concepts directly to my community, leading to immediate improvements in engagement and growth.
Jono's Community Leadership Core has been a transformative experience, equipping me with the skills needed to make a real difference in my community."
Nithya Ruff
CHIEF OPEN SOURCE OFFICER, AMAZON
“Jono Bacon provides the leading experience, nuance, and candor for building powerful, engaging, and inclusive communities. Highly recommended."
Jim Zemlin
Executive Director, Linux Foundation
“Communities are the future of business, technology, and collaboration. Jono Bacon’s experience, approach, and candor is critical reading for harnessing this future."
Mårten Mickos
CEO, HackerOne
“When people who are not under your command or payment eagerly work together towards a greater purpose, you can move mountains. Jono Bacon is one of the most accomplished experts on this."
This is a private, invitation-only place
Here's what we are looking for...
Your Company
Product(s) that people love
You have quality product/service(s) that people love that you want to build a community around.
Community is a priority
Delivering a world-class community is a priority for your business and you are committed to drive community success.
Staffed and resourced
You have at least one full-time staff member assigned to your community and they have the needed time and resources.
You & Your Team
Passionate and pragmatic
You see potential in your community and you are focused on action and measurable results.
Committed to the journey
This is going to be a rocky journey at times, and you are in it for the long haul...even when it gets tough.
Open to fresh ideas
You are open to new and challenging ideas, and you are comfortable with learning from failure.
...also, here we show up for each other.
JOIN THE LIVE SESSIONS
PROVIDE MENTORSHIP
FOCUS ON GOALS AND ACTION
ARE OPEN AND VULNERABLE
SHARE EXPERTISE AND IDEAS
ENCOURAGE AND CHEER ON
Nat Friedman
CEO, GITHUB
"If you want to tap into the power that communities can bring to businesses and teams, there is no greater expert than Jono Bacon."
Jamie Smith
Former Deputy Press Secretary
“If you want to unlock the power of collaboration in communities, companies, and teams, Jono should be your tour guide."
Paul Salnikow
CEO, THE EXECUTIVE CENTRE
"Jono has proved invaluable by delivering senior-level mentoring to my team, working with us, as we designed and delivered ‘The Executive Centre Community’ for our 19,000 executive members."
WHO ON EARTH IS THIS GUY?
Jono Bacon
Extensive Experience
Previously led community at:
Clients include:
Investor and advisor with:
Featured in:
Kevin Scott
CTO, MICROSOFT
“Jono Bacon provides timely insight into what makes us tick as humans, and how to build richer, stronger technology communities together.”
Marie Dodson
VP, NASDAQ BRAND STUDIO
“Jono has a true diversity of insight that spans community strategy, organizational design, leadership, developer workflow, infrastructure, and more. He is able to combine forward-facing strategy with pragmatic tactical delivery. "
Ali Velshi
ANCHOR, MSNBC
“Harnessing the collaborative power of communities is critical not just to the success of our businesses, but also for our democracy. Jono provides the clear blueprint for producing that success.”
Jamie Hyneman
Co-Creator/Host, Mythbusters
“If you don’t like herding cats but need to build a community, you need to listen to Jono Bacon.”
Billy Cina
CEO, MARKETING ENVY
“Jono sets the record straight about what product-related communities are, and the impact you can expect.”
Jim Whitehurst
PRESIDENT, IBM
“Jono is an expert at integrating the potential of communities with businesses. ”
Ben Uretsky
Co-founder, DigitalOcean
"Community is fundamental to DigitalOcean’s success, and helped us build a much deeper connection with our audience and customers. Jono provides a simple, pragmatic recipe for doing this well."
Juan Olaizola
Chief Operating Officer, Santander
"Communities are a powerful component in digital transformation, and Jono Bacon provides the formula."
Dries Buytaert
Founder, Drupal and Acquia
"Jono demystifies the art and science of how to build communities that work."
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