The Community Strategy Podcast

Send a text Today I’m sharing a Recording: Community Builders’ Fireside Chat with the Swarm community Founder Gavin Hammar. The platform is a video-centric community-driven driven that guarantees higher engagement than anywhere else. In early February, I had a fireside chat with Gavin. I answered lots of common community building challenge questions. I hope that this helps you as you consider building, launching, and growing an online community. 🙂 Why Listen to the Fireside ...

Send a text Chris Fitz is the Founder and Artistic Director of River Crossing Playback Theatre in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. With experience in improvisational arts since 2003, Chris and his ensemble use Playback Theatre to build community by dramatically portraying real-life stories. He is also a trained mediator and former Executive Director of the Center for Community Peacemaking, specializing in Restorative Justice—community-based practices that address harm and promote healing in sch...

Send a text Today, I’m happy to introduce the Reverend Mike Travisano, an ordained Buddhist priest, mindfulness instructor, and integrative group therapy facilitator for an intensive outpatient program for adolescents and young adults. Mike is also the founder of The Art of Monday Morning. This company provides mindfulness instruction to individuals and organizations. In this episode, you’ll hear Mike’s story of starting a Monday Buddhist Mindfulness and Meditation community. Mike sp...

Send a text Welcome to the Community Strategy Podcast. I'm Deb Schell, the host. I'm excited to introduce today's guest, Eli Walker! She designs events and programs that build play into belonging in the modern world and how to use play to facilitate more engaging meetings. Equipped with a BFA in Theater from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and as the founder and author of Drunk Yoga® (now The Uplift Experience), Eli pioneered the wellness entertainment movement to bridge the gap be...

Send a text Welcome back to The Community Strategy Podcast! Today’s guest is Mathilde Leo. She's the Head of Community and Customer Education at Circle, an all-in-one online community, program, and course platform for entrepreneurs, startups, and nonprofits. She's been building online customer communities from scratch since 2021. As the first community hire and employee #11, she was instrumental in crafting and implementing Circle's original community-led strategy, which helped onboard,...