yuval Yarden

A Community Building Career Path

 
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Episode Notes (by minute):

-2:30 - Why Yuval is spending more time building in-person community through dinner parties currently

-4:00 - Why large communities are good for getting answers to questions but my lack personalization and connection

-6:30 - Yuval’s Rule of Three for community building whereby each person in the community has three traits, characteristics, or interests in common. As an example, Yuval runs a community called New York Jews in Tech.

-8:30 - Why community needs to have a goal and it can defined be into three buckets:

-what do people want to learn

-what opportunities do people want

-how can you make them feel significant

-13:00 - Why it can be hard to hire community builders: there generally has not been a defined career path and corporate ladder and each community is different resulting in different a non-immediate clear skill set

-16:30 - The importance of adding the word “community” in your LinkedIn profile - so that your profile comes up on keyword searches

-21:30 - Why running a community needs to be connected to your near-term goal or else you may lose interest in it, and that’s OK too.

-23:30 - Why it could be beneficial to collaborate with someone on a project instead of starting your own

-28:00 - Why it is possible to have a long-term career in community building and there are opportunities for increased pay and skill set growth

(Note: these are quick notes and takeaways by David Nebinski. Please see the episode for more accurate information)

Published Date: 6/24/21