Produced by People & Company
Hosted by Bailey Richardson, Kevin Huynh, Whitney Ogutu, Mia Quagliarello, Maggie Zhang, Marjorie Anderson & Kai Elmer Sotto
An interview hosted by Whitney Ogutu and Bailey Richardson with Bruce Muchelule founder of DADing Different, a community to support young and first time dads.
We talked with Bruce about connecting people who are not used to being vulnerable.
Read MoreAn interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Maggie Zhang with Evan Hamilton, the Director of Community at Reddit, a network of hundreds of thousands of communities who come together over shared interests.
We talked with Evan about how he has built trust with moderators at scale.
Read MoreAn interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Kevin Huynh with Todd Hansen. For ten years, Todd led conference programming at South by Southwest, the annual film, interactive media, and music festival held in Austin, Texas. Recently, Todd and friends started the Artist Rescue Trust to support musicians, artists, and creatives affected by the pandemic.
We talked with Todd about how the SXSW team has built the conference over the years with attendees and how he tapped existing motivation in starting the Artist Rescue Trust.
Read MoreAn interview hosted by Mia Quagliarello with David Lyford-Smith, a UK based accountant with and a spreadsheet warrior.
We talked with David about channeling an eager community’s enthusiasm in productive ways.
Read MoreAn interview hosted by Mia Quagliariello, Maggie Zhang, and Mira Zhang (Maggie’s little sister) with Ashley Hackworth, a savvy community builder who’s a leading force in A.R.M.Y. (adorable representative MC for youth), the K-pop supergroup BTS’s incredibly loyal, benevolent, and powerful fan base.
We talked with Ashley about how fans gather initially around BTS’s music, and then stay and unite for bigger causes.
Read MoreAn interview hosted by Whitney Ogutu and Bailey Richardson with Lewis Kang'ethe, the community lead for the African chapter of The Fearless Community. They are bringing together design leaders to share knowledge and stay connected during lockdown.
We talked with Lewis about how he is bridging the gap across cultures and sparking conversation in Slack and virtual meetups.
Read MoreA live interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Kevin Huynh with Claire Wasserman, co-founder of Ladies Get Paid. Ladies Get Paid has connected 75,000 women on their mission to close the wage gap.
We talked with Claire in front of a live Zoom audience about how she has supercharged women across the country to be advocates for their worth and her new book, titled Ladies Get Paid.
Read MoreAn interview hosted by Bailey Richardson with Adam Bedoian, the Community GM at Latitude Margaritaville in Daytona Beach. It’s one of Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville-themed retirement communities.
We talked with Adam about how the beloved song comes to life, and how to build a thriving community of neighbors.
Read MoreAn interview hosted by Mia Quagliarello with Chris Turner, the founder of The Ring Finders. Chris has built an online directory of 500 independent metal detecting specialists in 22 countries that volunteer as sleuths in search of lost rings.
We talked with Chris about a community of people that come together for a simple, altruistic reason--the smile when a ring is recovered.
Read MoreAn interview hosted by Marjorie Anderson and Kevin Huynh with Sophie Mona Pagès, the founder of LVRSNFRNDS, a community platform where strangers come to know each other through live conversations on everything modern relationships.
We talked with Sophie about how to start such conversations—finding strangers and guiding their early connections—and transferring those connections online.
Read MoreAn interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Maggie Zhang with Sarah Leung, the eldest daughter of the Leung family who started the blog The Woks of Life. The family of four started the blog to stay connected while living oceans apart.
We talked with Sarah about role modeling stories and conversations to spark a greater community.
Read MoreAn interview hosted by Bailey Richardson & Kevin Huynh with Joe Smith, Program Quality Director for District 38 of Toastmasters. Today there are more than 364,000 paying members around the world. One in three of those members also serves as a volunteer.
We talked with Joe about Toastmasters history and evolution of Toastmasters International.
Read MoreAn interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Kevin Huynh with Colombe Cahen-Salvador, Andrea Venzon, and Laura Giani, the leaders behind NOW! a global, digital-first movement bringing people from all over the world together to tackle global issues. Colombe and Andrea forged the movement as co-founders and Laura is a volunteer turned campaign manager.
We talked with them about finding a common call to action: the common reason WHY your people continue you to show up.
Read MoreA live interview hosted by Marjorie Anderson, “Get Together” correspondent, with Bailey Richardson, Kevin Huynh, and Kai Elmer Sotto, partners at People & Company.
Bailey, Kevin, and Kai reflect on their partnership and process in 2020 and what is ahead in 2021.
Read MoreAn interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Najva Sol with Ceyenne Doroshow, Founder/CEO of G.L.I.T.S. which stands for Gays and Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society.
We talked with Ceyenne about how she is creating sustainable, safe housing, and cultivating the next generation of Black transgender leaders in the process.
Read MoreAn interview hosted by Marjorie Anderson, “Get Together” correspondent, and Bailey Richardson with Nicole àBeckett, the co-founder and CEO of SameSide, a platform making grassroots political action more accessible.
We talked with Nicole about empowering hosts to infuse their existing events with purposeful and participatory actions around causes they care about.
Read MoreAn interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Mia Quagliarello with Anna McAfee of #LinkedInLocal.
We talked with Anna about the organic movement she sparked to connect the “people behind the profiles” on LinkedIn. At its height, #LinkedInLocal had more than 1,000 hosts leading events in 650+ cities across 92 countries.
Read MoreA live interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Kevin Huynh with Carla Fernandez, co-founder, and Mary Horn, community manager, of The Dinner Party, a worldwide community of 20- and 30-somethings who have each experienced the loss of a loved one.
We talked with Mary and Carla in front of a live Zoom audience about how this year they’ve transitioned Dinner Parties taking place around the world to virtual tables, and added 70 new tables in the process.
Read MoreAn interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Whitney Ogutu, “Get Together” correspondent, with Onyango Otieno. Onyango co-leads the Nyumbani community, which creates an online safe space for men who've been sexually abused.
We talked with Onyango about the power of personal stories in the healing path and self-care as a community leader.
Read MoreAn interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Marjorie Anderson, “Get Together” correspondent, with Jodianne Beckford, founder of Noire Girls Plant which provides resources that cater to healing and maintaining mental health through the caretaking of plants.
Jodianne leaves us with an important reminder: don’t be afraid to start the community you’re looking for.
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