The 2025 CMX Community Industry Awards are well under way, and it's time to shine a spotlight on the incredible people and communities shaping our industry! We've seen an overwhelming number of nominations for outstanding community professionals and initiatives, and now it's your chance to help decide who takes home the honors.

Starting today, voting is officially open from March 17 - April 7! Finalists will be announced on April 16, 2025.

Cast your votes now!

For our fifth annual awards, we’re celebrating across nine categories, and to ensure a fair and thoughtful selection process, we've gathered an expert panel of community professionals to serve as judges. Curious about how it all works? Check out how our scoring process works.

Now, we are thrilled to introduce our stellar panel of judges for the 2024 CMX Community Industry Awards! Cue the drumroll…

Community Awards

Customer Support Community

Awarded to a community that enhances customer support and success by fostering engagement, reducing support tickets, and improving customer retention through peer-to-peer assistance and knowledge sharing.

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Growth Marketing Community

Recognizes a community that drives sales, acquisition, and brand growth through advocacy programs, ambassador networks, and engagement strategies that contribute to measurable business success.

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User Group Program

Celebrates a community-led user group or chapter program that connects members, shares knowledge, and fosters engagement through local or virtual events. It is not designed for recognizing individual chapters but rather the overall structure and strategy behind a distributed user group program.

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Best New Community

Awarded to a community launched or relaunched after January 1, 2024, that has quickly grown, engaged members, and demonstrated early success.

Professional Awards

B2B Community Professional

Given to an individual building a thriving B2B community that fosters engagement, customer advocacy, and business impact.

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Executive Leader of a Community Team

Recognizes a community executive managing a team and aligning community strategy with business goals to drive growth and engagement. (nominees must have 1 or more direct report to be considered for this award).

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Nonprofit Community Professional

Awarded to an individual managing a nonprofit community, mobilizing members, increasing engagement, and supporting a cause-driven mission.

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Developer Relations (DevRel) Community Professional

Celebrates a leader fostering developer engagement, advocacy, and innovation while strengthening connections between developers and technology.