Humans of Business (former Community Life)

Welcome to Community Life! Here we talk with the community experts about their lives, and today our guest is Erik Martin, a phantasmagoric believer in community who is obsessed with old church cookbooks, college basketball, and begonias, and the person who knows everything about hires and does his best to help you find and succeed in a good community world job 🤩    

From this episode, you'll know: 

👉 where is Erik's obsession with old church cookbooks come from 

👉 what is the main distinction between a copperhead and a corn snake 

👉 story of the criminal who once mangled a blue ink pen 

👉 what is Erik's approach to good research 

👉 why does Erik cultivate Begonias... and so much more about Erik's life! 🤩  

Follow Erik on social media: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikmartin/ 

https://twitter.com/hueypriest 

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Welcome to Community Life! Here we talk with the community experts about their lives, and today our guest is Taylor Harrington, a very people-stories-curious person, a Community Architect, a huge working-together and connecting-people ambassador, and a Head of Community at Groove 🤩   

From this episode, you'll know: 

👉 the story behind Meatball, Taylor's pet fish, becoming famous 

👉 how Taylor makes a really good connection between work-related and personal stuff in her Linkedin 

👉 what is "The Danish Game" which Taylor plays with her family on Christmas 

👉 how Taylor usually starts a conversation with a strange 

👉 what is the best way of non-scalable gift-giving... and so much more about Taylor's life! 🤩  

Follow Taylor on social media: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/heytayhar/ 

https://twitter.com/heytayhar 

https://heytayhar.medium.com/  

https://www.taylor-harrington.com/   

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Welcome to Community Life! Here we talk with the community experts about their lives, and today our guest is Pat Cooney, a saxophone and bass guitar pro with a strong musical performance background spanning close to 30 years, a Community Engineer with 20 years of leadership and team management experience, a sarcasm master, and the person who hates Between Two Watercoolers meetups, but keeps coming almost every week🤩   

From this episode, you'll know: 

👉 how did Pat's musical journey start 

👉 what Pat likes about sailing the most 

👉 the story of Pat and tarantula meeting 

👉 why Pat celebrates two birthdays 

👉 what's Pat's favorite location to play... and so much more about Pat's life! 🤩  

Follow Pat on social media: 

https://www.facebook.com/thatpatguy 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thatpatguy/ 

https://www.instagram.com/thatpatguy74/ 

https://thewinchester.pub/@thatpatguy  

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Welcome to Community Life! Here we talk with the community experts about their lives, and today our guest is Katie Ray, a mama of 3 huskies, experienced horse rider and an owner of Bug the horse, CMXer of the 2022 year, great community builder, consultant, and advisor! 🤩    

From this episode, you'll know: 

👉 what to do when your three huskie like dirt 

👉 the story behind Katie's first annual PJ party 

👉 why does Katie call herself an introverted extravert 

👉 good hints on how to finish the corn maze successfully 

👉 why does Katie love her horse Bug... and so much more about Katie's life! 🤩  

Follow Katie on social media: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/community-katie/

https://www.instagram.com/ka.ray1/

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Welcome to Community Life! Here we talk with the community experts about their lives, and today our guest is Ilker Akansel, the most helpful and supportive community expert from Turkey, a hard rock lover, a great electric guitar player, a music expert, Community Management Building & Strategy Consultant, CMX Connect Istanbul Founder and Co-Host, and an amazing person who is always there for you 🤩    

👉 what is the agreement behind Ilker's first tweet 

👉 how did Ilker lose himself in the music 

👉 what does the name Ilker mean, and how it influenced his life 

👉 how does Ilker feel about arguing with people 

👉 what challenges Ilker had to overcome when he started his first community... and so much more about Ilker's life! 🤩  

Follow Ilker on social media: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilkerakansel/ 

https://twitter.com/ilkerakansel 

https://www.instagram.com/ilkerakansel/  

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Welcome to Community Life! Here we talk with the community experts about their lives, and today our guest is Carolyn Zick, an Axe person, a meaningful relationships builder who connects your people, and a curiosity-driven creative entrepreneur who runs Bad Axe Enterprises company that focuses on organic content marketing 🤩    

Welcome to Community Life! Here we talk with the community experts about their lives, and today the host is Carrie Melissa Jones, and our guest is Yurii Lazaruk, Communiverse Explorer, the host of the Community Life show, Community Builder at CodeControl, Community Consultant, and just a good guy 🤩  

👉 the turning point in Yurii’s life when he started to consider who he really was and what he really wanted from his life 

👉 what February 24-26, 2022 was like for Yurii and his family in Ukraine 

👉 Yurii’s only tattoo 

👉 how Yurii thinks about time and how his idea of time brings hope, resiliency, and bravery 

👉 how Yurii has been able to survive the war in his country with emotional resiliency 

👉 Yurii’s son’s current feedback for his dad... and so much more about Yurii's life! 🤩  

Follow Yurii on social media: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/yurii-lazaruk/ 

https://twitter.com/YuriiLaz 

https://www.facebook.com/yuralazaruk/ 

https://www.instagram.com/yura.lazaruk/  

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Welcome to Community Life! Here we talk with the community experts about their lives, and today our guest is Bri Leever, splasher of water, lover of books, top customers activator, skilled generalist, and mystery-solving community consultant 🤩    

From this episode, you'll know: 

👉 what languages does Bri speak 

👉 how Bri gets people to do new things they've never done before 

👉 why Bri loves sunsets 

👉 how following her gut helps Bri to connect with good people 

👉 what song did Bri sing at the karaoke night during the CMX Summit.. and so much more about Bri's life! 🤩  

Follow Bri on social media: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/briannaleever/ 

https://twitter.com/brileever 

https://www.instagram.com/brileever/ 

https://www.emberconsulting.co/ 

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Welcome to Community Life! Here we talk with the community experts about their lives, and today our guest is Dani Weinstein, a master network-builder, an avid tennis player who even brought his team to 4th place in the USTA National Championships, an aspiring super-dad, and a passionate Community Detective, Strategist & Leader who even writes his own tweets 🤩    

From this episode, you'll know: 

👉 why's Dani's tennis nickname is "Danger"

👉 what is his dad's superpower 

👉 why is Dani a fan of cars 

👉 how many languages does Dani speak 

👉 what happened when he was a taxi driver... and so much more about Dani's life! 🤩  

Follow Dani on social media:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniweinstein/

https://twitter.com/DaniBoy777

https://www.facebook.com/dani.weinstein

https://www.instagram.com/dani.weinstein/

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Welcome to Community Life! Here we talk with the community experts about their lives, and today our guest is Valentina Ruffoni, founder of the largest online Facebook community of food and drink lovers Eat Out Madrid, podcaster, ex-flight attendant, ex-Zumba fitness instructor, and freelance community consultant & creator 🤩    

From this episode, you'll know: 

👉 why Valentina is a smart sharer 

👉 how she lost her husband at the wedding's after party 

👉 about Valentina's journey from "petrified" while hosting an evening night to "love being the center of attention" 

👉 how good marketing helped Valentina to run a half marathon  

👉 what does it like to keep professional calm at 40,000 ft... and so much more about Valentina's life! 🤩  

Follow Valentina on social media: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamvalentinaruffoni/ 

https://www.instagram.com/iamvalentinaruffoni/  

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