Beginner Maps How Marcie grew her career in building communities for startups
Marcie Walker is the Head of Community Engagement at Gatheround - a startup building a fun, new online events platform that makes virtual events actually fun.
In this episode, Marcie shares all the lessons she has learnt in building herself a career in community building.
Some things we talk about:
- 00:00 Teaser
- 04:50 How work in community is dependent more on what the community needs rather than your title
- 13:32 Virtual vs In-person events
- 16:59 What Marcie is working on now
- 23:21 How flywheel marketing can justify RoI on your community efforts
- 28:50 Routine Roulette
- 33:11 Getting the job at Gatheround by writing her own job description
- 46:08 Advice for 20 year olds
- 01:04:58 Resources for community building
- 01:06:50 One action item for listeners
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Links and Resources:
Gatheround - https://gatheround.com/community
Community Club - https://www.community.club/
Noele Flowers - https://www.linkedin.com/in/noeleflowers/
Sarah Greisdorf - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahgreisdorf/
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