Host Travis King of the Community Builder Podcast talks with Cecil Phillip, Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft. They discuss the misconceptions we have about social media followers, ways to get over your fears of connecting, the importance of meeting people offline in real life, how to find your people, overcoming loneliness and more.

Episode Highlights:

●     How did Cecil start joining or becoming a part of communities?  

●     What tactics can people use to join communities? 

●     What should you do if you are scared to join communities? 

●     People still feel nervous to talk in front of others, even when they are experienced in their field. 

●     How can you overcome loneliness?  

●     What is the downside of chasing social media followers? 

●     The current drug of the world is attention. 

●     Cecil discusses social media and online etiquette. 

●     What advice does Cecil have for joining a community or starting a community? 

3 Key Points:

1.  Be comfortable with being uncomfortable. 

2.  Find your offline/online balance by meeting up with people in real life. 

3.  How many of your social media friends can you actually call and talk to? 

Tweetable Quotes:

●   “Once you start to be around similar people, obviously conversations are going to start. People are going to start talking to you. You are going to start talking to people, particularly if you are the speaker.” – Cecil Phillip

●   (Sharing knowledge) “What is it worth if nobody else knows I have this gold?” – Cecil Phillip

●   “Don’t stay in a place where people don’t make you feel valued.” – Cecil Phillip

Resources Mentioned:

● Travis King: Linkedin

● communitybuildershow.com

● Cecil Phillip: Linkedin Twitter

● cecilphillip.com

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