Author of Hacking Communities | Program Director, On Deck Community Builders Fellowship
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My mom just saved a penguin washed out in the Southern Atlantic shore of Brazil 🐧 (he's successfully rescued by the local agency for wild animal protection)
And I was proud of my "inbox 0" lol
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I was today years old when I figured (on my own) Nomad stands for North of Madison
Do I get a bagel for this?
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Playing with some ideas in the parent productivity + child development space, in search for child care solutions that integrate with the daily lives of ambitious parents who work flexibly.
I wrote about the Quest for Kinder Spaces on Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/laisde…
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Behind every person ordering seven intricate out-of-menu lattes for his whole crew, there is a person waiting in line to order an espresso.
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Relieved and scared by all the #earthquake in NYC related posts here. What’s going on?
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Today I figured that tamagotchis were our generation’s first interaction with virtual reality.
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This post encompasses “all too well” @taylorswift13's magnificent work leveraging community to grow her brand. 4 business-relevant takeaways:
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New normal: pumping with the baby monitor screening a deep in slumber baby on my phone while I sip my only cup of coffee in the day and munch oatmeal chocolate chip lactation cookies while trying to work the best I can before he wakes.
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🌍 Venturing into Fractional Chief Community Officer as a service! 🌍
Experience tells me that the best Chief Community Officers (CCOs) are often the founders and C-Level executives, particularly CEOs and COOs.
Breastfeeding makes me wish I was able use wingardium leviosa more than ever before. @jk_rowling must have been nursing when she came up with it.
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In Hacking Communities, I wrote something along the lines of a community being like home, that ideal place which is the end of all our journeys, where we can take our shoes off and be fully ourselves.
Home is where we feel like we can be authentic and vulnerable.
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As my baby turns 3mo and I start to start again, I'm both inspired and anxious with the desire to have it all: to raise him while building a meaningful career.
[Inspired by @rosiesherry's post "Designing life around kids" - link in comments]
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This i…lnkd.in/eJVX47Eu
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Love this idea - designing life around your kids, including a childcare free life.
As per @rosiesherry's experience and words, I know it might not be easy, but it is the life I want to live: growing kids and business, side by side, because both can be g…lnkd.in/e9vazkyA
Throwback to my first talk (2 weeks after giving birth to Lucas).
Amidst sleep deprivation and hormones flooding my brain, I remember feeling like I was speaking underwater, in bubbles. 😂 It felt harder to keep a linear thread as I usually do, but still…lnkd.in/ejXTANM6
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I’m resurfacing from ~11 weeks postpartum to share some writings on motherhood, equality, and community: how motherhood shattered my sense of self and brought me back to ground zero in terms of identity and belonging.
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At 38 weeks, I wrote a journal e…lnkd.in/esGzYmKA
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Thrilled to speak about Community Architecture: Foundations and Strategies to Build Scalable Communities at CLIX Spring 2023 (Digital) - Thursday, April 27th.
You'll also learn from:
- Kyle Hagge, Lead Community Manager at Morning Brew
- Todd Nilson, F…lnkd.in/gbjc2cwu
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"I’m dedicating every day to you
Domestic life was never quite my style”
-Dear Theodosia by Leslie Odom Jr. and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Life has changed since his arrival and I’m here for every second. While I’m still figuring out myself in mom version (amids…lnkd.in/ek9EJvYu
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