On November 6, 2022, Mimi Parker of the band Low died of ovarian cancer. I, like many fans of the band, found myself grieving and struggling to process this event, so I invited an old friend Bruce Adams to join me on the podcast. Bruce was the

Episode 14: Matt Scott on Building Community Through Storytelling

Jun 18th, 2021 1h 6m

Matt Scott is the founder of Lets Care, where he passes the mic to those who often go unheard in social change, and was the global community lead for the world’s largest global hackathon, NASA’s Space Apps Challenge. In this episode we talk abo

Episode 13: Rosie Sherry on community as career.

May 26th, 2021 1h

Rosie Sherry is the Community Lead at Orbit, a startup which builds software to measure community engagement. She also runs Rosieland, a newsletter and website which covers topics around community management. In this episode we talk about turni

Episode 12: Shelby Lorman on Awards For Good Boys

Jan 22nd, 2021 1h 20m

Shelby Lorman is a writer, illustrator, and comedian who created the Instagram account and book Awards For Good Boys. In this episode Shelby and I discuss building community as an artist and commentator, how that relationship changes as your fo

Episode 11: Margot Bloomstein on Trust

Dec 28th, 2020 42m 55s

Margot Bloomstein is a freelance content strategist and the author of Content Strategy At Work as well as the upcoming Trustworthy: How the Smartest Brands Beat Cynicism and Bridge the Trust Gap. In this episode we talk about how trust has fail

Episode 10: Jess Sand on the Content + UX Slack community

Dec 4th, 2020 52m 22s

Jess Sand is a freelance digital experience expert and the group host of the Content + UX Slack, a digital community of web professionals which currently stands at just under 10,000 members. In this episode we talk about how this community form

Episode 9: Rob Cesternino on Rob Has A Podcast

Nov 25th, 2020 41m 25s

In 2010, two-time Survivor player Rob Cesternino began Rob Has A Podcast, a podcast network dedicated to in-depth coverage of scripted and reality TV shows. In this episode, Rob talks about the community that has grown around RHAP, what has led

Episode 8: Jasmine Sun on Civic Infrastructure and Online Communities

Nov 17th, 2020 34m 44s

Jasmine Sun is a writer exploring social and information ecosystems. In this episode we talk about cities as platforms, how the gig economy has replaced social infrastructure, and what our communities can learn from city planners.Special Gues

Episode 7: Angie Byron on Community Burnout

Oct 27th, 2020 48m 44s

Angie Byron is a Senior Director Of Product And Community Development at Acquia, but she's arguably best known for being a contributor and core maintainer for the open source content management system Drupal. In this episode Angie talks about h

Episode 6: Meg Bolger on Discussing Social Justice

Oct 14th, 2020 1h 13m

Meg Bolger is a facilitator and co-author of Unlocking The Magic Of Facilitation.. In this episode we talk about ways to approach topics of social justice in our communities, whether or not memes are useful, and how we can work together to crea

Episode 5: Lisa Welchman on Community Governance

Oct 2nd, 2020 1h 3m

Lisa Welchman is a digital governance consultant and the author of Managing Chaos: Digital Governance by Design. In this podcast we discuss the growth cycles of organizations, changes in governance since Managing Chaos was released, and how cor

Episode 4: Shawna Potter on Making Spaces Safer

Sep 23rd, 2020 51m 17s

Shawna Potter is the lead singer for the punk band War on Women and the author of Making Spaces Safer on AK Press. In this podcast we talk about the punk rock community, the importance of all-ages scenes, and how to create safer spaces for ever

Episode 3: Tenessa Gemelke and Kristina Halvorson on Confab

Sep 14th, 2020 47m 20s

Tenessa Gemelke and Kristina Halvorson are the driving forces behind Confab, a content strategy and user experience conference that has just completed its tenth year. Since its creation, Confab has stood out from other tech conferences by creat

Episode 2: Lisa Maria Marquis on Private Digital Communities

Sep 1st, 2020 43m 35s

Lisa Maria Marquis is an independent consultant in content-driven information architecture, working to help teams understand, organize, and structure their web content for empowering user experiences. In this conversation, we talk about private

Episode 1: David Dylan Thomas on Design For Civil Discourse

Aug 31st, 2020 40m 14s

David Dylan Thomas is a Content Strategy Advocate at ThinkCompany in Philadelphia and the host of the Cognitive Bias Podcast. In this podcast we talk about how the phrasing of questions influences answers, the ways design influences discourse,

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