12: Building, fostering, and partaking in community with Allie Mahler
Allie Mahler is the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Sharehold, a design & innovation firm that helps communities and organizations transform themselves. Allie is an expert in all things community including building community, fostering community, and transforming community, and this episode is a deep dive into all of the above.
In this episode, we discuss:
What is community and why is it important?
How Allie got started in community design and built a career around it
How connecting to clients is simply connecting to people
How the meaning of community is changing
The benefits and pitfalls of online community
How we are more connected but lonelier than ever
How to find and/or build your own communities
Our experience facilitating a retreat together
All the deets:
Find Allie on Instagram at @alliemahler
Find Allie’s work: Sharehold // Community x Design, and this helpful article that describes her work
Tag me (@saraweinreb) and Allie on Instagram with your favorite takeaways from the episode
This episode is generously sponsored by Soom Foods. Use code MEDIUMWELL at checkout for 10% off your entire order!
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