Community Leadership Summit

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The Community Leadership Summit (CLS)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12

The place where community leadership is crafted

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About CLS

The Community Leadership Summit 2025 brings together community leaders, organizers and managers and the projects and organizations that are interested in growing and empowering a strong community. Leading minds in community management, relations and online collaboration will discuss, debate and continue to refine the art of building an effective and capable community.

The event will feature moderated and facilitated discussions to deliver a rich set of content driven by a diverse audience.

When + Where

The event will take place on Sunday, October 12 at the Raleigh Convention Center, located at 500 S Salisbury St, Raleigh, NC 27601

Format

“Unconference” moderated and facilitated discussions will be featured to deliver a rich set of content driven by a diverse audience. Topics will be proposed and chosen onsite by attendees. 

Cost

As always, CLS is FREE to attend – no strings attached, however attendees must register.

2025 Emcee

Jono Bacon

Founder

Jono Bacon Consulting

Jono Bacon is an award-winning author, podcaster, and coach with 22+ years of experience in building productive, engaging online and in-person communities.

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2025 Sponsors

The Community Leadership Summit is made possible by these world-class sponsors

PRESENTING SPONSORS

Google
IBM
Red Hat

PLATINUM SPONSORS

AWS
CapitalOne
Fidelity Investments
GitHub
HeroDevs
Neo4j
SAS
Sourcegraph
The New Stack
Zabbix

GOLD SPONSORS

AlmaLinux
Arm
CIQ
GitLab
Icinga
Intuit
Jumpmind
Mezmo
Pomerium
Qodo
City of Raleigh
Redis
Tailscale
Unkey