I love when people send me reading recommendations. Whether it is a book, a blog post or a podcast episode, I devour them all. As you can imagine, I read a lot. I love sharing the best or most thought-provoking things I read even more. Here’s my top 4 picks. 1. Confession – I’ve been […]
The Most Interesting Question You Can Ask Someone (Especially Yourself)
I’ve been thinking a lot about the concept of success recently. Specifically, what does it mean to be “successful?” If you ask someone off the street for a 30-second answer to what success looks like, you might get answers like: Be a millionaire. Get famous. Have six pack abs. Get married, have 2.5 kids, a […]
9 Lessons Learned From Speaking at Swarm Conf
We assume that being a great speaker is a talent that someone is born with. I couldn’t disagree more. Public speaking is a craft you can learn and get better at over time – just like marketing, writing or community building. I’m still to this day absolutely terrified of public speaking. I have a host […]
What I’ve Been Reading: 8 Books That I Recommend Checking Out
“Take a look, it is in a book” If you grew up in the 80s or 90s, I bet you are now singing the Reading Rainbow theme song in your head. You’re welcome. 😀 The point of this blog post isn’t to get you to reminisce about how awesome the PBS show, Reading Rainbow was, […]
What I’ve Learned From My First 2 Years Working Remotely
This isn’t the first time I’ve written about working remotely. I did so after my first three months and then again last year. While I love it, I wouldn’t feel right only talking about the “epic stuff.” The highs and lows are so much more extreme and intense. That was something that caught me off […]
Getting real about feeling like an imposter
Does so and so really think I can do this?” What have I gotten myself into? “Omg- all of these people are going to find out I have no clue what I’m doing.” There isn’t a day that goes by where I haven’t had at least one or two of these passing thoughts. I’ve started […]
The Myth of Work-Life Balance and Why Chasing It is Making You Miserable
I have a tendency to think through and play around with big concepts. I can also be a rebel at times, as I like to turn common ideas that most people hold dear upside. The common belief I’ve been thinking more about lately is the nature of work and life. And, the single most played-out […]
Breaking “the glass ceiling” in the community industry
Is there a glass ceiling in the community industry? That’s a loaded question that gets asked a lot in community manager forums, Facebook groups – like the CMX group (highly recommend joining btw) and podcasts like this Community Signal podcast episode with Patrick O’Keefe and Alexandra Dao, of Vimeo. If you look at our industry, […]
Studying philosophy made me a better community builder
To put it mildly, I used to avoid philosophy like it was the plague. In fact, the one and only time I willingly learned about philosophy until very recently was one class I took my senior year in college. The only reason why I took it at all was I needed one more general education […]
My Theme for 2017 – Choosing Honey over Vinegar (And Why 2016 Was Actually A Pretty Great Year)
Scrolling through my Facebook news feed over the last week, I saw a ton of people complaining about how crappy this year was. Every single one of them cite the crazy political environment and all the celebrity deaths. Everything points back to news articles and blog posts. The great irony is some of these posts […]
