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Get Together

People & Company, Kai Elmer Sotto, Maggie Zhang, Mia Quagliarello, Bailey Richardson, Kevin Huynh

A show about ordinary people building extraordinary communities.

"Get Together" is hosted by the team at People & Company and our correspondents Mia Quagliarello, Maggie Zhang, Marjorie Anderson, and Whitney Ogutu.

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  • #74
    Mar 22, 2021 · 42 min

    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 starti

  • #72
    Mar 8, 2021 · 43 min

    Meet the huge, leaderless web of fans fueling BTS 🎶 Ashley Hackworth, BTS A.R.M.Y.

    An interview hosted by Mia Quagliarello, Maggie Zhang, and Mira Zhang (Maggie’s little sister) with Ashley Hackworth, a savvy community builder who’s a leading force in A.R.M.Y. (adorable representative MC for youth), the K-pop supergroup BTS’s incredibly loyal, benevolent, and powerful fan base. We talked with Ashley about how fans gather initially around BTS’s music, and then stay and unite for bigger causes.

  • #71
    Mar 1, 2021 · 43 min

    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.

  • #70
    Feb 22, 2021 · 37 min

    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."

  • #69
    Feb 15, 2021 · 36 min

    Wastin’ away in retirement paradise 🍹 Adam Bedoian, Margaritaville

    An interview hosted by Bailey Richardson with Adam Bedoian, the Community GM at Latitude Margaritaville in Daytona Beach. It’s one of Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville-themed retirement communities. We talked with Adam about how the beloved song comes to life, and how to build a thriving community of neighbors.

  • #68
    Feb 8, 2021 · 31 min

    A band of 500 modern day superheroes 💍 Chris Turner, The Ring Finders

    An interview hosted by Mia Quagliarello with Chris Turner, the founder of The Ring Finders. Chris has built an online directory of 500 independent metal detecting specialists in 22 countries that volunteer as sleuths in search of lost rings. We talked with Chris about a community of people that come together for a simple, altruistic reason--the smile when a ring is recovered.

  • #67
    Feb 1, 2021 · 48 min

    Building real bonds amongst diverse groups of strangers 💖 Sophie Mona Pagès, LVRSNFRNDS

    An interview hosted by Marjorie Anderson and Kevin Huynh with Sophie Mona Pagès, the founder of LVRSNFRNDS, a community platform where strangers come to know each other through live conversations on everything modern relationships. We talked with Sophie about how to start such conversations—finding strangers and guiding their early connections—and transferring those connections online.

  • #66
    Jan 25, 2021 · 40 min

    Connecting over the food & family we love 🍲 Sarah Leung, Woks of Life

    An interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Maggie Zhang with Sarah Leung, the eldest daughter of the Leung family who started the blog The Woks of Life. The family of four started the blog to stay connected while living oceans apart. We talked with Sarah about role modeling stories and conversations to spark a greater community.

  • #65
    Jan 18, 2021 · 37 min

    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.

  • #64
    Jan 11, 2021 · 44 min

    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.

  • #63
    Dec 22, 2020 · 38 min

    A home 30 years in the making 🏡Ceyenne Doroshow, G.L.I.T.S.

    An interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Najva Sol with Ceyenne Doroshow, Founder/CEO of G.L.I.T.S. which stands for Gays and Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society. We talked with Ceyenne about how she is creating sustainable, safe housing, and cultivating the next generation of Black transgender leaders in the process.

  • #62
    Dec 14, 2020 · 52 min

    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.

  • #61
    Dec 7, 2020 · 49 min

    How a movement took over LinkedIn 🗺Anna McAfee, #LinkedInLocal

    An interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Mia Quagliarello with Anna McAfee of #LinkedInLocal. We talked with Anna about the organic movement she sparked to connect the “people behind the profiles” on LinkedIn. At its height, #LinkedInLocal had more than 1,000 hosts leading events in 650+ cities across 92 countries.

  • Dec 5, 2020 · 24 min

    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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