12: Building, fostering, and partaking in community with Allie Mahler - a podcast by Sara Weinreb
from 2019-01-09T05:00
Allie Mahler is the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Sharehold, a design & innovation firm that helps communities and organizations transform themselves. Allie is an expert in all things community including building community, fostering community, and transforming community, and this episode is a deep dive into all of the above.
In this episode, we discuss:
- What is community and why is it important?
- How Allie got started in community design and built a career around it
- How connecting to clients is simply connecting to people
- How the meaning of community is changing
- The benefits and pitfalls of online community
- How we are more connected but lonelier than ever
- How to find and/or build your own communities
- Our experience facilitating a retreat together
All the deets:
Find Allie on Instagram at @alliemahler
Find Allie’s work: Sharehold // Community x Design, and this helpful article that describes her work
Tag me (@saraweinreb) and Allie on Instagram with your favorite takeaways from the episode
This episode is generously sponsored by Soom Foods. Use code MEDIUMWELL at checkout for 10% off your entire order!
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