Arielle Nissenblatt on Why In-Person Events Are Bringing Hope Back to Podcasting

About this episode

Arielle Nissenblatt discusses the importance of in-person events in revitalizing the podcasting industry.

Arielle Nissenblatt is one of the most trusted voices in podcast community building. Outside of her official role as Director of Community and Content at Pinwheel, Arielle organizes local community events for New York podcasters on limited budgets. In this episode of Your Next Chapter, Arielle and JT explore the value of hosting and attending community events, whether major conferences or small local networking events. She shares how she defines success for community events, why a bit of “woo woo” opens up doors, and how events are bringing hope back to the industry. Relevant links: Follow Arielle on LinkedIn⁠ Read Arielle’s podcast recommendation newsletter, ⁠Earbuds Podcast Collective⁠ ⁠Attend future events hosted by Arielle in NYC⁠ Follow JT on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram

People in this episode

Host: JT

Guest: Arielle Nissenblatt

Topics covered

• community building
• podcasting events
• networking
• industry hope
• success in events

Keywords

• podcasting
• community events
• networking
• Arielle Nissenblatt
• Pinwheel
• success
• hope

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pinwheel, Earbuds Podcast Collective

Places: New York, NYC

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