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Why Community Depth Matters More Than Reach: Lessons from Leslie Barber


Leslie Barber & Joshua Zerkel
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Event Replay: Context First: From Reach to Resonance: Why Depth of Engagement Wins
Leslie Barber & Joshua Zerkel
Playbook: Designing Clear Participation Paths in Communities
Brittney Aston & Joshua Zerkel
Context First: Helping Members Build New Habits During a Migration
Patricia Feitosa & Joshua Zerkel
Event Replay: Context First: Helping Members Build New Habits During a Migration
Patricia Feitosa & Joshua Zerkel
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Joshua Zerkel · Apr 16th, 2026
The Context First Framework explains how organizations identify customer signals, interpret them across teams, and turn them into strategic decisions.
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Brittney Aston & Joshua Zerkel · Apr 13th, 2026
A practical guide to designing participation paths in communities so members understand how to engage, contribute knowledge, and help one another.
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Patricia Feitosa & Joshua Zerkel · Apr 10th, 2026
A practical recap of Patricia Feitosa’s approach to community migration, focused on habits, trust, continuity, and helping members adapt to change.
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Patricia Feitosa & Joshua Zerkel · Apr 10th, 2026
In this session, Patricia Feitosa shares how she guided the Power of MACH Community through a move from a fragmented setup across Slack and Hivebrite into a single, unified space. With a global audience of senior, time-constrained leaders, the focus stayed on clarity, communication, and thoughtful change management. Patricia walks through the principles that shaped her approach, the early decisions that helped preserve existing value, and how she supported members as new participation habits began to form. She’ll share the tradeoffs she navigated and what she’s watching as engagement continues to take shape.
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Brittney Aston & Joshua Zerkel · Apr 6th, 2026
A practical guide to designing community orientation so members immediately understand where they are, how the space works, and how to begin participating.
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Joshua Zerkel & Ashley Williams · Apr 1st, 2026
A recap of my conversation with Ashley Williams on turning internal skepticism into support by clarifying community’s value, evolving with company needs, and building trust over time.
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Ashley Williams & Joshua Zerkel · Apr 1st, 2026
For a brand community to succeed, the community team can’t operate in a silo. It requires strong cross-functional partnerships, clear articulation of value, and leadership trust. In this session, Ashley Williams will share how to turn skepticism into advocacy by positioning community as a platform that supports multiple business goals. Join us for a focused conversation on how to build alignment, generate internal momentum, and make community indispensable.
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Irwin Hipsman & Joshua Zerkel · Mar 31st, 2026
Discover how shared customer context helps marketing, sales, and success teams identify repeat buyers and generate new revenue.
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Irwin Hipsman & Joshua Zerkel · Mar 26th, 2026
Learn how to build a repeat buyer program that identifies former customers, nurtures relationships, and generates faster B2B sales cycles.
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Joshua Zerkel · Mar 25th, 2026
A recap of Gradual’s Context First dinner in New York exploring how leaders translate customer engagement signals into cross-functional alignment and executive decision making.
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