Posts tagged Bailey Richardson
How SXSW created programming *with* its community 🎨Todd Hansen, SXSW & Artist Rescue Trust

An interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Kevin Huynh with Todd Hansen. For ten years, Todd led conference programming at South by Southwest, the annual film, interactive media, and music festival held in Austin, Texas. Recently, Todd and friends started the Artist Rescue Trust to support musicians, artists, and creatives affected by the pandemic.

We talked with Todd about how the SXSW team has built the conference over the years with attendees and how he tapped existing motivation in starting the Artist Rescue Trust.

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Connecting designers across Africa during COVID-19 🇰🇪 Lewis Kang'ethe, The Fearless Community

An interview hosted by Whitney Ogutu and Bailey Richardson with Lewis Kang'ethe, the community lead for the African chapter of The Fearless Community. They are bringing together design leaders to share knowledge and stay connected during lockdown.

We talked with Lewis about how he is bridging the gap across cultures and sparking conversation in Slack and virtual meetups.

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Growing a community one town hall at a time 💰 Claire Wasserman, Ladies Get Paid

A live interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Kevin Huynh with Claire Wasserman, co-founder of Ladies Get Paid. Ladies Get Paid has connected 75,000 women on their mission to close the wage gap.

We talked with Claire in front of a live Zoom audience about how she has supercharged women across the country to be advocates for their worth and her new book, titled Ladies Get Paid.

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Toastmasters: Still thriving 100 years into its history 🗯 Joe Smith, Toastmasters

An interview hosted by Bailey Richardson & Kevin Huynh with Joe Smith, Program Quality Director for District 38 of Toastmasters. Today there are more than 364,000 paying members around the world. One in three of those members also serves as a volunteer.

We talked with Joe about Toastmasters history and evolution of Toastmasters International.

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Realizing a global movement 📣 Colombe Cahen-Salvador, Andrea Venzon & Laura Giani, NOW!

An interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Kevin Huynh with Colombe Cahen-Salvador, Andrea Venzon, and Laura Giani, the leaders behind NOW! a global, digital-first movement bringing people from all over the world together to tackle global issues. Colombe and Andrea forged the movement as co-founders and Laura is a volunteer turned campaign manager.

We talked with them about finding a common call to action: the common reason WHY your people continue you to show up.

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Supercharging grassroots political action in our communities 📢 Nicole àBeckett, SameSide

An interview hosted by Marjorie Anderson, “Get Together” correspondent, and Bailey Richardson with Nicole àBeckett, the co-founder and CEO of SameSide, a platform making grassroots political action more accessible.

We talked with Nicole about empowering hosts to infuse their existing events with purposeful and participatory actions around causes they care about.

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LIVE Interview! “Going Virtual” 👩🏻‍💻 Carla Fernandez & Mary Horn, The Dinner Party

A live interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Kevin Huynh with Carla Fernandez, co-founder, and Mary Horn, community manager, of The Dinner Party, a worldwide community of 20- and 30-somethings who have each experienced the loss of a loved one.

We talked with Mary and Carla in front of a live Zoom audience about how this year they’ve transitioned Dinner Parties taking place around the world to virtual tables, and added 70 new tables in the process.

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Growing a restorative community 🌱Jodianne Beckford, Noire Girls Plant

An interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Marjorie Anderson, “Get Together” correspondent, with Jodianne Beckford, founder of Noire Girls Plant which provides resources that cater to healing and maintaining mental health through the caretaking of plants.

Jodianne leaves us with an important reminder: don’t be afraid to start the community you’re looking for.

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Crowdsourcing scenes 🤣 Charlie Todd, Improv Everywhere

An interview hosted by Maggie and Bailey with Charlie Todd who formed Improv Everywhere, a comedic performance art group based in New York City. They aim to delight strangers through positive pranks.

We talked with Charlie about why people participate in these weird, wonderful prank missions and what has kept him energized over 19 years running Improv Everywhere.

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Rallying allies ✊🏾 Nate Nichols and Steffi Behringer, Allyship & Action

An interview hosted by Bailey and Kevin with Nate Nichols and Steffi Behringer of Allyship & Action. Over the past year, their creative production house, Palette Group, has met uncertainty with community building—creating the Freelancers Cyber Summit to make sense of the ad industry during the pandemic and Allyship & Action in response to George Floyd’s death.

We talked with Nate and Steffi about the role of storytelling, brand, and live events in bringing people together for collective action.

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