ABOUT
COMMUNITY PROS OF LONDON
Our mission is to create meaningful connections between community professionals so we can support each other and build our industry up.
Who Can Join
Membership is open to anyone who works in, or is connected to, the community management industry. You don’t have to live in London to be a member but please understand that our in-person events take place in central London. By becoming a member, you agree to the guiding principles outlined below.
How to Participate
Our members will receive emails about upcoming events and announcements. The best way to meet our members and connect is to attend our in-person events. For the time being, events will be held in central London.
Guiding Principles
We are a community that is independent and not connected to any commercial group or organisation. We are a voluntary organisation with no commercial concerns. We are an open and transparent peer-to-peer network where the good of the whole is primary and supersedes personal agendas.
We’ve learnt that a successful community works best by setting a few basic ground rules.
We’ve observed that the following principles lead to productive interactions among peers. These are:
We honour and respect individual contributions and perspectives (different backgrounds, competitors, etc).
We are guided by intellectual curiosity and work to elevate and influence this industry.
We listen deeply in order to grow and learn as professionals (vs. talk at).
Members who are vendors take off their billable-by-the-hour and sales hats.
We invite multiple perspectives from many professionals adjacent to the online community space (information architecture, knowledge management, IT, internal communications, human resources, customer experience, user experience, design, etc.).
Inclusion is Key: we embrace diversity and welcome all members, no matter what their background, beliefs, or opinions are.
We are an independent group and therefore platform/vendor agnostic.
Things we don’t do....
Use profanity, disrespect, or hateful, derogatory, or demeaning language.
Share personal or confidential information. (We do NOT sell or share our membership email list, even to sponsors.)
Talk politics or debate political views.
Use the network for solicitation, self-promotion, or for any other commercial purpose.
We reserve the right to remove a member from the network who does not honour these guiding principles.
Member Benefits
As with any community of practice, the more we put in, the more we get out. We hope that being a member of CPLDN conveys the following benefits:
Opportunities to build strong relationships on a professional level.
Ability to actively help others, by sharing expertise and contributing a different perspective.
Opportunities for networking / career support / coaching.
Create new ways of thinking about our industry and the changing roles we play in shaping the future.
Experience and visit unique coworking spaces and gathering places in London.
Have fun and enjoy the camaraderie of interesting people who understand what you do!
FAQs
How much does it cost to be a member? There is no cost for membership. Individual events may require a cost though.
How do I sign up for membership? Please complete this form to become a member and join the mailing list.
Where is the link to join the online community? At this time, we do not have an online community. The best way to meet our members and connect is to attend our in-person events.
How do I become a sponsor? Please contact us using the email address below.
Contact Us
Email: communityprosoflondon@gmail.com
Special thanks to the Community Professionals of LA and the Chicago Online Community Professionals Group for allowing us to adopt and edit their guiding principles and documentation for our purposes. We regard them as our sister organisations and are grateful for their willingness to share such important information that makes up the foundation of their group.