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Create Community
by Marsha Druker
Exploring the human side of community.On this podcast, host Marsha Druker (Founder of Fuckup Nights Toronto) chats with fellow community builders to define what “community” truly means and how it evolves with changing times.Make sure to subscribe and follow along on Instagram at @createcommunitypod and our website www.createcommunitypod.com for updates!
Episodes
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Creating Community for Young People with Venture for Canada
Scott Stirrett is the Co-founder and CEO of Venture for Canada, a non-profit organization on the mission to foster the entrepreneurial skills & mindsets of young Canadians. Venture for Canada’s vision is a Canada where young people can equitably realize their entrepreneurial potential to build…
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Is Community the Answer to The War on Talent? A Conversation with Donut’s Dan Manian
Do you have a best friend at work? According to Dan Manian, it could be a game changer! After spending years working in product at fast-growing startups, Dan co-founded Donut to help teams foster cultures of connectivity and collaboration. In this episode, Dan and Marsha chat about how to create...
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Scaling Your Community With Integrity
Ashley Barby is the founder of FashionTech, a global community for people at the intersection of fashion and technology. FashionTech provides programming through speaker series, networking opportunities, ongoing industry analysis and much more. Ashley is also the Retail Strategy Lead at Tulip, a...
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Should EVERY Business Have A Community? A Conversation with David Spinks
David Spinks is the co-founder of CMX, VP of Community at Bevy, host of Masters of Community podcast, and the author of The Business of Belonging. CMX is the world's largest network for community professionals. Over 25,000 of community professionals come to CMX for training, research, events, and...
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How To Build Your Network as an Introvert: A Conversation with Jeff MacIntyre
Many years in business development have taught Jeff MacIntyre that business is built around solid relationships and how rewarding giving back to the community can be. Jeff leads the Fuckup Nights Kitchener-Waterloo community and is a Vice President Sales of and Corporate Development in the…
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Eradicating Harassment in Creator Communities with Communyco's Bar Kirshon
Bar Kirshon is the Co-Founder and CEO of Communyco, a new platform that helps content creators who teach their craft to connect with their online communities. In this episode, Bar shares her journey of growing up with creative roots, moving from Israel to Canada, and starting and growing…
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Why Not You? Breaking Barriers and Creating Community with Sheena Brady
Sheena Brady is a social entrepreneur and leader at Shopify. In 2013, she started her first company, Tease Tea, out of her condo. Today, Tease Tea has grown into a 7 figure social enterprise selling all-natural loose-leaf tea while giving back to programs empowering women. In 2019, Sheena created...
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Creating A Community Strategy with Marjorie Anderson
Marjorie Anderson is the Product Manager for Community at Project Management Institute, a professional membership association shaping the project management industry. Outside her 9-5, she is the founder of Community by Association, an organization and online community for those who build...
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Creating Kinder Gaming Communities with Victoria Tran of Among Us
This episode takes a deep dive into the fascinating world of gaming communities, featuring Victoria Tran, the Community Director for Among Us at Innersloth. The Among Us Twitter account officially launched with its first post on Nov 18 2020 and gained 1 million followers within 1 month. In this...
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Long-haul COVID, Netflix and Being a Better Ally with Fiona Lowenstein
After being hospitalized for COVID-19 in March of 2020, Fiona co-founded the Body Politic COVID-19 Support Group, which offers support and resources to thousands of people living with COVID-19 around the world. In April, Fiona wrote what is believed to be the first account of long-haul COVID in…
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How To Find Good People: A Conversation with Niloo Ravaei and Nina Iordanova
Have you ever felt like your life is missing deep, meaningful, long-lasting connections, even though you get along just fine with everyone you meet? That’s how Niloo Ravaei and Nina Iordanova felt before they met. They quickly became best friends + co-founders and set out to build a dating app....
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Empowering Ordinary People to Create Community Change: A Conversation with Joanne Taranto
Joanne Taranto is driven by a passion for empowering ordinary people to create community change. She's the Founder of Good for the Hood - an Australian social enterprise that’s all about bringing ordinary people together and giving them the tools to create meaningful change in their local...
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Crisis Is An Opportunity: A Conversation with Chris Carder
This episode provides a unique look inside the community of a serial entrepreneur and angel investor. Chris Carder is the Executive Director of the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Schulich School of Business. He leads the development of accelerator services for the university and...
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Building Community is Not for The Faint of Heart: A Conversation with Holly Firestone
Holly Firestone has built and run some of the largest enterprise communities and community programs in the world at Atlassian and Salesforce. She is currently Head of Community at Venafi, where she’s building a community for security professionals that are invested in the success and management…
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Creating Internal Communities with Google's Carter Gibson
Does your company really need an internal community? Carter Gibson thinks so. Carter is currently the Internal Community Management Program Lead at Google. He leads strategies to establish foundations of moderation, amplify positive contributions, and advocate Googlers' needs to decision makers....
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Dancing With Fire: A Conversation With Crimson Rose, Co-Founder of Burning Man
Crimson Rose is a co-founder of Burning Man, the Black Rock Arts Foundation and the Burning Man Project. Her life passion and work have focused on the arts, artistic expression and community. Crimson began participating in the Burning Man event in 1991 and was the original fire dancer. She...
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How To Grow Your Network with Daanish Ahamed of PR Ramp
Daanish Ahamed is the Founder of PR Ramp - a student focused PR association that provides networking, mentorship and resources for students and graduates. Primarily a screenwriter and director, Daanish is an ambitious young professional now pursuing a career in public relations and marketing. If...
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Does Work From Home Suck for Community? A Conversation with Neil Martin
Neil Martin is the Co-Founder of Project Spaces, coworking in downtown Toronto for entrepreneurs, digital nomads, and remote professionals. Neil met his cofounder Jeff at university and they founded Project Spaces in 2011 because they were tired of working on their startup from the living room....
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Have You Been Sleeping On Community? A Conversation with Angelica Coleman
Angelica Coleman is the Senior Community Manager at Snowflake, a cloud platform that helps companies mobilize their data. There, she’s leading the technical community and creating a community engagement program filled with organic brand ambassadors. Previously, Angelica was the Director of...
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Investing, Community and Uniting Black Professionals with Kobie Fuller
Kobie Fuller is a seasoned Venture Capitalist who deeply believes in the power of community. Kobie is a General Partner at Upfront Ventures, the largest and longest serving venture fund in Southern California. He’s led investments in companies including TheWaveVR, Cordial, Bevy, The Mighty and...
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Can Community Be Your Lifeline? A Conversation With the Co-Founders of Mesh
Jessica Moreno and Jess Zakira Wise are two of the Co-Founders of Mesh, the first platform designed by community experts to connect, moderate, and monetize communities. Jessica Moreno is the former Head of Community at Reddit and the co-founder of Imzy and RedditGifts. Jess Zakira Wise has worked...
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Burnout, Growth and Community with Sarah Stockdale
Sarah Stockdale is the Founder and CEO of Growclass, an online course and community that teaches growth marketing. She’s also the author of We Need To Talk About This, a popular blog and newsletter for millennial women. Previously, Sarah spent her career working on early stage technology…
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When The Pandemic Forces You To Pause: A Conversation With Jodi Kovitz of #movethedial
Jodi Kovitz is the Founder and CEO of #movethedial, a global movement and community to advance the participation and leadership of all women in tech. #movethedial has touched over 60,000 people at events throughout the world. This episode is raw and vulnerable. Jodi and Marsha take the filter…
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How to Create a Social Movement with Shannon Farley of Fast Forward
Shannon Farley focuses on the intersection of tech for good, women’s rights, and human rights. She's the co-founder and Executive Director of Fast Forward, the accelerator for tech nonprofits. Prior to Fast Forward, Shannon was the founding Executive Director of Spark, the world's largest network...
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Can You Have Community Without Trust? A Conversation With Rosie Sherry
Rosie Sherry founded the Ministry of Testing, which is the largest community of software testing professionals. She grew this community from casual meetups to 9 yearly conferences earning $1.5 million in annual revenue. Eventually, Rosie outgrew this community and handed over the day-to-day...
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Is it Possible to Take Your Local Community Worldwide? A Conversation with Karlena Waugh
Karlena Waugh is the creator of The Biz Mixer, a community for creatives, entrepreneurs, and small business owners to connect with and learn from their peers. Karlena is a young entrepreneur herself, as the Founder of an events company called Mini K Creations. In this episode, Karlena and Marsha...
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Community in Prison with Emily O'Brien
Emily O'Brien is the Founder of Comeback Snacks, a gourmet popcorn company that she started in federal prison. Yes, you read that correctly. After getting mixed up with the wrong crowd and the wrong substances, Emily made a colossal mistake and was sentenced to 4 years in prison. She started her...
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The Math of Community with Jacob Peters
Jacob Peters works at the intersection of technology, data and community, so in this episode we take a dive into the math of community. Jacob is a serial community builder, starting at age 10 with a serious passion for Legos and a knack for bringing people together. He spent the past few years...
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How Techqueria Created the Largest Community of Latinx in Tech
Techqueria connects the largest community of Latinx people in tech, empowering them with the resources and support that they need to thrive. This episode features two awesome leaders from the Techqueria team: David Silva (Co-Founder) and Kristal Garcia (Community Lead). They chat with Marsha…
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Should You Co-Create with Your Community? A Conversation with VanHack’s Ilya Brotzky
Ilya is on mission to create a borderless world for tech talent. He’s the Founder and CEO of VanHack, one of Canada’s leading HR Tech startups. VanHack has an incredible community of close to 176K candidates from over 100 countries who are ready to relocate or work remotely. Their Slack is…
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Healing Through Plants and Community with Jodianne Beckford
Jodianne Beckford created Noire Girls Plant to foster healing through plants and highlight and connect Black people who have a love for the outdoors. She's the creator and host of The E Project podcast, which explores the ‘Epiphany’ moments that lead individuals to do what they love. Jodianne is...
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Dating, Religion and Community in Modern Times with JSwipe’s David Yarus
David Yarus is the Founder of JSwipe, the #1 Jewish dating app with a community of 1M+ users worldwide. He’s also the founder of mllnnl, an agency that helps global brands and Jewish non-profits understand and engage the millennial consumer. Previously, David ran the youth marketing for brands…
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Healing Societal Division Through Community and Technology with Lisa Conn
Lisa is the co-founder and COO of Icebreaker, an online event platform that builds community and gives people a sense of togetherness. Previously, Lisa held leadership roles at Facebook, the MIT Media Lab, FWD.us, and President Obama’s campaign. Lisa's on a mission to heal societal division…
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Is Your Community Truly Inclusive? A Conversation with Shopify’s Prasanna Ranganathan
Prasanna is the Diversity and Belonging Lead at Shopify where he leads the development of Shopify’s Global Diversity and Belonging Strategy. He’s previously worked as a lawyer, human rights investigator, producer, social media strategist, red carpet correspondent and so much more along his very...
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Scaling the World's Largest Startup Community with Startup Grind's Derek Andersen
How exactly did Startup Grind grow to become the world's largest community for entrepreneurs? In this episode, Derek Andersen (Co-Founder & CEO of Startup Grind) and Marsha Druker (Founder of Fuckup Nights Toronto) chat about growing a global community, letting go of control and empowering…
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Creating Accessible Communities with Fiverr's Beth Wiesendanger
As Fiverr's Senior Community Programs Manager, Beth Wiesendanger is a champion of bringing people together and leveraging resources to educate, inform, and inspire the community. Beth has worked in community building since 2011. She began her career in politics, joining Grassroots Campaigns, then...
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Fuckups, Community and Gin with Leora Golomb
Leora is one of the most well-known voices in the community leadership scene in Israel. In 2015, she founded the Israel branch of Fuckup Nights, changing the way that Israelis view and share failure. Leora’s career has taken her across activism, social impact, NGOs, high-tech, community and so…
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Connecting the LGBTQ+ Tech Community with Stefan Palios
Stefan is a co-founder of Venture Out, Canada's largest LGBTQ+ tech nonprofit, connecting LGBTQ+ people to opportunities, mentors and each other. These days, Stefan spends his days helping scaling tech companies and VC firms with content marketing. He also publishes Remotely Inclined, a…
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Inside Slack's Community with Elizabeth Kinsey
Elizabeth is a Senior Marketing Manager at Slack where she leads community programs for Slack developers, builders, and makers. Prior to launching Slack Platform Community, Elizabeth was the Director of Marketing at Branch, where she co-founded the Mobile Growth Community and expanded it to more...
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Eat Out Madrid - Uniting Foodies With Valentina Ruffoni
Are you a foodie? Valentina Ruffoni sure is - that's why she founded Eat Out Madrid, a Facebook community of food lovers who share their reviews, recommendations and photos from the best places to eat in the Spanish capital. Originally from England, Valentina has spent the majority of her working...
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Community in Quarantine (Vol III)
Physical distancing does not have to mean social isolation. Back for a third Community in Quarantine special episode, Marsha chats with community builders from different parts of the world about how they're currently creating and maintaining their sense of community. Guests include: [1:30]…
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From Entrepreneur to Intrapreneur with Jake Hirsch-Allen
We’re shaking things up this episode! Jake Hirsch-Allen isn’t building a defined community like our previous guests, but he’s a connector in every sense of the word. In his role at LinkedIn, Jake connects people and ideas to create social and economic impact. He’s passionate about building public...
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Making Weed the New Wine with Reagan Bradley
Are you a cannabis enthusiast? Do you feel stigma around it? Reagan Bradley is the founder of Women Who Weed — a community that connects and empowers pro-cannabis women to use cannabis for mental, physical, and social wellness. As cannabis-user, Reagan felt misunderstood, craved more information,...
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Community in Quarantine (Vol II)
Community is more crucial than ever.Back for a second Quarantine Edition episode, Marsha chats with guests from different walks of life to learn how they're currently creating and maintaining their sense of community during these unprecedented times. Guests include: [1:18] Vivian Kaye, the…
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Navigating Uncertainty with Izzy Piyale-Sheard
Izzy Piyale-Sheard is quite possibly the most positive person on Earth! Most recently, Izzy was building Unlock China, where he organized trips and resources to help a community of people explore the tech world in China. Prior to that, Izzy was the Community Manager at a coding bootcamp in…
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Community in Quarantine (Vol I)
Physical distancing does not have to mean social isolation. In this special Quarantine Edition episode, Marsha chats with guests from different walks of life to learn how they're currently creating and maintaining their sense of community during these unprecedented times. Guests include: [1:37]...
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Activating Super Fans with Swish Goswami
How can you turn your online following into a loyal community? Swish Goswami is the CEO & Founder of Trufan, a social intelligence platform that helps brands activate grassroots communities made up of super fans. Swish is a top LinkedIn creator with over 100M content views. He’s an expert at...
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Let Go and Just Start with Mar Reyes
What's the best way to start a community? Just start! Mar Reyes is the founder of LET-GO MOMS, a community that supports and empowers moms through liberating and fun dance workouts. Before moving to Toronto, Mar lived in Mexico city and ran an amazing chapter of Creative Mornings - a global...
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Uniting People on Slack with Martin Hauck
How did one LinkedIn post lead to the creation of a 1000+ people Slack community for HR professionals? Martin Hauck is the Head of Talent at Coinsquare and the founder of The People People Group which is a Slack group for HR, Recruiting and Talent Acquisition professionals. If you’re building an...
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Scaling Communities with Preet Singh of DesignX
How can you replicate the magic of your community across multiple cities? Preet Singh is the founder of DesignX, the fastest growing UX & Design community in North America and Europe. DesignX hosts meetups, a large-scale conference, and has a robust Slack group where thousands of designers share,...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Exploring the human side of community.On this podcast, host Marsha Druker (Founder of Fuckup Nights Toronto) chats with fellow community builders to define what “community” truly means and how it evolves with changing times.Make sure to subscribe and follow along on Instagram at @createcommunitypod and our website www.createcommunitypod.com for updates!
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