Uncommon Conversations: Deep Talks with Community & DevRel Leaders

In this 29-minute convo, Ale Murray, Director of Community at Confluent, discusses how she and her team built the Confluent community on five pillars: Hackathons, Leaders, Digital Platforms, Conferences, and Meetups, how she empowers Confluent's community to build each other up, and what she looks for when hiring new community team members.

Community and DevRel leaders perform incredible feats to grow, engage, and support their communities, empower their businesses, and build products and experiences people love. Each day, they bring their companies and communities closer together. These are the stories of their work. The Uncommon community is powered by Common Room, the intelligent community growth platform that enables you to unlock community insights so you can grow happier customers, measure outcomes, and drive business impact. Learn more about how you can help your community thrive with Common Room at commonroom.io, and join the Uncommon community at commonroom.io/uncommon.

In this 41-minute convo, Sandi Lin, co-founder and CEO at Skilljar, discusses how investing in customer education is a triple win: A win for customers who just started with a product, a win for businesses that have more successful customers who drive more revenue, and a win for society to help close the income and skills gaps.

Community and DevRel leaders perform incredible feats to grow, engage, and support their communities, empower their businesses, and build products and experiences people love. Each day, they bring their companies and communities closer together. These are the stories of their work. The Uncommon community is powered by Common Room, the intelligent community growth platform that enables you to unlock community insights so you can grow happier customers, measure outcomes, and drive business impact. Learn more about how you can help your community thrive with Common Room at commonroom.io, and join the Uncommon community at commonroom.io/uncommon.

In this 24-minute convo, Shahed Khan, co-founder of Loom, discusses the importance of building with and for a product's user community from the very beginning and how he and his co-founders baked a reverence for community input and feedback into the organization at every level.

Community and DevRel leaders perform incredible feats to grow, engage, and support their communities, empower their businesses, and build products and experiences people love. Each day, they bring their companies and communities closer together. These are the stories of their work. The Uncommon community is powered by Common Room, the intelligent community growth platform that enables you to unlock community insights so you can grow happier customers, measure outcomes, and drive business impact. Learn more about how you can help your community thrive with Common Room at commonroom.io, and join the Uncommon community at commonroom.io/uncommon.

In this 12-minute convo, Max Pete, Community and Customer Support Lead at SuperHi, discusses co-creating and delivering programs, like community-run Accountability Clubs and AMAs, with the SuperHi community.

Community and DevRel leaders perform incredible feats to grow, engage, and support their communities, empower their businesses, and build products and experiences people love. Each day, they bring their companies and communities closer together. These are the stories of their work. The Uncommon community is powered by Common Room, the intelligent community growth platform that enables you to unlock community insights so you can grow happier customers, measure outcomes, and drive business impact. Learn more about how you can help your community thrive with Common Room at commonroom.io, and join the Uncommon community at commonroom.io/uncommon.

In this 34-minute convo, Mary O'Carroll, Chief Community Officer at Ironclad, talks about building Ironclad's community V2, what it means to have Community in the C-suite, and embracing community as a win-win in terms of empowering people and building a stronger business. 

Community and DevRel leaders perform incredible feats to grow, engage, and support their communities, empower their businesses, and build products and experiences people love. Each day, they bring their companies and communities closer together. These are the stories of their work. The Uncommon community is powered by Common Room, the intelligent community growth platform that enables you to unlock community insights so you can grow happier customers, measure outcomes, and drive business impact. Learn more about how you can help your community thrive with Common Room at commonroom.io, and join the Uncommon community at commonroom.io/uncommon.

In this 10-minute convo, Kyle Eaton, Growth Lead at Superconductive and Community Manager of Great Expectations, talks about building community through consistent programming like meetups, hackathons, and shared learning experiences.

Community and DevRel leaders perform incredible feats to grow, engage, and support their communities, empower their businesses, and build products and experiences people love. Each day, they bring their companies and communities closer together. These are the stories of their work. The Uncommon community is powered by Common Room, the intelligent community growth platform that enables you to unlock community insights so you can grow happier customers, measure outcomes, and drive business impact. Learn more about how you can help your community thrive with Common Room at commonroom.io, and join the Uncommon community at commonroom.io/uncommon.

In this 12-minute convo, Jake Randall, Chief Operating Officer at Common Room, talks about the power of community to change the trajectory of business—today and in the future.

Community and DevRel leaders perform incredible feats to grow, engage, and support their communities, empower their businesses, and build products and experiences people love. Each day, they bring their companies and communities closer together. These are the stories of their work. The Uncommon community is powered by Common Room, the intelligent community growth platform that enables you to unlock community insights so you can grow happier customers, measure outcomes, and drive business impact. Learn more about how you can help your community thrive with Common Room at commonroom.io, and join the Uncommon community at commonroom.io/uncommon.

In this 51-minute convo, Evan Hamilton, Director of Community at HubSpot, former community manager at Reddit, and strategic community consultant, discusses the layers of community (audiences, fandoms, and true communities), effective ways for helping internal teams understand the impact of community work, how to set moderators up for success, and the importance of empathy in community roles. 

Community and DevRel leaders perform incredible feats to grow, engage, and support their communities, empower their businesses, and build products and experiences people love. Each day, they bring their companies and communities closer together. These are the stories of their work. The Uncommon community is powered by Common Room, the intelligent community growth platform that enables you to unlock community insights so you can grow happier customers, measure outcomes, and drive business impact. Learn more about how you can help your community thrive with Common Room at commonroom.io, and join the Uncommon community at commonroom.io/uncommon.

In this 35-minute convo, Lenny Rachitsky, creator and author of Lenny's Newsletter and the "Friends of Lenny's Newsletter" community, discusses the inspiration behind Lenny's Newsletter, how the community got started, the added value community can bring to its members as whole, and what responsibility hosts and companies have to their communities.

Community and DevRel leaders perform incredible feats to grow, engage, and support their communities, empower their businesses, and build products and experiences people love. Each day, they bring their companies and communities closer together. These are the stories of their work. The Uncommon community is powered by Common Room, the intelligent community growth platform that enables you to unlock community insights so you can grow happier customers, measure outcomes, and drive business impact. Learn more about how you can help your community thrive with Common Room at commonroom.io, and join the Uncommon community at commonroom.io/uncommon.

In this 17-minute convo, Kyle Hagge, Lead Community Manager at Morning Brew, talks about building and designing community-based curriculums and implementing cohort feedback to uplevel the skills of every learner.

Community and DevRel leaders perform incredible feats to grow, engage, and support their communities, empower their businesses, and build products and experiences people love. Each day, they bring their companies and communities closer together. These are the stories of their work. The Uncommon community is powered by Common Room, the intelligent community growth platform that enables you to unlock community insights so you can grow happier customers, measure outcomes, and drive business impact. Learn more about how you can help your community thrive with Common Room at commonroom.io, and join the Uncommon community at commonroom.io/uncommon.