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How Marcie grew her career in building communities for startups

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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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