Let’s make community, together
Creating ties and learning from others is, without a doubt, one of the mantras that I have set for myself this year to continue growing both personally and professionally. As is often said: “knowledge does not take place…”
For this reason, this week’s entry is about “communities” (all of them, Slack Based), spaces in which to learn, debate, and teach about the world of design and digital products in general.
Product Communities
MindTheProduct
Join +50k product people in the world’s most dynamic Slack community for anyone who cares about building products people love.
Product Tribes (by UxPin)
An invite-only community of +10k experienced designers, developers, and PMs. Expand your network and progress your career.
Researchers Communities
MixedMethods
Mixed Methods is a community interested in the how's and why's of user experience research. Through interviews with industry experts and hands-on trial and error, we indulge and celebrate curiosity.
Research Ops
A global group of people who’ve come together to discuss the operations and operationalization of user research and design research — also known as ResearchOps. ResearchOps includes the people, mechanisms, and strategies that set research in motion.
General Communities (Design, DevOps, Marketers)
UX Mastery
A community of learners, practitioners, mentors, and design leaders with a common interest in user experience and human-centred design. Together we share and help each other grow the skills needed for a successful career in the user experience profession.
Content+UX
A community of professionals celebrating content strategy, content itself, and its role in the user experience. Join more than 4,000 content and content-adjacent professionals who support each other, share knowledge and understanding, and help shape the field of content strategy.
GrowthDesigners
Growth design is the joint practice of growth and design. Designers who not only solve for customer pain, but do so in a way that grows businesses.
Design Systems Slack
The purpose of the Design Systems Slack to promote the discussion of design systems, style guides, component libraries, and pattern libraries.
Designer Hangout
Designer Hangout is the world’s #1 UX design community. Find UX jobs, mentorship, design resources, and real-time user experience design conversation.
And don’t think I’m going to mention all there are in this post, because that would take days… What I can do is leave you with this link that compiles the communities by country and category, which can be very useful if you’re interested in a particular area.
So far, today’s post is a small compendium of communities with wonderful people to learn from. I am sure some of them can help(us) at some point in (y)our daily work.
As always, if you know of any interesting communities that aren’t listed here or at the Designer Slack Communities, let me know in the comments, so I can add them to the next post.
Thanks for taking the time to read this post. And I hope to see you soon.
