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Get TogetherCelebrating & accelerating writers ❤️🔥 Bailey Richardson reflects on her time at SubstackA special conversation with Bailey Richardson, Kevin Huyhn, and Katie O’Connell as Bailey wraps up her time at Substack, where she built the community, marketing, and writer success teams.We dive into what Bailey’s learned from putting Get Together into practice, building with writers and creators on Substack. Learn more about Substack and follow Bailey.This podcast was created by the team at People & Company. 📄 See full transcript.We published GET TOGETHER📙, a handbook on community-building. Hit subscribe🎙 and head over to our Substack for updates from the...
2024-07-0250 min
Get TogetherVulnerability is key when connecting fathers 💚 Bruce Muchelule, DADing Different“The journey is not so much about how many people respond. You can just impact one person and they can impact you back.” - Bruce MucheluleWhen Bruce became a dad, he wasn’t quite sure how to know if he was doing things right. He reached out on Twitter to see if there were any support groups or places for dads to find peer mentorship. He couldn’t find one, but he did receive DMs from many fathers looking for a community like Bruce.DADing Different began as a space for young and first-time dads to...
2021-04-1229 min
Get TogetherA systems thinker’s approach to rebuilding trust 🔴 Evan Hamilton, Reddit“It's way better if members are passionate and loud than dispassionate and quiet. The fact that they care enough to yell is really a gift.” - Evan HamiltonReddit is the mothership for sub-communities known as “subreddits,” each of which covers a different topic from ask historians to cats standing up. Subreddits are each managed by a team of volunteers.Thus as the Director of Community at Reddit, Evan Hamilton doesn’t have just one community to cultivate. He has hundreds of thousands of very distinct communities he’s tasked with serving. These “Redditors” have...
2021-04-0546 min
Get TogetherHow SXSW created programming *with* its community 🎨Todd Hansen, SXSW & Artist Rescue Trust“If you're going to go to your community and build with them, realize that you're going to have to support and prop them up. It's not a part-time job. It's a full-time thing.” - Todd HansenIn the Spring of 1987, a group of music fans and journalists organized a small live event in Austin, Texas. Around 700 people showed up. By 2019, South by Southwest (SXSW) had become a 10-day conference and festival with over 28,000 attendees heading to Austin each March.Each year the conference receives 5,000+ proposals and the programs team, which Todd Hansen led, was tasked to s...
2021-03-2242 min
Get TogetherSpreadsheets rule the world 📊 David Lyford-Smith, Spreadsheet Warriors“The question is ‘how do I keep my volunteers on track?’ because they're hugely motivated.” - David Lyford-SmithIf you spend a lot of time working with spreadsheets, you know they have a special power to rule the world. You can do almost anything with them from creating a shopping list to financial planning and analysis. Spreadsheets' powers lie in the fact they are accessible to people who aren’t programmers and coders. But if even just one cell is wrong, it can wreak terrible havoc.David Lyford-Smith works for the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England...
2021-03-1541 min
Get TogetherMeet the huge, leaderless web of fans fueling BTS 🎶 Ashley Hackworth, BTS A.R.M.Y."We are a part of their success. We are a part of their team.” - Ashley HackworthBTS is a seven-member South Korean boy band. They became the fastest-growing group since The Beatles to earn four US number-one albums, doing so in less than two years. The rise of BTS is in part thanks to a huge leaderless web of dedicated fans who call themself A.R.M.Y. People like Ashley Hackworth host accounts that serve as informational and even emotional hubs for millions of fans. They don’t just love BTS’s music, they su...
2021-03-0843 min
Get TogetherConnecting designers across Africa during COVID-19 🇰🇪 Lewis Kang'ethe, The Fearless Community“Let's bring designers together and first talk about your wellbeing. Then let's talk about the next steps forward for you as a designer.” - Lewis Kang'etheLewis Kang'ethe was first championed as a community leader in primary school when his teacher asked him to spearhead the mathematics club. When the teacher asks, the answer is either, “yes or yes.” Now, Lewis works as a product designer in Kenya. When he’s looking for jobs outside of Africa he often gets asked the question, “are you qualified?” Lewis started the African chapter of The Fearless Community so that designer...
2021-03-0143 min
Get TogetherGrowing a community one town hall at a time 💰 Claire Wasserman, Ladies Get Paid“The email that I would receive after every single town hall was, ‘I thought I was the only one.’” - Claire WassermanBy 2016, Claire Wasserman was fed up with men not taking her seriously in the workplace. For years, she’d internalized this marginalization as somehow her fault or her problem to struggle through alone. It was time for that to change.With a friend, Claire brought together 100 women in a town-hall style event to talk about money and power in the workplace. Out of those conversations, Claire saw the potential for something much bigger.After...
2021-02-2237 min
Get TogetherWastin’ away in retirement paradise 🍹 Adam Bedoian, Margaritaville“I tell all my staff to have your hearts, your minds and your ears open to new ideas. It doesn't have to come from you to be a great idea.” - Adam BedoianMargaritaville isn’t just a state of mind, it’s a real place. Seniors can live out their Buffett-inspired retirement dreams at the three Latitude Margaritaville retirement communities in Daytona Beach and Watersound, Florida, and Hilton Head, South Carolina.When moving into a retirement community, people care greatly about what their community will be like. The Margaritaville theme communicates a clear identity of fun...
2021-02-1536 min
Get TogetherA band of 500 modern day superheroes 💍 Chris Turner, The Ring Finders“The strategy is the questions. You have to ask the right questions. If you don’t, you can be walking away from a smile.” - Chris TurnerWhen Chris Turner was 12 years old he got a metal detector and fell in love with looking for history. Over the years, he would be on the beach or in a park and get approached by a frantic couple looking for their ring. Within minutes, he was often able to help them recover their ring.These rings represent stories and relationships, and when they are lost, it feels as tho...
2021-02-0831 min
Get TogetherBuilding real bonds amongst diverse groups of strangers 💖 Sophie Mona Pagès, LVRSNFRNDS“Society is losing something when we don’t share our weirdness with one another. You're losing something when you have someone at your table and they don't share what makes them different. One of the purposes I have in life is to create spaces where people will share what is interesting about them, and why they are different.” - Sophie Mona PagèsAs a Moroccan immigrant growing up in France, Sophie Mona Pagès grew up feeling a bit “weird” in her complex identity. She craved a space infused with diversity, inclusion, intimacy, modernity, and beauty. Instead...
2021-02-0148 min
Get TogetherConnecting over the food & family we love 🍲 Sarah Leung, Woks of Life“As the community grows and people come back, they start wanting to know more about us and where we're coming from. We wanted to make that really clear--the origin of all of these recipes and of our family.” - Sarah LeungThe Woks of Life has opened the door for many families to connect over the food and memories they love. The Leung family, Bill and Judy, and daughters Sarah and Kaitlin started the blog to document their favorite Chinese dishes and family memories in 2013. Food has been a central part of their family's heritage. Sarah...
2021-01-2540 min
Get TogetherMeet Maggie Zhang 🎙 “Get Together” Podcast Correspondent“Everyone has that thing that makes them super excited they can just talk endlessly about it. When you’re interviewing you're feeling around for that geyser. You don't know what's going to make them light up. As you find it, you can feel that flow and the change in their voice.” - Maggie ZhangMaggie Zhang and Bailey sit down to reflect on Maggie’s learnings so far as a “Get Together” correspondent. Maggie’s approaching her 10th episode on the podcast. She’s brought us the stories behind creative communities like Improv Everywhere, Atlas Obscura, and Goodnight Storie...
2021-01-2315 min
Get TogetherToastmasters: Still thriving 100 years into its history 🗯 Joe Smith, Toastmasters“The hallmark of Toastmasters is making things fun because we want people to come back. We can have the best education in the world but if you're not coming back, it's of no use.” - Joe SmithToastmasters was founded on October 22, 1924 (97 years ago!) at a YMCA in Santa Monica, California by a man named Ralph Smedley.Ralph set out to offer a functional value--creating a space for members to improve their public speaking. What continues to keep people coming back decades later is the inspirational, supportive, and fun vibe of the group. Toast...
2021-01-1837 min
Get TogetherRealizing a global movement 📣 Colombe Cahen-Salvador, Andrea Venzon & Laura Giani, NOW!“We really managed to create a community of doers. Our people always look at how they can impact the world, how they can impact change.” - Colombe Cahen-SalvadorIn 2016, Colombe, Laura, and Andrea were devastated by the UK's decision to leave the European Union. Colombe is French, and Andrea and Laura are Italian. For them, the E.U. is a symbol of a more open and global society.In response, the team completely changed their lives to organize. Colombe and Andrea started by creating Volt, a pan-European political party. They were the first to attempt and s...
2021-01-1144 min
Get TogetherThe People & Company Holiday Spectacular 🎁 A live interview with Bailey, Kevin, & Kai of People & Company“Stop using the word community. We all know community is magical but doesn’t come together by magic. It’s magical because it’s this elusive thing. So take the ambiguity out of it. Stop using the word and get more specific.” - Kai Elmer SottoPeople & Company’s theme of our last year was to refine the process we use to teach community building. How did it go? What did we learn? What will 2021 hold?Kai, Kevin and Bailey sat down with our friend Marjorie Anderson, “Get Together” correspondent, for a no-holds-bar reflection. They dove into their...
2020-12-2824 min
Get TogetherA home 30 years in the making 🏡Ceyenne Doroshow, G.L.I.T.S.“In creating a home, I'm creating sustainability. And I'm creating excellence within the people that I'll be housing.”- Ceyenne DoroshowCeyenne Doroshow is an author, activist, and the founder and executive director of G.L.I.T.S., an organization dedicated to creating sustainable housing and healthcare for Black transgender people. Ceyenne has become “the parent that she desperately wanted as a child” for people around the world. At an early age, Ceyenne identified as transgender and faced a world lacking even the language to understand the experience of a trans person. In June 20...
2020-12-2238 min
Get TogetherSupercharging grassroots political action in our communities 📢 Nicole àBeckett, SameSide“You don't have to be a celebrity or a mega influencer to take action and host an event. A hundred people or a thousand people don’t have to attend. It can be five people. That impact is still impact. ” - Nicole àBeckett Just after the 2016 U.S. election, many people were saying, “I want to do more to get involved but I don’t know how.” Nicole àBeckett and her brother, David, knew there had to be a better way to bring people together for action on issues that matter. They started SameSide with a simple idea—to...
2020-12-1452 min
Get TogetherHow a movement took over LinkedIn 🗺Anna McAfee, #LinkedInLocal“Leadership is actually the first few followers, not the crazy first person to stand up on stage.” - Anna McAfeeIn May 2017, Anna McAfee put up a simple post on LinkedIn to see if anyone living in her hometown of Coffs Coast, Australia wanted to get together. She had just returned after years of living abroad and wanted to “get to know the people behind the profiles” in her area. Anna included the hashtag #LinkedInLocal. Fifteen people made it out to the first Coffs Coast event, but the online response was what would change Anna’s life.
2020-12-0749 min
Get TogetherLIVE Interview! “Going Virtual” 👩🏻💻 Carla Fernandez & Mary Horn, The Dinner Party“We're not going to give up in-person gatherings, but at the same time, virtual tables have been so meaningful. Post-COVID probably will be a ‘both and’ community.” - Carla FernandezIn November, we hosted a live interview with Carla Fernandez and Mary Horn in front of an intimate audience. For both women, their work with The Dinner Party is personal. “We know what it’s like to lose someone and we aren’t afraid to talk about it,” their website states.When COVID-19 arrived in March, Carla, Mary, and the team “frantically put together some programming.” They...
2020-12-0524 min
Get TogetherRoom for reimagining masculinity 🤝Onyango Otieno, NyumbaniNote: we will discuss sexual assault in this episode and advise our listeners to practice discretion in tuning in.“Everybody's story is valid. The fact that people feel they cannot speak up about their own pain is my motivator.” - Onyango OtienoAt twenty years old, Onyango Otieno was the victim of sexual assault and found he had no where to turn. In Kenya, as in many other societies, the patriarchal structure turns a blind eye to the sexual experiences of men. Men are socially conditioned to hold in their pain. Because of his bac...
2020-11-3036 min
Get TogetherMeet Whitney Ogutu 🎙“Get Together” Podcast Correspondent“Listeners should expect refreshing and new voices from me. The plan is to put Africa on the map.” - Whitney OgutuIn the middle of July, we announced that we were searching for a new podcast correspondent to help us expand the stories we tell. We had an incredible response to the program–117 applications! We decided in the end to bring on not just one, but two correspondents: Marjorie Anderson and Whitney Ogutu.We’ve been training Marjorie and Whitney over the past few months on our editorial voice, how to do outreach, how to interview...
2020-11-2815 min
Get TogetherGrowing a restorative community 🌱Jodianne Beckford, Noire Girls Plant"I kept doing events after that first one. I guess that became my community. Even now saying it out loud, it is very strange. I never thought I could be someone that would be a part of like creating a community.” - Jodianne BeckfordJodianne created Noire Girls Plant, “from a dark place of feeling numb.” At a low point, she found plants were givinging her joy. She searched on Eventbrite and asked around, trying to find a space with others to nerd out and talk about plants with.When she couldn’t find the space sh...
2020-11-2350 min
Get TogetherMeet Marjorie Anderson 🎙 “Get Together” Podcast Correspondent“Community doesn't require that you have the same opinions. It just requires that you share a passion.” - Marjorie Anderson In the middle of July, we announced that we were searching for a new podcast correspondent to help us expand the stories we tell. We had an incredible response to the program–117 applications! We decided in the end to bring on not just one, but two correspondents: Marjorie Anderson and Whitney Ogutu.We’ve been training Marjorie and Whitney over the past few months on our editorial voice, how to do outreach, how to interview, and to edi...
2020-11-2118 min
Get TogetherInstigating grassroots culture change 🧩 Steve Garguilo, Cultivate“There's strategic value in giving up some control when you're a leader at a company and you want new ideas to emerge.” - Steve GarguiloEarly in his career, Steve did the (seemingly) impossible—he led a grassroots transformation of the culture of Johnson & Johnson, the fifth largest company in the world. Frustrated by the pace and challenges of big company culture, Steve decided to do something he’d done in college: host a TEDx. He hosted a casual TEDx event at a bar and invited employees within Johnson & Johnson to share their research, wild ideas, and...
2020-11-1651 min
Get TogetherA curated dinner party that went virtual without losing its purpose 🍴Lennon Flowers and Carla Fernandez of The Dinner PartyThe Dinner Party is a worldwide community of 20- and 30-somethings who have each experienced the loss of a loved one. “We know what it’s like to lose someone and we aren’t afraid to talk about it,” their website states.Before the pandemic more than 400 Dinner Party tables were regularly meeting in nearly 100 cities around the world. Carla and Lennon share in this episode how they have through the age old practice of breaking bread, Dinner Partiers are transforming life after loss from an isolating experience into one marked by community support, candid conversation, and forward...
2020-11-1444 min
Get TogetherRole modeling honesty ❣️ Kibi Anderson, Red Table Talk“If there's drama in your life, you don't want to talk about it. It’s hush, hush. But that's not the way you heal. It's been detrimental to our communities. So when people–especially a lot of black women—saw that representation on camera it just touched them in a way that just exploded.” - Kibi AndersonMany of us may know “Red Table Talk” as the TV show that Jada Smith, her daughter Willow, and mother Adrienne host. What you may not know is that Red Table Talk sparked thriving grassroots communities of viewers. Women in cities...
2020-11-0957 min
Get TogetherCrowdsourcing scenes 🤣 Charlie Todd, Improv Everywhere“You don't have to have any talent. You just have to come out. I design things that would work for someone who was a lawyer or a school teacher.” - Charlie ToddIn August 2001, Charlie Todd moved to New York City with an interest in acting and comedy. He didn’t have immediate access to a stage, so he started creating in public spaces by staging undercover performances. Charlie documented his first undercover performances on a blog he called Improv Everywhere. Over the past two decades, Charlie has staged hundreds of “missions” involving tens of thousands o...
2020-10-2652 min
Get TogetherBONUS! Kevin's interview on Masters of Community with David SpinksYou can tune into the original episode on the Masters of Community podcast.Special thanks to David and his team for giving us access to the audio to share directly with our listeners. Check out their podcasts!
2020-10-241h 06
Get TogetherMastering the art of meetups 🤓 Joe Robinson, Designers + Geeks“I'm fairly introverted which I find a lot of people are surprised by given the number of events that I've run over the years. I don't actually like attending events where I don't have a fairly structured role to play. I think to some extent being the organizer of the event gave me a role and job responsibilities. It helped me as an introvert feel more comfortable.” - Joe RobinsonBy day, Joe Robinson is the Co-Founder of Hummingbird, a new service focused on fighting financial crime. But today we’re talking to him about his side projec...
2020-10-1943 min
Get TogetherRallying allies ✊🏾 Nate Nichols and Steffi Behringer, Allyship & Action“We need people to see the power they have in themselves to make a very small change that can compound over time.” - Nate Nichols Nate Nichols and Steffi Behringer are life and business partners and the founders of Allyship & Action. The Allyship & Action Summits took the advertising community by storm these past few months. Like many others, their creative agency, Pallete Group, faced challenges when the pandemic hit. But they flipped the challenge into an opportunity, producing Freelancer Cyber Summit to connect freelancers and to “learn WTF is going on in the advertising industry.”In the...
2020-10-1256 min
Get TogetherCrowdsourcing the world’s hidden wonders 🌎Jonathan Carey, Atlas Obscura“We really lean all the way in for our community so they can feel that they're working with somebody and not working for us.” - Jonathan CareyAtlas Obscura is one of the few community-driven travel platforms. The site focuses on the hard-to-find wonders and oddities of the world, from a church with Frederic Chopin’s heart in Poland to an abandoned Eurostar train covered in graffiti in France, to the Ottoman Bird Palaces (yes, ornate mansions for birds!) hiding in Istanbul. All of the 20,000+ discoveries are sourced by their community and published in partnership with “A...
2020-10-0544 min
Get TogetherWriters helping writers 📬 Fiona Monga & Nadia Eghbal, Substack“Community means there's a reason why these people are here, irrespective of the platform.” - Nadia EghbalIf you haven’t heard of Substack, you will soon. The company is just three years old and growing quickly. The co-founders came together to see if they could solve a problem: helping writers earn a living directly from their readers. When readers pay writers directly, the founders realized, writers can focus on doing the work they care about most, not what editors, algorithms or advertisers deem valuable.Substack resembles the email newsletter tools you’re familiar...
2020-09-2843 min
Get TogetherTraining and connecting the coders of the future 👾 Isis Miller, Black Girls CODE“We know that there is a tomorrow and we want to be able to prepare our girls and our community for what that tomorrow looks like. Not only prepare them for it, but make sure that they have a hand in building it. ” - Isis MillerThroughout her biotech engineering career, Kimberly Bryant was often the only black female in the room. Kimberly’s experience wasn’t rare. In fact, it’s the norm. Black women make up less than 0.5% of the leadership roles in tech. As Kimberly watched her young daughter Kai grow a budding int...
2020-09-2145 min
Get Together“When you growth hack with incentives, you erode authenticity” 🗯 Laura Nestler, Duolingo & Yelp“Community is not transactional by nature. Humans seek to connect on a deeper level. They're looking for validation or for support or for something bigger than themselves.Now that community is such a buzzword. Everyone wants it and they want it quickly. We have more levers than ever, and they work. But when you growth hack with incentives, what you gain in volume, you erode in authenticity.” - Laura NestlerIn 2007, Laura Nestler responded to a Craigslist ad that “was either as sketchy as it sounded or her dream job.” Fortunately, it was her dream job with...
2020-09-1452 min
Get TogetherWalking in the user's shoes🚶🏽♀️Cindy Au of Kickstarter, Zagat, and Brainly“When you work in community, you get to be the person who thinks about the customer all day long, who thinks about people, who thinks about how they connect.” - Cindy AuCindy Au set out for a career in academia but soon found herself as employee #9 at Kickstarter. Back then, the community team would review and help write each project submitted to the site. Later as their VP of Community, she oversaw the evolution of Kickstarter as it grew from 50,000 users to 10 million. After her experience at Kickstarter, Cindy launched the first community program at Za...
2020-09-0737 min
Get TogetherCreating a radically safe, welcoming space online 🏳️🌈 Shana Sumers, HER“Ask your community: What they want to see out of the company to make them feel supported? I don't do anything until I talk to the community or reach out to them or say, ‘What do you want to see next? And then I make that a part of my plan.’” - Shana SumersHER Social App is the largest social community and dating app for LGBTQ+ womxn and queer people. Unlike other dating apps that tend to end the user journey when people find a partner, HER is also a place for users to return to for quee...
2020-08-3140 min
Get TogetherBringing humor & hype to personal finance 💸 Berna Anat, Hella Helpful“When you learn in community, your brain grows so much faster than it would on its own.” - Berna AnatBerna brings hype to an otherwise “hella male, hella stale, and hella pale” financial space. She creates videos, writing, and hosts talks that encourage, support and celebrate those of us who struggle with personal finances. This work is personal for Berna. Growing up a first-gen child of Filipino immigrants, money felt like a taboo topic. Berna set out to change that. Today she’s a writer, producer, speaker and “Fin-fluencer.” Berna's devotion to creating content...
2020-08-2457 minGet TogetherBONUS! Bailey's interview with Dee Reddy of Inside IntercomIn this behind-the-scenes interview, Dee Reddy of Intercom asks Bailey why the team at People & Company focuses on communities and how the teams has shifted coaching organizations to harness the power of community in a time of pandemic. You can tune into the original episode on Intercom's website.Some key insights that Intercom noted:There’s a lot businesses can learn about community from grassroots organizations. Many of these have, for a long time, operated remotely in innovative ways.A key strategy for nurturing a community is to build with people, not for them. Bai...
2020-08-2135 min
Get TogetherThe secret sauce behind Mariah Carey’s fan community 🌟 Bree Nguyen“Hi, Bree, it’s Mariah. Mariah Carey...Please tell the fans thank you.”In 1999, 16-year-old Bree Nguyen was hired by her idol, Mariah Carey, to do something urgent: get Mariah on Total Request Live (TRL). Why hire a 16-year-old fan? Bree figured out one thing that music executives were unclear how to venture into: internet fandom.If you’ve read our book, you may have already heard a snippet of Bree’s story and we don’t want to give it all away. In this episode Bree tells us the extraordinary story of how she first...
2020-08-171h 09
Get TogetherMaking friendship more “user-friendly” 🤝 Kat Vellos, Author of We Should Get Together“We lack language for describing the ache when we crave for companionate emotional connection, for that friend bond. Whether it's an ache for a single close friend or a group of friends. I gave it is ‘platonic longing.’” - Kat Vellos Kat Vellos is a user experience designer who uses her trade to help people connect authentically. After moving to the Bay Area 6 years ago, Kat for the first time found herself struggling to make adult friends. She felt, as she describes it, a “platonic longing,” and decided to use her skills as a user experience des...
2020-08-1036 min
Get TogetherWhat makes a Facebook group “off the charts” active 👩🏻💻 Lindsay Russell, Facebook“Every party needs a host. Every team needs a coach. It's no different online than it is in our real world communities.” - Lindsay RussellAt Facebook, Lindsay Russell was a part of the team that used data to identify, validate and supercharge the company’s biggest community building investments to date. In their research on what makes a Facebook group active, even vibrant, Lindsay. and her team realized that successful groups had one clear commonality: a remarkable admin. These admins were spending hours every day running the platform's most engaged groups, where users were talking...
2020-08-0357 min
Get TogetherPublishing a book through crowdfunding 👩🎤Elena Favilli, Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls“It's important that people realize that extraordinary women are not just the heroes of the past, but they are around us every day today. They are already part of our communities. We just need to look a little deeper and more carefully, but they are already there.” - Elena FavilliElena Favilli found herself at the center of an all too familiar story of women in the startup world. She was in Silicon Valley working on her company Timbuktu and finding it hard to make friends with investors, get support, and raise money as a woman. Fro...
2020-07-2737 min
Get TogetherMaking art to connect strangers 🎨 Ivan Cash, Director of “A Social Distance”“I think that there's just some stubborn part of me that wants benevolence towards strangers to be more accepted and widespread. That's my underlying mission.” - Ivan CashIvan Cash is an interactive artist and filmmaker whose work celebrates and inspires connections among strangers. He has received high accolades for his work (Forbes 30 Under 30, Cannes Lions Shortlist, exhibitions in V&A Museum and The Brooklyn Museum). But that’s not why we interviewed him on the podcast. We brought him on the podcast to go deep on the techniques he uses to connect strangers through art. Ivan...
2020-07-2042 min
Get TogetherKnitters banding together for climate 🧶The Tempestry Project“Every piece that's knit is 20 to 30 hours of somebody thinking about climate. And then every person who sees that piece thinks about it and hopefully talks about it...It's activism, but sort of a cozy activism, a “craftivism,” that's not too threatening to people and permeates conversations and dialogue about climate change.” - Justin Connelly and Emily McNeil Knitters have been doing temperature knitting for a long time--checking their thermometer on their porch every day, writing down the information, and turning data into patterns for a particular year or time period. But today there is a growing movement...
2020-07-1435 min
Get TogetherHelping families talk about anti-Blackness 💌Letters for Black Lives“Mom, Dad, Uncle, Auntie, Grandfather, Grandmother: We need to talk.You may not have grown up around people who are Black, but I have. Black people are a fundamental part of my life: they are my friends, my classmates and teammates, my roommates, my family. Today, I’m scared for them.” - Letters for Black LivesIn 2016, Philando Castile, a 32-year-old black man in Minnesota, was shot by a police officer during a routine traffic stop. Philando’s girlfriend streamed the aftermath on Facebook Live and incorrectly identified the police officer as “Chinese.” Christina Xu, a 28-year-old Chinese-Amer...
2020-07-0643 min
Get TogetherWhat a little "social courage" can do: Connecting strangers through tea time 🍵 Ankit Shah, Tea With Strangers“If you're going to lead an organization, it's likely that more of your time and energy is going into building an engine and less of your time and energy is going into facilitating connection between people. It's really important for community leaders to recognize if they want to lead an organization or if they want to facilitate connection.” -- Ankit ShahMotivated by a sense of nostalgia during his senior year of college, Ankit Shah posted an open call: he wanted to get tea with anyone on campus who he hadn’t met before. To his surprise, 250 Univer...
2020-06-3040 min
Get TogetherA silent book club: how a “happy hour for introverts” spread around the world 📚Laura Gluhanich, Silent Book Club“It's not that introverts don't want to talk to people. They really value quality conversation over talking to big quantities of people. [Silent Book Clubs] appeal because you can get that little bit of conversation about something that you're interested in. You don't have to come up with small talk. That appeals to the type of person that appreciates that mix, and I think most people are kind of ambiverts.” - Laura Gluhanich Laura Gluhanich and Guinevere de la Mare are the type of people who always had a book in hand and enjoyed reading in public space...
2020-06-2236 min
Get TogetherHow a Bay Area nonprofit is humanizing the food system through storytelling and generous listening 🍲 Pei-Ru Ko and Jovida Ross, Real Food Real Stories“I always believe that when you present yourself in that deeply vulnerable, authentic, personal place, almost always people meet you there.” - Pei-Ru Ko When Pei-Ru Ko was recovering from an autoimmune condition, she spent a lot of time at farmers markets in the Bay Area and grew close to local food producers. Relishing the relationships she built with them, she saw the opportunity to bridge a gap between food producers, sometimes lonely from their isolating work, and eaters, like herself, who wanted to trust and better understand the food system.In summer 2014, she hosted a nig...
2020-06-1532 minGet TogetherBlack Lives Matter. Here are some commitments our small team is making.The excerpt below was originally sent out via our Get Together newsletter. You see the original post here, and sign up to receive the newsletter going forward here.Our small team is working on what long term changes we make to take a more anti-racist stance and start dismantling white supremacy that we have been complicit with in the past. Below are a few immediate People & Company commitments and asks where you can plug in. (And, at the very bottom of this email we’ve included a shortlist of resources and opportunities to support the Bla...
2020-06-1304 min
Get TogetherGuide to Giving Circles: Pooling resources to support change and build community 🤲 Joelle Berman and LiJia Gong“This is about everyday people coming together with their friends, with their families, with their community, with their colleagues and saying that they have a voice and that they want to use it in a constructive and powerful way in their communities. It just happens to be that we're dealing in philanthropy.” - Joelle BermanIn this episode, we sit down with two bad**s women for a conversation on the joy and challenges of giving circles–how to get one started, how to reach a consensus as a group, and how to celebrate along the way.I...
2020-06-0850 min
Get TogetherHow the “Singaporean voice of youth” found cognitive clarity as a community builder 🧠 Kuik Shiao-Yin, The Thought Collective“Meet people where they are, not where you wish them to be.” - Kuik Shiao-YinKuik Shiao-Yin has been called “the Singaporean voice of youth.” While serving two stints as a nominated Parliamentarian, Shiao-Yin delivered clear, passionate speeches that went viral. Beyond her work in government, she has committed herself to developing the "social and emotional capital" of the young nation. Shiao-Yin co-founded The Thought Collective, a group of social businesses including the School of Thought and Common Ground, a coworking and event space. These spaces are designed to equip more Singaporeans with the social and emoti...
2020-05-1945 min
Get TogetherThe music label that feels like family 💽 Aundy Crenshaw of Dirtybird Records“Treat people like they're part of the brand, because they are the brand.” - Aundy CrenshawWhere do you find the funkiest, dirtiest, most addictive house music around? Look no further than Dirtybird Records. Aundy Crenshaw and her husband, Barclay Macbride Crenshaw (better known as DJ Claude VonStroke), have translated this style and sound into a community vibe that comes alive at their events. Together, they have gathered a group of artists that feel like family and fans that are their greatest advocates. In this episode, Aundy and our "Get Together" Correspondent Mia Quaglia...
2020-05-0627 min
Get TogetherRitual: Making the invisible, visible ✨ Casper ter Kuile, author of “The Power of Ritual”If you're passionate about how the world builds meaningful communities, you likely know Casper ter Kuile. After an early career in grassroots climate organizing, Casper earned masters degrees in Divinity and Public Policy from Harvard. While there, he started a reading community around the Harry Potter texts, that has grown to more than 70 chapters and millions of podcast listeners around the world. Casper is also co-author of the How We Gather report, a cultural map of Millennial communities, and now a brand new book: The Power of Ritual, which is available for pre-order and will publish on J...
2020-04-2140 min
Get TogetherWorking with customers as collaborators ⛑️Tim Courtney of LEGO IDEASTim Courtney was a key part of a monumental shift at LEGO. For seven years, Tim was the steward behind LEGO IDEAS, a crowdsourcing platform that allows superfans to submit and vote on new ideas they want LEGO to bring to market. If you've ever played with a Minecraft LEGO set, a Big Bang-themed kit, or a collection of women of NASA, you have the LEGO IDEAS community to thank. Today the LEGO community has grown from a 20,000-person test group in Japan to a global community numbering in the millions. Tim, a lifelong lego ent...
2020-04-0855 min
Get TogetherBridging the gap between medical experts and patients 🏥Dr. Gbemisola Boyede of Ask The PaediatriciansToday we're interviewing Dr. Gbemisola Boyede, the founder of "Ask The Paediatricians," an online medical education community that can offer all of us some much-needed inspiration in the time of COVID-19.In Dr. Gbemi's home country of Nigeria, the child mortality rates are high. But what causes these deaths isn't a lack of cost-effective treatments for common diseases. It's a geographic and information gap between parents and practitioners that leaves many parents uninformed and without access to experts who can treat their children.Dr. Gbemi saw this problem manifesting online. When everyday people offered up...
2020-03-3142 min
Get TogetherCommunity inspiration for those stuck at home 💌Creating a meaningful online community with Carly Ayres of "100s Under 100"In the time of Coronavirus and self-isolation, how do we find meaningful community online?We checkin today with Carly Ayres of the Slack group "100s Under 100," and revisit our stellar conversation with her from almost a year ago. //If you're on the internet or if you're working in design today, you may have heard of Carly Ayres (@carlyayres). She's full of personality, sharp ideas, and has an alluring rebellious vibe. Carly's designs are not of the polished, precious, or minimalist ilk we've become accustomed to. Her work is interactive, it's dynamic, an...
2020-03-2052 min
Get TogetherTurning an “incubator” into a home 👩🚀Kelsa Trom of NEW INCIn each episode of this podcast we interview everyday people who have built extraordinary communities about just how they did it. How did they get the first people to show up? How did they grow to hundreds more members?Today we're interviewing Kelsa Trom, the Head of Programming at NEW INC.NEW INC is the first museum-led "cultural incubator." The New Museum here in New York City opened the program in 2013 as a home artists, activists, futurists and technologists. These multidisciplinary people come together for one year to create, pushing forward everything from new businesses...
2020-03-1032 min
Get TogetherBreaking the cycle of isolation⚕️Nitika Chopra of ChroniconIn each episode of this podcast we interview everyday people who have built extraordinary communities about just how they did it. How did they get the first people to show up? How did they grow to hundreds more members?Today we’re talking to Nitika Chopra, organizer of Chronicon, a conference that brings together hundreds of people with chronic illnesses.Nitika has been living with severe psoriasis since age 10 and was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis at age 19, which made it difficult for her to walk.That personal experience led her later in life to...
2020-02-2543 min
Get TogetherHow the most organized people on the planet run their community 📆 Scott Amenta of COS Tech NetworkIn each episode of this podcast we interview everyday people who have built extraordinary communities about just how they did it. How did they get the first people to show up? How did they grow to hundreds more members?Today we’re talking to Scott Amenta, co-founder of the COS Tech Network, a community of people working as Chiefs of Staff in companies around the world.The COS Tech Network started in 2016 when Scott found himself as a Chief of Staff, a role that quite is new in techland, and, for Scott, felt somewhat undefined. He...
2020-02-1137 min
Get TogetherHow Twitch diversified their community 👾 Erin Wayne (@Aureylian), Head of Community Marketing at TwitchToday we’re talking to Erin Wayne, or @Aureylian as she’s known on the internet. Six years ago, Erin was brought on as the first pure community hire at Twitch, a company that we cite often and respect for how transparent and collaborative they are with their community. If you know Twitch, you’re likely obsessed with it. The statistics are bonkers. More than a million people are on the site at any given moment! But if you don’t know Twitch, here’s the deal: Twitch is a platform that allows people to str...
2020-01-2853 min
Get TogetherBuilding a community that’s radically accessible 🎮Catt Small of Game Developers of ColorToday we’re talking to Catt Small, a product designer, game maker, developer and–most importantly for today’s podcast–one of the organizers of the Game Developers of Color Expo (GDOC).GDOC is an annual event that aims to create a new normal in games by putting creators of color at the forefront–showing off their projects, holding space for new conversations, and pushing games forward as an artform. This year, GDOC held their fourth event, which was hosted at the historic at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem. More than 700 people rolled out...
2020-01-0843 minGet TogetherSpecial Episode! 🎁 The People & Company Holiday SpectacularWe're interrupting our regular broadcast for a holiday spectacular! We'll get zany and share some behind-the-scenes snapshots from how our business (People & Company) has grown and changed this last year. //To learn more about our company, head to https://people-and.com/Grab your copy of GET TOGETHER—our handbook on community-building 🔥: bit.ly/gettogetherbookLearn more about the podcast: http://gettogether.fm
2019-12-2328 min
Get TogetherA curated dinner party that has scaled without losing its purpose 🍴Lennon Flowers and Carla Fernandez of The Dinner PartyToday we’re talking to Lennon Flowers and Carla Fernandez, co-founders of The Dinner Party, a worldwide community of 20- and 30-somethings who have each experienced the loss of a loved one.Using the age old practice of breaking bread, Dinner Partiers are transforming life after loss from an isolating experience into one marked by community support, candid conversation, and forward movement.Today, The Dinner Party tables are regularly meeting in nearly 100 cities around the world, from Milwaukee to Tel Aviv. Most of their 275 tables gather at a host’s house over a potluck. To atte...
2019-12-1744 min
Get TogetherRadical openness leads to co-creation💡Jay Herratti, the Executive Director of TEDxToday we’re talking to Jay Herratti, the Executive Director of TEDx.TEDx began as an experiment. Ten years ago, Chris Anderson, the CEO of TED, made a big decision. He took all the videos from the exclusive, private TED conference and put them up online for free. That decision had huge consequences for TED, and Chris recalls from that moment, TED “became obsessed with this idea of radical openness, of giving everything away for free. That led to us giving away the TED brand itself, in the form of the TEDx conferences, a couple of years late...
2019-12-0640 min
Get TogetherIntimate gigs hosted by global hand raisers 🎶Rafe Offer, CEO of Sofar SoundsToday we’re talking to Rafe Offer, CEO of Sofar Sounds (Sofar is an acronym for "Songs from a Room"), a community-led global movement that’s bringing the magic back to live music. Dissatisfied with a concert-going experience in 2009, Rafe and two friends decided to take action. They hosted an intimate concert in a flat in North London for eight people. At the event, music was the undeniable focus: "At our gigs you could hear the music rather than the clatter of drinks being served, the purring of phones or murmur of side-bar conversations." Three living-room concerts later...
2019-11-3042 min
Get TogetherRemixing products with the help of superusers ✨Camille Ricketts, Head of Marketing at NotionToday we’re talking to Camille Ricketts (@camillericketts), the superstar Head of Marketing for Notion.If you know what Notion is, you are likely obsessed with it.But if you don’t, here’s our best shot at explaining the software: Notion is an all-in-one workspace for note-taking, project management and task management. Most importantly, Notion is modular. People can remix and reuse the templates they offer to create their own powerful tools. That’s where the community comes in.Kev, Kai and I all have roots in the Bay Area, and when we rub e...
2019-11-1339 min
Get TogetherAmplifying environmental sustainability by building community 🌍Jeff Kirschner, Founder & CEO of LitteratiAre you ready for a good story about people power and the environment?Gravy because today we're talking to Jeff Kirschner who kickstarted a community of people around the world who are picking up the trash on our streets, parks, beaches, and more. They call themselves Litterati.Bailey met Jeff back in 2014, when she was still working at Instagram and Jeff’s Litterati hashtag was burgeoning on the site. People concerned about how we were leaving the planet were photographing the pieces of trash they were picking up everywhere from Oakland to the Great Wall of...
2019-10-3041 min
Get TogetherA community of Grandmothers is closing the mental health care gap 🪑Ruth Verhey of Friendship BenchToday we're talking to Ruth Verhey, a clinical psychologist who works for the Friendship Bench team in Zimbabwe.Zimbabwe is a country of over 16 million people, but there are just twelve practicing psychiatrists. Twelve! These statistics are the norm in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the ratio of psychiatrists and psychologists to citizens is one for every 1.5 million and some countries don’t even have a single psychiatrist.And because of the history of trauma and war in the country, Ruth tells us that ~40% of Zimbabweans may be suffering from some form of depression and anxiety....
2019-10-1732 min
Get TogetherKicking down the doors and making space for Asian-American creativity 🚪 Krystie Mak and Katerina Jeng of Slant’dToday we're talking to Krystie Mak and Katerina Jeng, the founders of Slant'd, a collective that celebrates Asian American identity, one story at a timeBack in 2017, a piece of advice from Eddie Huang inspired Krystie and Katerina: “If spaces don’t exist for you, kick the door down and create them.”Krystie and Kat didn’t see themselves in mainstream media. They wanted a place to share personal stories—not about celebrities, but told by real Asian-American peers. So they decided to kick down the door and create their own space.When they did...
2019-10-0140 min
Get TogetherThe appeal of playfulness in citizen science 🐿Jamie Allen and Sally Parham, Squirrel CensusToday we are talking to Jamie Allen and Sally Parham, two of the folks behind The Squirrel Census.Yes, it is just what it sounds like.The Squirrel Census started in Atlanta in 2012 with a simple, somewhat inexplicable, wild idea: let's count squirrels and present our findings to the public.While they're certainly rigorous, what they're doing isn't dry science. The team is considerate, design-savvy, and deeply funny people. They've made a scientific activity into something not just accessible, but playful.Jamie, the creator of the project, formed a team early...
2019-09-1259 min
Get TogetherTurning an audience into a community (and a business!) 💪🏽 Alisha Ramos, Founder of Girls' Night InGirls' Night In started as a simple but remarkable newsletter to 300 of Alisha Ramos' friends and family in 2017. It took off immediately. Now, there are more than 150,000 subscribers. As the Girls' Night In audience has grown, it’s transformed into more than just a media company. As more passionate readers came into Alisha’s world, she activated them, turning women into local book club leaders, employees and contributors. Alisha is swinging big to bring her mission of making wellness, and social wellness, available to more and more people. She quit her tech job to focus on Gir...
2019-08-2843 minGet Together*Special, Short Episode* It's publishing day. Take a first listen to our audiobookAugust 20th, 2019 is a momentous day for us. Our book "Get Together: How to build a community with your people" is now officially out in the world.
This book is a handbook, and it's full of both clear steps and principles and inspiring stories. It’s the book Kevin and I wish we had back in the day when we were working at Instagram and CreativeMornings, but it just didn’t exist yet. If you need help getting a community off the ground, or just understanding the work it takes to organize a passionate group of people, this...
2019-08-2011 min
Get TogetherHow exploring Asian-American identity sparked a community 💫Cassandra Lam, Co-Founder of The CosmosToday we're talking to Cassandra Lam, co-founder of The Cosmos.
Cassandra and co-founder Karen Mok started The Cosmos with a simple question: what does it mean for Asian women and gender non-binary people to not just survive, but to thrive? To not merely assimilate, but to carve their own paths?
For their first community event, 20 strangers from all around the country flew to Seattle to meet Cassie and Karen and explore these questions together. After that weekend, Cassie and Karen put the attendees in a Slack group together. Then hosted another retreat. And another.
2019-08-1246 min
Get Together*Special Episode* Bailey, Kevin and Kai share the story of People & CompanyToday we’re interviewing… ourselves! Bailey, Kevin and Kai, the voices behind the “Get Together” podcast and brains behind People & Company.
Three years ago, we started People & Company to help more people bring their people together.
We work with organizations to make smarter bets about investing in their communities.
We also interview extraordinary people organizers on this podcast. And in August 2019 we will publish a book called "Get Together" on how to build communities today. It's based on the conversations, research and strategy work we've done with hundreds of community organizers.
In the p...
2019-07-3048 min
Get TogetherHow 150 personal emails sparked a community of 60,000 entrepreneurs 💻Courtland Allen, Founder of Indie HackersToday we're talking to Courtland Allen, the founder of Indie Hackers, a primarily online community for independent entrepreneurs. By “independent” I mean these are people who are building businesses that make their money from customers. (They're not backed by investors.)
What started as 150 personal emails to Courtland's friends and some strangers has grown today to a community of more than 60,000 entrepreneurs.
These people come together on Indie Hackers to share valuable stories and insights, or tap each others inspiration and advice. Sometimes, they get together in person too. Last month there were 55 Indie Hacker meetups all...
2019-07-1855 min
Get TogetherThe inner workings of the world’s largest IRL creative community 🌈Lisa Cifuentes and Kyle Baptista of CreativeMornings“At headquarters, you are in service of the community.” - CreativeMornings Chief Community Officer Kyle Baptista
Since the very first CreativeMornings in Brooklyn over ten years ago, the grassroots events have spread to more than 200 chapters around the world—everywhere from Louisville to Tehran.
The concept is simple: breakfast and a short talk one Friday morning a month. Every event is free of charge and open to anyone. Lecturers include founders like David Kelley and Jason Fried, artists like Jonathan Harris and Lisa Congdon, and writers like Maria Popova.
How did CreativeMornings onboard more t...
2019-07-0342 min
Get TogetherSupercharging enthusiasm for a super product 🍲Robert Wang, CEO of Instant Pot“I don’t think there’s much secret. Get the product right, treat the customer well, and get them talking. And that’s it.” - Instant Pot founder Robert Wang
Instant Pot, the multipurpose pressure cooker, is so remarkable that it has spurred an outpouring of enthusiasm from a community of fans around the world. Some Potheads name their Pots, while others knit sweaters for the appliances.
That zeal wasn’t a surprise to founder Robert Wang, due to a core insight he had early on. “Cooking is not a solitary practice. It’s very much a social pr...
2019-06-0625 min
Get TogetherCo-ownership and structure spread this Queer party coast-to-coast 🥣Liz Alpern, Founder of Queer Soup Night"I've always dreamed of a soup party." - Liz Alpern
On today’s show we interview Liz Alpern, one of the founders of Queer Soup Night.
Queer Soup Night started in Brooklyn with a simple event format. Liz, a queer professional chef made a soup, attendees got to enjoy that soup (and a party!) in exchange for a suggested donation to a cause.
The first one went so well, Liz and her partners Jen Martin and Kathleen Cunningham knew they had to keep going.
Now, there are Queer Soup Nights in ch...
2019-05-3043 min
Get TogetherFriendly competition as an excuse to get together ☕️Tim Williams, CEO of The World AeroPress Championship
We’re definitely much more about community—bringing people together and having a good time. The competition is almost the excuse for doing that." — says Tim Williams, CEO of the World AeroPress Championship (W.A.C.).
Last year, the World AeroPress Championship (W.A.C.) season brought together more than 3,000 competitors at 120 events in over 60 countries.
But the idea started with much humbler beginnings—three coffee geeks and a cake in a small room in Norway.
Why start a competition? When the organizers, internationally renowned baristas Tim Wendelboe and Tim Varney, hosted the first ev...
2019-05-1834 min
Get TogetherThe inspiration your Slack group needs 💯Carly Ayres, Founder of "100s Under 100”If you're on the internet or if you're working in design today, you may have heard of Carly Ayres (@carlyayres). She's full of personality, sharp ideas, and has an alluring rebellious vibe.
Carly's designs are not of the polished, precious, or minimalist ilk we've become accustomed to. Her work is interactive, it's dynamic, and it's sincere. If you want proof, visit her website CarlyAyres.com. It is a Google Doc.
Almost five years ago, Carly started a community in Slack called "100s Under 100," a play on the Forbes "30 Under 30" list and other similar awards. The Sla...
2019-05-0142 min
Get TogetherThis team of women are specifically bad at basketball, and they keep showing up to play 🏀Aria McManus of Downtown Girls Basketball"The most surprising thing for me was how many people showed up on day one. And that continues to be the most surprising thing - that people are still showing up on day 300. Every time a stranger comes, I'm just like, where did you come from? It is amazing, and it's a huge motivator to keep me going." - Aria McManus
Aria McManus, an artist and creative director, started Downtown Girls Basketball in 2013. From the beginning, it was a team for women and people who don't identify as male "who are specifically bad at basketball."
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2019-04-1743 min
Get TogetherCelebrating YouTube’s community by gathering their stories 📹Sara Pollack of YouTube's "Life in a Day"*“The film was made in this amazing period in YouTube’s history where we were focused on how we could demonstrate the ways in which technology can be both innovative and net positive—how it was driving new ways of storytelling and building community.” - Sara Pollack
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This episode we talk to YouTube's first film community manager, Sara Pollack, to learn more about a film YouTube made called "Life in a Day."
On July 24, 2010, thousands of people around the world uploaded videos of their lives to YouTube to create Life in a Day, a cinemati...
2019-04-0140 min
Get TogetherTransforming a concert into a community and an audience into a choir 🎶 Nobu Adilman of Choir! Choir! Choir!*“Every single time we go out there, we're looking to make a connection with people-to make people feel like they came to the right place and that they can carry that forward. A critical number of people have shown us or told us that what we're doing is important to them and that keeps us going.” - Nobu Adilman
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In 2010, Nobu Adilman and Daveed Goldman posted on Facebook asking if anyone wanted to sing in a choir with them at a real estate office where a friend worked in Toronto. He and Daveed prepared some minor arra...
2019-03-1944 min
Get Together*Special, Short Episode!* Bailey & Kevin go deep on the 30+ community coaching sessions he's had this month"These communities feel magical, but they don't come together by magic. Someone has to take the first step. " - Kevin Huynh
This is a special episode.
Today I'm interviewing our very own Kevin Christopher Huynh aka "Coach Kevin." Kevin's my co-host, biz partner, bud, and one of the most admirable, fun souls I've met on this planet called Earth.
We're talking to Kevin today about his coaching. Nearly every work day for the last month and a half, Kevin has taken at least one coaching meeting with a nascent community leader. In total...
2019-03-1423 min
Get TogetherHow local chapters fuel Surfrider’s impact 🏄🏻♂️Chad Nelsen, CEO of Surfrider
"Why join Surfrider? You’re going to have friends for life. I hear people say this is the best thing that they’ve ever done, and that’s
pretty amazing. Beyond all the good work we’re doing, there’s that
human element that’s probably equally valuable." - Dr. Chad Nelsen,
Surfrider CEO
If you’re a surfer, you probably know the Surfrider Foundation. But if you don’t know them, you’re in for a dose of inspiration in this episode of the podcast.
The Surfrider Foundation was formed in 1984 by a handful of su...
2019-03-0247 min
Get TogetherHow a community uptown comes together to run 🏃♂️Hector Espinal of WRU Crew
"Running uptown isn't normal, especially our kind of social running.
You might see one middle-aged white person running along Riverside
Drive on a long run, but you never saw anyone running on Broadway,
Amsterdam, or Washington Avenue. So when people started seeing a big
group of us running, it’s very, very different from what they’re used
to." - Hector Espinal, WRU Crew
Growing up in NYC’s Washington Heights neighborhood, Hector Espinal never imagined he’d one day become a runner. “I've never played any sports. All the men in my family...
2019-02-2237 min
Get TogetherThe simple idea that spread 📚Margret Aldrich of Little Free Library"The Get-Together" is a podcast about the nuts and bolts of community building. Hosts Bailey Richardson and Kevin Huynh of People & Company ask organizers who have built exceptional communities about just how they did it. How did they get the first people to show up? How did they grow to thousands more members?In 2009, Todd Bol erected the very first Little Free Library book exchange in his front yard in Hudson, Wisconsin. Crafted from an old wooden garage door he didn't want to throw out, Todd built the little library as an ode to his late mother...
2019-02-0641 min
Get TogetherHow Star Wars’ fan community was born 🌌Dan Madsen of the Star Wars Fan Club"The Get-Together" is a podcast about the nuts and bolts of community building. Hosts Bailey Richardson and Kevin Huynh of People & Company ask organizers who have built exceptional communities about just how they did it. How did they get the first people to show up? How did they grow to thousands more members?
In this episode we interview Dan Madsen, the secret sauce behind the Star Wars Fan Club and the first Star Wars Celebrations.
After a fan zine he created as a Denver teenager was noticed by George Lucas himself, Lucasfilm asked Dan to...
2019-01-1349 min
Get TogetherHow Lola Omolola started one of the fastest growing groups in Facebook’s history 🌐Lola Omolola of Female IN (FIN)*"Whenever we're vulnerable, it enhances our ability to connect."* - Lola Omolola, founder of FINThe Get-Together is a podcast about the nuts and bolts of community building. Hosts Bailey Richardson and Kevin Huynh of People & Company ask organizers who have built exceptional communities about just how they did it. How did they get the first people to show up? How did they grow to thousands more members?In this episode, we'll speak to Lola Omolola about FIN, the private Facebook group she started for Nigerian women. Today, FIN has 1.8 million members and gets hundreds...
2018-12-1944 min
Get TogetherAdore the clouds? There’s a community for that, too. Here’s how it started. ☁ Gavin Pretor-Pinney of The Cloud Appreciation Society
“I always felt that clouds are a beautiful part of nature that we can become blind to." - Gavin Pretor-Pinney
"The Get-Together" is a podcast about the nuts and bolts of community building. Hosts Bailey Richardson and Kevin Huynh of People & Company ask organizers who have built exceptional communities about just how they did it. How did they get the first people to show up? How did they grow to thousands more members?
Today we'll talk to Gavin Pretor-Pinney, founder of The Cloud Appreciation Society.
In 2004, a friend invited Gavin Pretor-Pinney, a graphic de...
2018-12-1944 min
Get TogetherWelcome to "Get Together"If you take away one thing from this podcast, we hope it’s this: don’t fixate on what to ask from people; instead, focus on what you can do with them.
"Get Together" is a podcast about the nuts and bolts of community building. Hosts Bailey Richardson and Kevin Huynh will ask everyday people who have built exceptional communities about just how they did it. How did they get the first people to show up? How did they grow to thousands more members? You’ll hear us interview a diverse set of organizers, everyone from the head o...
2018-12-1915 min