Create To Connect: Community Building w/ Bess Auer

Episode 3 of the Career Tipper® podcast, hosted by Michele Badie, titled "Create To Connect: Community Building w/ Bess Auer" was published on December 16, 2021 and runs 26 minutes.

December 16, 2021 ·26m · Career Tipper®

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Summary

The latest narrative of helping professionals connect to their creative side continues with episode three of the Create To Connect series on the Career Tipper podcast features the Digital Strategist and the Founder of Unio Bess Auer. A former educator, Bess built her first community through her annual blogger's conference that grew to be one of the largest of its kind in the nation. She spent the last decade building solid communities in both the influencer world and the world of competitive swimming. Bess has now taken the lessons she has learned, not only from her own experiences but from coaching over 2,000 community builders, and has packaged them into a how-to guide called Unio: The Art of Intentional Community Building. By sharing best practices and the psychology behind why people join and stay with a community, Bess empowers creatives and readers to build stronger, more sustainable tribes. During this episode, Bess chats about creatives building communities. [01:50] The genesis for Bess's passion and commitment to building and empowering communities and creatives [04:27] Bess chats about her work with FL Blog Con that she founded. [05:18] Bess chats about her new book, Unio, along with strategies for community building. [13:31] Bess shares ongoing tasks that an influencer should connect to their why when building with intention. [18:32] Bess shares what creating to connect means to her. [21:27] Bess shares how she practices being creative. [25:02] Bess chats about investing in your communities. Connect with Bess: https://buildwithunio.com

Episode Description

A former educator, Bess built her first community through her annual blogger's conference that grew to be one of the largest of its kind in the nation. She spent the last decade building solid communities in both the influencer world and the world of competitive swimming.

Bess has now taken the lessons she has learned, not only from her own experiences but from coaching over 2,000 community builders, and has packaged them into a how-to guide called Unio: The Art of Intentional Community Building. By sharing best practices and the psychology behind why people join and stay with a community, Bess empowers creatives and readers to build stronger, more sustainable tribes.

During this episode, Bess chats about creatives building communities.

[01:50] The genesis for Bess's passion and commitment to building and empowering communities and creatives

[04:27] Bess chats about her work with FL Blog Con that she founded.

[05:18] Bess chats about her new book, Unio, along with strategies for community building.

[13:31] Bess shares ongoing tasks that an influencer should connect to their why when building with intention.

[18:32] Bess shares what creating to connect means to her.

[21:27] Bess shares how she practices being creative.

[25:02] Bess chats about investing in your communities.

Connect with Bess: https://buildwithunio.com