Community Pilot Podcast

Lana Jelenjev is a community builder and learning design specialist with a solid background in training and education. She provides support in various areas related to ideation, curriculum design, community building and personal development. Lana is the co-author of The 90 Day Action Planner, a Kickstarter backed planner for creative entrepreneurs. She is also the Community Alchemist and Strategist for Dream See Do, an online learning and community building platform for transformational leaders, NGOs and community cultivators. Lana is also active in non-profit work, spearheading the educational campaigns for Neurodiversity Foundation and the leadership programs for She Dares. ➡️ Community of practice: https://visiblyengaged.dreamseedo.org/courses/2599?fbclid=IwAR1Fx4NKy_r0pyorxzLDZFE_2Wz9DYMQfrCbHyMmzg5N26f3xQLQb6xI2PU ➡️ The 4 Types of Online Learning Communities Part 1 - Community of Practice: https://www.dreamseedo.org/blog/the-4-types-of-online-learning-communities-part-1--community-of-practice ➡️ Community Builders group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/we.are.community.builders/ 00:00 Introduction 1:24 The path of becoming a “Community Alchemist” 4:45 Ways of building communities nowadays 8:40 The concept and classification of communities 11:20 Community of Practice 12:05 Communities to educate 13:30 Levels of participation 16:10 Transition from consumption into participation 17:30 Defining who your members are 20:25 Why community building? 22:55 Book and blog recommendations 24:00 Advice on starting a community 25:23 Is community a marketing tool? 🚀 You can find audio versions here and don't forget to follow us: 🔗 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/communitypilot/how-to-build-a-community-of-practice-discussion-with-lana-jelenjev 🔗 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6lcwoGcgo8dCXjjVyjyGvR 🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/xI29_dOY8XU 🔗 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-build-community-practice-discussion-lana-jelenjev/id1452118160?i=1000435600991 🔗 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/communitypilot 🔗 Twitter: https://twitter.com/communitypilot 🔗 ProductHunt: https://www.producthunt.com/upcoming/... 🔗 Website: https://community-pilot.com

Welcome to Community Pilot Podcast, with me Sergey Generalov. On the show we invite community leaders to share their experience and reveal the insights of the community building through their stories. Today we invited Alexander Valtsev. He is an entrepreneur in finance and business education and a General Manager at SF Education — company that provides online business courses. In this episode we sit down with Alexander to discuss his journey from a small online group, where he initially created all education content and gave it away for free, to an ed-tech company and community with more than a 65 thousand people. We talked about the challenges of creating a business around existing community and how to deal with different types of feedback. 00:00 Introduction 1:10 How SF Education was founded 5:20 Moving into profit side 9:15 Free content vs paid 9:50 Technological issues in community building 14:45 Dealing with different types of feedback 19:05 Community and business 22:30 Chats of interest to get people together 23:40 Webinars as a tool to involve members 27:10 Book recommendation 28:20 Stay dedicated and focus on your main goal ➡️ SF Education: https://vk.com/sfeducation 🚀 You can find audio versions here and don't forget to follow us: 🔗 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/05CspGuwDPQSqPTcloOdXj?si=mw5JKwr_RsW4RTOLuttfRghttps://open.spotify.com/episode/05CspGuwDPQSqPTcloOdXj?si=PYsjO7ANQ4aXwW5nMvH5Bg 🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/jKJfEgsluno 🔗 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alexander-valtsev-on-community-pilot-podcast/id1452118160?i=1000434452336 🔗 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/communitypilot 🔗 Twitter: https://twitter.com/communitypilot 🔗 ProductHunt: https://www.producthunt.com/upcoming/... 🔗 Website: https://community-pilot.com

Sascha Mombartz is here on the show today to share his experience as a community builder. Sascha is an entrepreneur, designer and community builder based in New York. He tells a story on how he co-created a popular guideline for community builders - Community Canvas. Together we will talk about community building and impact technology has on modern communities. ➡️ Community Builders group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/we.are.community.builders/ 0:00 Introduction 1:01 How Sascha became a community leader and started to work on the project 4:13 Managing an international community with Fabian Pfortmüller 5:58 Engaging other people to contribute into the project 7:45 Local gatherings 9:25 Ownership of the community 12:52 Technology tools for community builders 18:14 Community members need to co-create 21:54 Social currency and vocabulary of communities 29:00 New age of communications 30:35 Tools for bringing people together 34:12 Book recommendation: “Community: The Structure of Belonging” by Peter Block 36:00 Advice on starting a community 38:59 Conclusion 🚀 You can find audio versions here and don't forget to follow us: 🔗 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/63efcqjGAWWJxzbbwoTSif?si=CUcmdwN6SOyX3rbaI3ZO9Q 🔗 YouTube: https://youtu.be/qx95cZ8unDk 🔗 iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ru/podcast/community-pilot-podcast/id1452118160?mt=2&i=1000429578063 🔗 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/communitypilot 🔗 Twitter: https://twitter.com/communitypilot 🔗 ProductHunt: https://www.producthunt.com/upcoming/community-pilot-podcast 🔗 Website: https://community-pilot.com

Galina Fedorova is a serial social entrepreneur and a co-founder at Gooddler, a donation platform that connects local needs with local resources to maximize humanitarian action. She shares her experience and tells us why local communities need a systematic approach to solve their problems. We talk about why the current approach of teaching young people needs to be changed and how Gooddler Foundation tries to educate the younger generation of entrepreneurs and inspires them to become a part of solutions through Social Innovation Youth Incubator. ➡️ GOODdler: http://goodler.org ➡️ GOODdler Social Innovation Youth Incubator: http://www.gooddler.org/youth-incubator/ 🚀 Don't forget to follow us: 🔗 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQBpqo9EZhFUFdJCYkrGl9g 🔗 iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ru/podcast/community-pilot-podcast/id1452118160?mt=2 🔗 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/communitypilot 🔗 Twitter - https://twitter.com/communitypilot 🔗 ProductHunt - https://www.producthunt.com/upcoming/community-pilot-podcast 🔗 Website - https://community-pilot.com

Evgenia is a multidisciplinary artist and poet who turned into community builder to solve the deforestation problem in Portugal. In this story, she shares her dream of creating an international village set in nature. You will hear how art can help with community building and get to know about the power of networks. She talks about her experience of dealing with situations when your funding gets rejected and how to manage your community with a limited budget. Her goal is to “make the voices of common people heard” through a film and a series of panel discussions as part of her Eternal Forest project where art made people act on their emotions. 🌳 Show your support to Evgenia's project! You can help Eternal Forest Project in the following ways: ➡️ Contribute to the gofundme campaign - to help raise funds to take the film to various locations across Portugal and help edit an extended version of the film https://www.gofundme.com/eternal-forest-documentary and share the link with your friends. ➡️ Organize your own screening by contacting Evgenia [email protected] or suggest an organization where a screening could be held: a museum, an art gallery, a cinema, a community space. ➡️ Share the trailer online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H65Iy3RHOi4&t=0s Evgenia Emets - https://www.facebook.com/evgenia.emets 🚀 Don't forget to follow us: SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/communitypilot Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/communitypilot Twitter - https://twitter.com/communitypilot ProductHunt - https://www.producthunt.com/upcoming/community-pilot-podcast