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Mission Critical with Lance ChungErin Elofson (Head, Pinterest Canada): How to Engineer Positive Change Into Your BusinessIt’s a big responsibility when you’re given the keys to an international community platform with an audience in the millions. So, what do you do with that kind of power? That ability to influence both micro and macro community and industry change? Certainly, there are individuals out there that would take the opportunity to amass further growth by any means necessary and with reckless abandon, and then there are leaders like Erin Elofson.In her role as Pinterest’s head of Canada and APAC region (which includes Australia and Japan), Erin’s philosop...2022-03-2447 min
Fine Tune with Corby FineEP35 - The Future is Bright on Pinterest with Erin ElofsonPinterest is not really social media in the traditional sense, it's more personal media. As the "ultimate discovery platform", Pinterest is just in its very nature, a place where people feel hopeful when they are thinking about the future. As Erin Elofson describes in our discussion, "when using Pinterest you're fundamentally happy, reflecting on the past is a harder emotional process, and that's what happens often in social media, you're sort of being compared to others. Kids for example are probably thinking, why wasn't I invited to that party?" That's not what happens on Pinterest.As people...2021-12-0726 min
C SuiteBully Behind The KeyboardCyberbullying is a worldwide issue. According to a 2019 survey, 37% of teens ages 12 to 17 have been bullied online. Of them, 30% have experienced it more than once. Cyberbullying can be committed by anyone. In many situations, kids are engaging in online bullying without realizing that what they’re doing is harmful. In other situations, cyberbullying is used as a tactic to make someone more susceptible to other cybercrimes. In this episode, we meet a 25-year-old university student who was cyber bullied throughout high school on social media and other online platforms. We also talk to industry expert, Olivia and Erin Elofson, He...2021-04-2922 min