When you’re thinking about starting a community

About this episode

The episode discusses starting a community for charity communications professionals and shares insights on building an engaging and supportive environment.

“My best friend and I have a really good idea for an online membership 'club' for charity comms professionals. We want to build a community that's as engaging and supportive as DIFTK and Being Freelance. Where do we start? And what do you wish that you both knew before you started? My initial entry point before I joined was your amazing podcasts, as it feels like they’re really important for breaking down barriers to entry and building your brand?”

People in this episode

Hosts: Frankie Tortora, Steve Folland

Topics covered

• community building
• online membership
• charity
• supportive environments
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• community
• membership
• charity
• entrepreneurship
• support
• DIFTK
• Being Freelance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DIFTK, Being Freelance

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