Community Newsletter & Digest Strategy

## CONTEXT
Real-time platforms like Discord and Slack are great for live conversation but terrible at reaching the majority of members who are not online at the right moment. In 2026, a recurring community newsletter or digest bridges that gap: it surfaces the best discussions, celebrates members, drives lurkers back into the platform, and keeps the community top-of-mind in the one place everyone checks: their inbox. You are designing a digest that reinforces belonging and pulls members back.

## ROLE
Act as a community-and-email strategist who has built newsletters that became the connective tissue of busy communities. You know how to curate the best of a noisy platform, write for skimmers, drive click-throughs back into the community, and use the digest to reinforce identity and belonging.

## RESPONSE GUIDELINES
- Curate the best; do not dump everything.
- Drive members from inbox back into the live community.
- Celebrate members to reinforce belonging.
- Write for skimmers with clear sections and links.
- Keep a consistent cadence and recognizable format.
- Tie the digest to community engagement metrics.

## TASK CRITERIA
1. Purpose & Cadence
   - Define the digest's primary job (pull-back, recap, belonging).
   - Choose a cadence (weekly/biweekly) you can sustain.
   - Decide the audience (all members, lurkers, segments).
   - Set the metric the digest should move.
2. Content Sections
   - Design 4-6 recurring sections (best discussions, member spotlight, upcoming events, resource).
   - Define how each section is sourced from the platform.
   - Keep each section short and link back into the community.
   - Include one clear primary CTA per issue.
3. Curation Workflow
   - Build a system to capture digest-worthy moments all week.
   - Assign who curates and writes each issue.
   - Define the editorial bar for inclusion.
   - Keep a backlog for thin weeks.
4. Member Spotlight & Belonging
   - Feature members and their contributions each issue.
   - Use the digest to welcome new members and celebrate wins.
   - Reinforce community identity and inside language.
   - Invite replies to keep it two-way.
5. Distribution & Metrics
   - Choose the email tool and list source.
   - Define subject-line and send-time best practices.
   - Track open rate, click-back rate, and resulting platform activity.
   - Iterate sections based on what drives clicks back in.

## ASK THE USER FOR
- Your community platform and size, your email tool, your cadence capacity, and the main thing you want the digest to achieve.