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‼️ Stay up to date with the September 2025 Chapters Brief!
Dear Chapter Leads,
Happy fall y'all! We've got insights, resources, and updates to support your journey as culture-first leaders. We're sharing best practices, facilitating connections, and amplifying the incredible work happening across our global chapters.
Culture First Global Virtual on November 1st and 2nd
Culture Amp's Culture First Global is back! This is Culture Amp's free virtual event series where community connects on all things culture at work. This year's series will be covering all three regions (N. America / EMEA / Asia Pacific) back to back and is on November 1st / 2nd.
1. Promotion
The Community Team's goal is to gather 600 registrations for this event, and we'd appreciate your support to help us reach that milestone. Your involvement can make a significant impact!
Here's how you can help:
🗣️ Share the Event on Your Social Media: We invite you to share a post about the Culture First Virtual Event Series on your social media platforms. By spreading the word, you'll contribute to our success in a big way.
🎟️ Enter Our Raffle for a Chance to Win a $50 Virtual Gift Card: To show our appreciation for your support, we've organized a raffle. By sharing a post, you'll be automatically entered for a chance to win a $50 virtual gift card.
For detailed instructions on how to post and enter the raffle, click this link.
And this is the community's unique URL which gives us credit. Register here
2. Viewing Party Promotion
We're hosting in-person viewing parties in the following cities in case you know of community members that may be interested in attending them! We'd love your support in promoting!
N. America
San Francisco
Las Vegas
Chicago
New York
Europe
London
Asia Pacific
Sydney
3. Attending CFG Virtual
DeMario and myself will be facilitating the opening/closing sessions for the three regions with the exception of one. The closing session for APAC will be facilitated by two of our own, Alana Bennett and Mikey Ellis, Culture First Melbourne Chapter Leads! We'd love if you all would join us for this live and have your support! We'll make sure to call you all out and bring you on virtual "stage" if we can! Hope to see you there!
Swag + Theresa Fesinstine
Exciting news! Theresa Fesinstine, Norwalk and Book Club chapter lead, has joined the Culture Amp team as a temporary contractor through the end of the year to help us get swag out to you all! If she reaches out for your details (i.e. address, sizes, etc.) it's legit. Share your info! LOL
So grateful she is going to help out with such a cumbersome and yet super important project!
Culture First Vetted Workshops
Process for New Workshops
We have a strong interest from many community members who want to be one of our approved Culture First Workshops. We haven’t had a thoughtful strategy or process, but now we do! We now only going to bring on a handful of workshops every quarter. Folks will apply to be one of our approved workshop and a small group of leads will vote on the ones we take on. The decision making factors will include things like topics being covered and global representation with facilitators from various regions around the world.
Here is the link to apply
Reviewing Existing Workshops
Since we are bringing on new workshops, we want to make sure our older workshops are staying relevant. We want to ensure the facilitators for our workshops stay at the top of their game and are continuing to provide the community with value. We have created a post workshop feedback form we'd love for you to start sending out after your events. These will be reviewed by select chapter leads as well on a quarterly basis.
Here is the link to the post workshop feedback form
New Q4 Approved Workshops
Here are two new workshops that have been vetted and are now approved to be recurring workshops! Check 'em out!
Chinese Calligraphy + Connection Workshop with Jing Wang Herman
In this virtual workshop we use the transformational power of Chinese Calligraphy to reinforce our identify and share what's meaningful to us with each other.
Link for more workshop information
AI Enhanced Culture with Theresa Fesinstine
Curious about the potential of generative AI in HR and organizational culture? This session dives into how advanced AI technologies can foster more inclusive, creative, and efficient workplaces. Walk away with practical tools and strategies to implement AI thoughtfully in your organization.
Belonging Badge Bonanza!
We now have Belonging Badges which are Culture First branded for you to print and use at your in-person events!
What are belonging badges?
They are pins that are worn at events to share aspects of our identities that aren't apparent through phsycial appearance. These are a Culture Amp staple and are used to create environments of inclusion, belonging and intimate connection.
Here is the link to learn more about how to access these designs and get these printed.
And here is the link to a facilitation guide for Belonging Badge Bingo to go along!
Post Culture First Global Follow Up Events
Culture First Global Follow-Up:
The Culture First Global virtual conference, taking place on November 1st / 2nd, is a fantastic opportunity to gather and reflect as a community. Encourage your chapter members to watch the conference virtually and then host a follow-up session to discuss key takeaways and practical applications. Here is an example. Kansas City is hosting a follow-up with a community breakfast.
Facilitation Gameplan:
Follow-up sessions can be hosted both in-person or virtually. Here is a simple 45 - 60 min agenda to follow and to facilitate these sessions, making it even more hassle-free for you!
Welcome (5 min): Share the purpose of the gathering and community principles.
Connect (10 - 15 min): Timed group introductions and sharing of resonating insights.
Work (20 - 30 min): Group discussion about success stories or challenges in applying learnings.
Action (5 min): Reflect on next steps.
Close (2 min): One word or one sentence checkout.
Let's harness the power of collective reflection and learning to ensure the continual growth and enrichment of our community. Thank you for your unwavering commitment to fostering a culture of learning, connection, and action. We are here to support you in every step of this journey. Feel free to reach out for any assistance or additional information.
Focus on Event Returners and Not Overall Registrants!
We have grown so much as a community! Can you believe we have over 100 chapters and over 11k community members just part of our chapters program?! The focus now as a community is on quality of relationships rather than the quantity of registrants.
This engagement metric is our success metric moving forward as a community. That said, focus on getting people to return to your events. Some tips for doing that:
First, remember to check people in to your events! It can be easy to forget to do this especially for your in-person events. Bevy has created an Organizer App you can download on your phone! Here are instructions on how to download and use the Bevy Organizer App.
Create a calendar line up for events or at least have another event planned following the event you are about to run so people have something to look forward to.
Stay in regular contact with your members! Send personalized outreach whether that is to them directly via email, LinkedIn message or even a text! Tell them you miss them and are looking forward to seeing them at your next gathering!
Case Study in Transitioning Out in a Culture First Way!
We have three asks to co-leading a Culture First Chapter!
1. Read our principles and purpose at every gathering and embody those principles!
2. Host 4 gatherings per year (at minimum).
3. Leave the chapter better than when you found it and transition out in a 'Culture First' way!
I wanted to share a case study in what this third ask looks like with the Orlando Chapter. Earlier this year, we launched an Orlando chapter with Ali Goodin and Caroline Bennett. Since February, they hosted 7 events! Both Ali and Caroline have had an influx in their workload and needed someone else to take over as the main co-lead. They communicated this and introduced me to their new co-lead, Alexa Cabel, who since has been onboarded and handed torch to be the main lead for this chapter. Ali posted an incredible update on LinkedIn about how she met Alexa through the chapter and has handed off the community for Alexa to drive. Here is the link to the post.
Such an amazing example of leaving the chapter better than when you found it and leaving it for someone else to keep the momemtum going!
Thank you Ali + Caroline for all you've done! As we always say, 'you may not be a chapter lead forever, but you are a community member forever!' Alexa, we're so excited to see where you take things and we've got your back! This is what co-creating a better world of work looks like!
Recent Chapter Lead Learnings
So many incredible events and conferences occurred in North America earlier this month and last month which our chapter leads attended. This included Culture Summit and the Culture First Leaders Forum (in NYC + SF).
Some chapter leads got together during one of our leads check-in calls to share their recently learnings. Some of those learnings were captured in the document below. We wanted to share these with those that weren't able to attend.
How to Implement a Successful DEI Initiative
Culture Amp Blog
Learn how to achieve key business goals by proving the ROI of DEI and implementing impactful DEI initiatives.
Relational Intelligence at Work with Esther Perel: A Culture First Podcast Listeners Club
Event Details:
📅 Date: November 15th for N. America / November 16th for APAC
⏰ Time: 3:00m PT / 6:00pm ET / 8:00am AEST
📍Location: Registration Page Here
Ever listen to a podcast episode and wish you could just geek out on it with like-minded individuals? Well, now is your chance! This is the official podcast listeners club for the Culture First community! Similar to a book club, we want to create a space for community members to come together and dive into the concepts of a specific podcast episode. On top of that, you'll get to meet the podcast host, Damon Klotz!
For this session, you all decided and we are discussing the episode titled 'How to Build a Relationally Intelligent Company with Esther Perel.'
This experience will be an interactive 90-minute zoom session with engaging exercises. Before joining this podcast club, make sure you listen to the episode and come ready to discuss your learnings.
**Lastly, if you have ideas for speakers or content for the global chapter, please let Jessie know!
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