🔓 96: Our favorite things

On this special Thanksgiving episode, Erica and Brian dig into the things that make their personal and professional lives easier.

• Community Industry News:

  • Anne Mbugua joined Analog Devices as Community Content Manager

  • Neval Dalgic joined BARTKA INOVASYON as Community Lead

  • Francisco Fonseca joined Lymbus as Community Manager

  • Biswajeeta Rath was promoted to Senior Online Community Manager at BMC

  • Dennis Lemoine was promoted to Principal Community Experiences Program Manager at Anaplan

• Some of our favorite things:

  • Erica:

    • Asana

    • Slack 

    • Five Star 3 Subject Notebooks

    • Audible

    • CMX Summit

  • Brian:

    • Calendly

    • Stratechery

    • 1Password

    • The Accidental Community Manager by Adrian Speyer

    • Chartr

    • AirPods

    • Anker GaN Chargers

🔓 49: Gratitude and thankfulness

Erica and Brian deliver messages of gratitude and thankfulness across the community industry.

• Community Industry News:

  • Emily Wirth joined Paper as Senior Manager, Community

  • Jamie Cantrell joined Unusual Ventures as Sr. Director of Community

  • Ana Visiliuk joined Aiven as Community Manager

  • Saksham Taneja joined Scaler as Community Associate

  • Katie Ray joined Clari as Community Manager

  • Rachael Silvano joined Zapier as Community Operations Manager

  • Blake Ethridge joined Netdata as Director of Community

  • Kat Jarvis was promoted to Senior Community Consultant, IBM Community at Higher Logic

  • Lauren Clevenger joined Salesloft as Head of Community

• Giving Thanks:

  • Adrian Speyer

  • Alex Angel

  • Amanda Petersen

  • Amir Shevat

  • Anaheli De Los Santos

  • Andrew Claremont

  • Ben Regier

  • Cassie Mayes

  • Celina Zamora

  • Chris Detzel

  • Christina Garnett

  • Danielle Maveal

  • Dave Evans

  • David Spinks

  • Dennis Lemoine

  • Ed de Rochemont

  • Elizabeth Kinsey

  • Emma Siu

  • Erin Staples

  • Gal Biran

  • Holly Firestone

  • Ilana Golan

  • Jeff Bruensbach

  • Joe Cothrel

  • John Summers

  • Lois Townsend

  • Lotem Hayun

  • Mac Reddin

  • María Alcantara Arceo

  • Matt Laurenceau

  • Michelle Mathias

  • Mike Silberg

  • Nithin S.S. 

  • Noele Flowers 

  • Philippe Beaudette 

  • Piper Wilson

  • Sangeeta Gupta

  • Shannon Emery

  • Sofia Rodriguez

  • Tessa Kriesel

  • Tiffany Oda

  • Wendy Pease

  • Willa Tellekson-Flash

  • Alta Sparling

  • Marika Rundle

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🔓 22: Lead with gratitude

A Thanksgiving Special: Extending gratitude and telling stories about people that changed our careers and lives forever.

• Giving Thanks:

  • Jon Wishart

  • Holly Firestone

  • Joe Cothrel

  • Karen Mangia

    • Karen’s Books

  • Our Sponsors: Khoros, Community Club, and CMX

  • You! Our Listeners!

• Aftershow - Favorite Thanksgiving Recipes:

  • Corn Casserole

  • Brownies & Icing

  • Pumpkin Maple Baked Bean Cornbread Casserole

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