The Building Community Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Marie Gill is the community leader of the Flourishing at Work Network and the Co-founder of Florens – A Flourishing Collective. Marie also founded the Green Apron Alliance, Starbucks’ corporate alumni program.  

Florens – A Flourishing Collective helps organizations collect data to assess organizational health and well-being when it comes to employees and culture. 

In this episode, Simone and Marie zoom in on the complexities of creating caring cultures in organizations.  

They identify characteristics of the leaders of the future; Talk about the role employers play when it comes to wellbeing of their team members; Look at how data is a key driver for building caring cultures; And focus in on how little things help people flourish in all aspects of their lives. 

Listen in to LEARN ABOUT CONNECTIONS THAT HELP YOU THRIVE.

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With our guest Marie: 

   Email: MarieGill @ outlook.com 

   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariegill 

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This concludes “Insider Insights,” the second season of the Building Community Podcast. 

In this episode, your host Simone reflects on five takeaways from this season. 

These look at Team4Life approach, which emphasizes that organizations … 

… get to know people as people 

… create moments that matter 

… use technology to improve experiences 

… don’t re-invent the wheel 

… offer community for all 

Listen in for more on the numerous benefits organizations can take away from actively building community for their current and former teams. 

And subscribe on Apple Podcasts or wherever you enjoy your listen – so you will be first to know when the next season airs. 

Thanks for being along for the ride! 

As you work to MAKE YOUR COMMUNITIES THRIVE. 

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Anna Moreno Damico is the Global Senior Manager of Alumni Strategy & Engagement at BCG, Boston Consulting Group. In that role, she is responsible for the alumni strategy of the BCG Global Alumni Network.

The BCG Global Alumni Network was started in 2000 and today counts over 33,000 alumni throughout the world who, as BCG says, “all have green blood ;)”. Their members enjoy the development and learning opportunities offered through the BCG alumni community.

In this episode, we zoom in on the BCG as a best-practice model for corporate alumni networks.

And Anna gives insights into her team’s role in designing programs for former colleagues and shares details about how to give and receive value in return.

Listen in to MAKE YOUR COMMUNITIES THRIVE. 

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With our guest Anna:

   Email: damico.annamoreno @ bcg.com

   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annamorenodamico/ 

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This concludes “Connecting with Connectors,” the inaugural season of the Building Community Podcast.

In this episode, your host Simone reflects on some of the biggest questions of this season.

Have we looked at corporate culture through the wrong lens in past years? Is there any community out there that’s perfect? And what value do boomerang employees really bring to organizations?

Simone also shares ten valuable community lessons to wrap up this year. Listen in!

And subscribe on Apple Podcast or wherever you enjoy your podcasts – so you will be first to know when the next season airs.

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As you work to MAKE YOUR COMMUNITIES THRIVE.

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Danya Ray is the Alumni Relations Manager at Seyfarth Shaw LLP, an international law firm with 17 offices across the globe.

Danya has set up alumni programs for universities, the tech industry, and law firms. And she has proved that alumni can be an organization’s biggest brand advocates, support business development, and immensely contribute to organizations as boomerang hires.

In this episode, Danya shares how to go about building a corporate alumni program from scratch, and gives insight into ways to weave ‘alumni’ into an organization’s DNA.

She reveals that the quality of member segmentation and targeted communication have the potential to make or break any organization’s alumni efforts.

Listen in to MAKE YOUR COMMUNITIES THRIVE.

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With our guest:

   Email: Danya.Shikha @ gmail.com

   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danyaray/

With Thrycon & Simone:

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Cathryn Ramirez is the Executive Director of Alumni Development & Continuing Education at the Gemological Institute of America - GIA, a nonprofit institute dedicated to research and education in gemology and the jewelry arts.

Since the 1960s, the GIA Alumni Association brings together over 155,000 alumni from across the globe, all of whom are passionate about the gem and jewelry industry.

In this episode, Cathryn speaks about the importance of engaging Alumni for the education providers. It is essential to understand learners’ motivations to be loyal and know what benefits are most valuable to them.

So that educational institutions can do their part to assure that there will be future generations of learners. And that brand ambassadors and advocates can help grow others’ interest in available learning opportunities through word-of-mouth.

Listen in to MAKE YOUR COMMUNITIES THRIVE.

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With our guest:

   Email: alumni @ gia.edu

   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathrynramirez

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Michele Aggiato is the Head of Community at Vorwerk International, a German family business that sells household and kitchen appliances directly to consumers.

Their Thermomix Community is built on members’ joint love for cooking and food. It dates back to when the first Thermomix appliance was launched back in 1971, and it currently counts over 5 million members across the globe.

In this episode, Michele shares how organizations can best fulfill their customers’ needs by giving them the space and support they need to help each other, through community.

And he gives insight into what motivates community members and shares how Vorwerk International works to deliver just that.

Listen in to MAKE YOUR COMMUNITIES THRIVE.

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   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvNFK7wPwGof4egGHzOp6qQ

   Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/Thrycon/

With our guest:

   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maggiato/

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Susan Tenby is the Director of Global Community at TechSoup, a nonprofit international network of non-governmental organizations that provides technical support and technological tools to other nonprofits.

TechSoup has built a community of more than 1.6 million NGOs around the globe. Its TechSoup Global Network offers highly localized programs and services in 39 languages.

In this episode, Susan speaks about what’s happening when your community isn’t getting any buzz, and how to best engage your users.

And she shares why giving their users space for unstructured exchange benefits TechSoup and members alike.

Listen in to MAKE YOUR COMMUNITIES THRIVE.

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With our guest:

   Email: stenby @ techsoup.org

   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susantenby/

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Anne Young is the Director for Community Strategy and Engagement at Salesforce.org, a cloud-based software company that builds CRM technology.

Their online community is the “Power of Us Hub,” and was launched in 2013. Today, their community counts 35,000 “Trailblazers or Hubbers”. 

In this episode, Anne speaks about why community is and will be an essential aspect of innovative organizations.

 And she gives insight into how Salesforce.org engages its community members with traditional and innovative approaches.

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   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annetraegeryoung/

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Andrea Legnani is the Global Head of Alumni Relations at Citigroup Inc., a multinational investment bank and financial services corporation.

Their corporate alumni network was founded in 2011 and counts ~ 30,000 alumni.

In this episode, Andrea impresses the importance of data-based decision-making for corporate alumni networks.

And he gives insight into how alumni efforts at Citigroup Inc. present a huge opportunity in today’s fight for top talent.

Listen in to MAKE YOUR COMMUNITIES THRIVE.

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With our guest Andrea:

   Email: andrea.legnani @ citi.com

   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrealegnani/

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