CMX Summit: Rise

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At CMX Summit 2021: Rise we welcomed over 5000 seasoned practitioners, emerging leaders, and industry experts and celebrated the rise of the community industry.

Save the date for CMX Summit 2022 for more hands-on workshops, industry experts, and the opportunity to connect with the largest network of community professionals.

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Helping Community Professionals Rise

Community-Driven Business

The era of community-driven business is here. How can you make community your advantage and future-proof your brand?

The
Community Path

Community is carving out its department and role in the C-Suite. Learn how today’s professionals are paving the road to tomorrow.

Community, Culture
& Innovation

Creator communities. Cryptocurrencies. Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. Come see how community is driving innovation.

Featured Speakers

Seth Godin

Author & Entrepreneur

Angela Benton

CEO at Streamlytics

Sahil Lavingia

CEO at Gumroad

Greg Isenberg

CEO, Co-Founder of Late Checkout

Joe Pishgar

Chief Community Officer at VerticalScope

Holly Firestone

VP of Community at Venafi

Jae Washington

Senior Community Manager at Headspace

Pablo Gonzalez

Co-Founder of Be The Stage

Kris Lande

SVP, Marketing & Community at Salesforce

Scott K. Wilder

Global Head of Customer Engagement, Advocacy, Community at Hubspot

Erika Batista

Head of International at On Deck

Heather Newman

Principal PM Manager, Dynamics 365 & Power Platform Community Success at Microsoft

Jeff Hudson

CEO of Venafi

Maria Sayans

CEO of Ustwo Games

Katrina Strafford

General Manager and VP, Games-Digital at Unity

Tabitha Hayes

Chief Marketing Officer at Star Stable Entertainment

Mai Medhat

VP of Innovation at Bevy

Nihal Fares

Director of Product Management at Bevy

Mattie Fairchild

Head of Creator Relations at Manticore Games

Craig Cmehil

VP Community & Developer Relations at SAP SE

Ashley Collins

Product Manager – Analytics at Bevy

Monica Lluis

Global Community Manager Lead at Cisco Systems, Inc.

Howard Gray

Founder of Wavetable

Justin DiRose

Tech Advocate at Discourse

Rachel Hartley

Community Program Managerat Autodesk

Shana Sumers

Principal Marketing Manager, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Community Programming at Hubspot

Kait Masters

Community Development Manager at HoneyBook, Rising Tide

Tessa Mero

Senior Developer Advocate at Cloudinary

Aly Merritt

Head of Community at Salesloft

Lisa Koontz

Director of Strategic Initiatives at Indiana University Alumni Association

Derek Andersen

CEO of Bevy

Ramel Wallace

Senior Community Manager at BAM

David Spinks

Co-Founder of CMX

Max Rothery

VP Community at Finimize

Ryan Cox

Senior Regional Manager, Community at Yelp, Inc.

Celina Zamora

Head of Community at Makerpad

Lauren Clevenger

Senior Manager, Community & Developer Relations at Bigcommerce

Jason Yee

Director of Advocacy at Gremlin

Tiffany Oda

Director, Community Operations at Venafi

Rachel York

Community Specialist at Bevy

Wes Kao

Co-founder of Maven

JR Sims

Director of Product Management at Bevy

Mariana Lemus

Community Associate at MuleSoft

Jon Wishart

Business Value Director at Khoros

Todd Sharp

Developer Advocate – Cloud & Cloud DB at Oracle

Chris Walker

CEO of Refine Labs

Seanelle Hawkins

President and CEO of Urban League of Rochester

Daniel Svonava

CEO of Superlinked

Taryell Simmons

Workforce Development Consultant at Sage Business & Education

Jenn Jinhong

Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Azure Marketing at Microsoft

Karuana Gatimu

Principal Manager, Customer Advocacy Group at Microsoft Teams Engineering

Crux Conception

Founder of Crux Conception

Moly Milosovic

Head of Community at Jobber

Blake Ethridge

Community Manager at DZone

Jessica Falkenthal

Community Director at CUE San Francisco

Mark Birch

Principal Startup Advocate at AWS

Katie Ray

Community Manager at Sales Hacker (powered by Outreach.io)

Grace Francisco

VP, Developer Relations Strategy & Experience at Cisco Systems, Inc.

Mary Shen

Chief Community Officer of Ironclad, Inc.

Hawk

Chief Operating Officer at Discourse

Kenneth Refsgaard

Enterprise Customer Success and Community Strategy at inSided

Adrian Speyer

Head of Community at Higher Logic

Aslan Noghre-Kar

VP, Enterprise Communities at Change Healthcare

Bolaji Oyejide

Senior Director of Demand Generation at Bevy

Keneisha Williams

Founder of Black in Events Network

Matt Pearsall

Community Manager at Committee for Children

Lincoln Hershberger

CMO at Bevy

Phoebe Shin Venkat

Director of Community at TripActions

Martin Remy

VP, Data Science and Analytics at Bevy

Elizabeth Kohlway

Senior Manager, Community Building & Digital Engagement at Sabin Vaccine Institute

Jessie Karsif

Customer Success Manager at Hivebrite

Patrick Woods

Co-Founder & CEO of Orbit

Trish Kennelly

Head of Experience at On Deck

Darien Payton

Community Manager of Loop

Victoria Tran

Community Director at Innersloth

Marius Ciortea

Chief Community Officer at IBM

Sathish Nagarajan

Business Head – Community Platform at Kissflow Inc.

Andy Swanson

Head of Publisher Relations at Mod.io

Greg Russo

Senior Enforcement Operations Analyst at Twitch

Diane Yuen

Community Apprentice at CMX

Sanket Chauhan

CEO / Co-founder of Dots

Sam Larsen

Sales Engineer at Khoros

Jon Erskine

Director of Sales at Influitive

Gillian Farquhar

Head of Customer Marketing, Advocacy and Community at Qlik

Hosts

David Spinks

Co-founder of CMX

Ann Marie Pawlicki Dinkel

Event Manager at CMX

Beth McIntyre

Head of Community at CMX

Ilker Akansel

Emcee

Valentina Ruffoni

Emcee

Marsha Druker

Emcee

Jamie Johnston

Emcee

Valentina Ruffoni

Emcee

Marsha Druker

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Join the Fun!

Gill Sotu

Airsun

Drag Queen Bingo

Live From Madrid

Chicken

How to raise backyard chickens

LT Terris

Yoga Instructor

Jeopardy!

CMX

Caricatures

Live sketch session!

Howard Gray

Founder of Weavetable

Justin DiRose

Tech Advocate at Discourse

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THE COMMUNITY INNOVATOR PROGRAM

“If you are a Community professional, someone who’s contemplating getting into Community, or looking for support on why you should start various community efforts at your company — you need to attend this summit. You will come hungry for knowledge, excited for what’s to come and leave totally fulfilled but wanting more — to do more, learn more, and connect further with everyone you met. Just sign up — I promise you won’t regret it.”

Lauren Hagerty
Director of Marketing and Community, PowerToFly

“This was my first CMX Summit, and I loved every second of it. The quality of speakers and range of topics was outstanding. It was so easy to forget this was a virtual event because the enthusiasm pulled you right into the conversations that were happening. There’s so much to take away. Thank you CMX for putting this amazing event together!”

Oliver Beirne
Community Manager, Arm

“I’ve been working in engagement and community-building for about five years, but attending CMX Summit 2020 was the first time I felt like I had a shared language about what I do and a community of people to whom I don’t have to explain why my role exists or why it’s important. Thanks to CMX for this community of practice!”

Kate Richey
Engagement Manager, Hearken, Inc

“I was so impressed by the way the CMX staff were able to put this together. So much information for various types of communities! I absolutely felt the “community” even though it was virtual. Loved that we could chat with each other during the panels, and the Q&A tool worked great.”

Ash Keene
Community Manager, Replay Gaming

“Speaking at CMX Summit was a highlight of my year. The Summit is filled with incredible community, high-quality programming, authentic good vibes throughout, and the perfect balance between professionalism and play. Two thumbs all the way up.”

Kat Vellos
Author and Speaker, WeShouldGetTogether.com

See Past Summit Content

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28Dec

How Community Drives Social Change | Kobie Fuller and Gordon Bellamy

Sophie Van Seventer

3 min read

22Oct

How CMX Planned Our First All-Virtual Conference

Ann Marie Pawlicki Dinkel

5 min read

20Oct

All the Videos from CMX Summit 2020

Beth McIntyre

6 min read

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Save the Date

Helping Community Professionals Rise

Community-Driven Business

The Community Path

Community, Culture & Innovation

Featured Speakers

Seth Godin

Angela Benton

Sahil Lavingia

Greg Isenberg

Joe Pishgar

Holly Firestone

Jae Washington

Pablo Gonzalez

Kris Lande

Scott K. Wilder

Erika Batista

Heather Newman

Jeff Hudson

Maria Sayans

Katrina Strafford

Tabitha Hayes

Mai Medhat

Nihal Fares

Mattie Fairchild

Craig Cmehil

Ashley Collins

Monica Lluis

Howard Gray

Justin DiRose

Rachel Hartley

Shana Sumers

Kait Masters

Tessa Mero

Aly Merritt

Lisa Koontz

Derek Andersen

Ramel Wallace

David Spinks

Max Rothery

Ryan Cox

Celina Zamora

Lauren Clevenger

Jason Yee

Tiffany Oda

Rachel York

Wes Kao

JR Sims

Mariana Lemus

Jon Wishart

Todd Sharp

Chris Walker

Seanelle Hawkins

Daniel Svonava

Taryell Simmons

Jenn Jinhong

Karuana Gatimu

Crux Conception

Moly Milosovic

Blake Ethridge

Jessica Falkenthal

Mark Birch

Katie Ray

Grace Francisco

Mary Shen

Hawk

Kenneth Refsgaard

Adrian Speyer

Aslan Noghre-Kar

Bolaji Oyejide

Keneisha Williams

Matt Pearsall

Lincoln Hershberger

Phoebe Shin Venkat

Martin Remy

Elizabeth Kohlway

Jessie Karsif

Patrick Woods

Trish Kennelly

Darien Payton

The
Community Path

Community, Culture
& Innovation