Product Name: ELC Community Chat Forum

Problem

• Need for centralized asynchronous engagement
• Improve communication & knowledge sharing across chapters

Target Users

• Engineering Leaders Community (ELC) members, especially highly-engaged members and chapter leaders initially

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Value Proposition

• Dedicated space for in-depth discussions, insight sharing, and asynchronous communication
• Connect local and global members easily
• For Local Leaders:
  • A dedicated space to foster async engagement between events, reducing reliance on live meetings.
  • Consolidated platform to manage events, discussions, and member communications in one place.
  • Provides tools for building chapter identity through tailored discussions and content.
• For Members:
  • Centralized place to ask questions, share insights, and connect asynchronously with peers in their local chapter and beyond.
  • Opportunity to collaborate with the global ELC community for broader perspectives while still maintaining local relevance.
  • Access to shared knowledge across chapters, amplifying learning and networking.
• For the ELC Ecosystem:
  • Scales relationship-building and knowledge-sharing across local and global communities.
  • Reinforces ELC’s position as a one-stop ecosystem for engineering leadership growth.
  • Supports persistent community memory (unlike ephemeral Slack chats or one-off events).

Key Features

• Embedded local forum/board for All ELC & on each Local Chapter main page (✅ Validated in Gradual platform)
• Gated membership (verified engineering leaders only)
• Ability to pose and respond to targeted questions
• Async communication across local chapters and broader ELC ecosystem (cross-pollination between local and global spaces)

Launch Strategy

1/ Pilot Phase:

• Launch forum with Seattle or South Bay chapters (high engagement, >300 members).