The Community Strategy Podcast: The nexus where online community strategy meets intentionality

Episode 36: Find Calm dreaming big with Jayme Ward

May 23, 2021 Find Calm Here Season 1 Episode 36
The Community Strategy Podcast: The nexus where online community strategy meets intentionality
Episode 36: Find Calm dreaming big with Jayme Ward
Show Notes

On this episode of the Find Calm Here Podcast Jayme Ward, a youth empowerment advocate, self-proclaimed "impact seeker" shares her journey building communities.

She’s the Co-Founder & Executive Director of Far Away Friends, a nonprofit that partners with local leaders in rural Uganda to break cycles of poverty through access to quality education. 

Jayme is also a dynamic public speaker, social entrepreneur, and amplifier of sustainable, locally-led solutions to transform the world.

In this episode we discuss: 

4:18 Learning from others about global challenges and connecting to and helping others through communities in person, on the ground, and connecting that message to resonate 

7:05 Starting a business before you are ready, no need to have everything figured out, embracing the messy part of building a business 

14:40 Learning lessons from experiences, failing together to continue to make an impact 

16:22 Partnering together for lifting the quality of education for all schools by connecting with local leaders to collaborate for supporting each other and providing solutions. 

22:22 Advocate programs supported by teachers, platforms for connecting a global community online, and creating a safe space for many of the people who want to support the organization. 

25:07 Building a community with your members instead of for them, collaborating and getting clear on what they want by asking the members who will join and participate. 

33:03 Launching locally with a story that resonates with others who are identifying with the message and they will want to be a part of something bigger than themselves. 

36:05 The CALM Method of Clarity, Awareness, Learning, and Motion, being patient and sticking with the process to build and grow. 

“Your business is going to be bigger than your best dream for it, so where you are starting today might not be where you end up in ten years, it might be more magical than you can imagine so start before you are ready.”  - Jayme Ward

About Find Calm Here

I’m Deb Schell, creator, and host of the Find Calm Here Community, a Mighty Network.

Inside the Find Calm Here Community, I bring together Mighty Network Hosts who feel overwhelmed with launching a community, cultivating contribution, and creating an onboarding plan with the tools, resources, and support they need to find calm so that they can confidently create a community on the platform.

The FCH Community is now exclusively for Mighty Network Hosts so that they can find calm building a Mighty Network. Learn more about the tools & resources that I use with my clients to help you have a successful launch, grow your membership, and tackle any challenge with the support of peers in a safe space that’s affordable and enjoyable!

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The Community Strategy Podcast (CSP) offers interviews with online community leaders who share their community-building journey. Our podcast covers community concepts, community building, community strategy, community structure, community membership, and community management. We deep dive into the best ways to launch with platform reviews, give our thoughts on cultivating engagement, and the keys to identifying ideal members who will keep coming back and becoming super supporters.

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