“When you’re successful, you can open up doors for other people, you can encourage young people… the sky is really the limit.” -Carrie Melissa Jones

Carrie Melissa Jones is the founder of Gather Community Consulting and the former COO and founding partner of CMX. Her work has helped build communities with Google, Patreon, the American Medical Association, Coursera, and DoSomething.org. In 2016, Salesforce named her one of three experts to follow in community management. She is the co-author of the book Building Brand Communities: How Organizations Succeed by Creating Belonging. In this interview, we will cover Carrie’s book, her inspiration for it, and a lot of industry questions.

Website: https://www.buildingbrandcommunities.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carriemelissajones/