

When I transitioned from the non-profit space to the tech sector four years ago, I thought I had a solid definition and understanding of community. In fact, my first title at my current company was Community Engagement Specialist! Through my work at Relativity, I now have a more expansive...
When I transitioned from the non-profit space to the tech sector four years ago, I thought I had a solid definition and understanding of community. In fact, my first title at my current company was Community Engagement Specialist! Through my work at Relativity, I now have a more expansive view of community that, when harnessed, can help us achieve common goals.
You will walk away from this chat with:
Colleen Costello is the Head of Social Impact at Relativity, a Chicago-based software company. In this role, Colleen is responsible for the strategic design and implementation of Relativity’s corporate social responsibility programming. Prior to Relativity, Colleen was the Director of Development at Teach For America – St. Louis. She began her career as a middle and high school teacher and is passionate about education, technology, and workforce development.
How is Relativity different from other places you have worked previously?
How can I encourage my team and company to include community affairs efforts in our communications?
How do you handle people coming and going from the community?
How to leverage community to make a successful product? and how can you educate and (along the way) build that community on a new product you're making?
How do you encourage more diversity within communities without policing?
Do you split your time equally between building internal and external communities? If not, what drives you to spend more/less in each sector?
Is community the new way of sales?
How do you see the community evolving to keep employees connected to the organization in remote settings?
how do we network during a pandemic
1) How do you weight the importance of your internal community vs your external community in your decision making? 2) What tools do you use for understanding your community and providing...
How do you deliver difficult updates to a Community?
The current pandemic has completely changed the landscape of interaction. What recommendations do you have for engaging with the community and driving impact during this time?
Do you use any systems to track what employees are interested in supporting?
How important is experience working with community for transitioning from a highly tech product management role to becoming a head in sustainability? I have experience in environment...
How to break the ice if you’re new in town and can’t find any existing meetups or groups already discussing your topic of interest.
what questions do you ask to help id/define community values?
How can companies interact / outreach to their communities during these times?
I am myself someone who has worked in the non-profit space for around 2 years and I find it hard to showcase this experience as a competence building time in my career. Could you throw some light...
How can small business owners utilize their community in authentic ways to help grow their business?
What is step one towards building community
How do you build a community?
Is there any research around the best practices for the mix of IRL to virtual meetings and sharing when it comes to the community subject matter and/or demographic details of the members?
How can you transform an engaged female community on social media to clients for your business?
Interested in knowing, can individuals who have tech ideas in mind partner or apply with Relativity for support?
Suggestions for how to build a community of people of both internal and internal employees (who will have different levels of commitment to company goals). Also when wanting to build a community...
How do you encourage organizations to look at the social impact on a community in addition to the bottom line?
What are your thoughts on the future of work. Inclusion and UBI? Not necessarily as one theme but independently.
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