In today’s episode of the Find Calm Here Podcast Sheri Bennefeld shares how entrepreneurs can create powerful interactive virtual experiences to build an engaged community.
Since 2012, as the founder of Way Beyond Ordinary, she teaches business owners, educators, and entrepreneurs the proven action steps for designing an effective virtual course, delivering highly engaging programs, and producing memorable virtual experiences with ease. Sheri has a passion for developing programs that impact lives in a lasting way.
She believes the only way to make this impact is to engage the whole person- mind, body and spirit. She teaches leaders how to install instructional design best practices, brain science methodologies, and most of all fun when creating experiences that change the way audiences think, act and live their lives.
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During this episode we discuss:
8:44 Sheri shares how she bonded in a learning community which really inspired her to participate in and engage more with online communities.
12:26 Spending time to create a great event, being creative with names for accountability meetups, and hosting games with community and/or course content.
20:03 Sheri shares the importance of providing virtual event instructions for creating experiences and interaction with attendees. Setting expectations upfront on the registration page gives the host and the participant a better understanding of what they will experience.
28:30 How we met in Athena Village during a Biz talk session, which is a monthly community open forum for members who want to chat about ideas, get feedback, and talk about their business.
35:40 Speaking the language of someone who has no idea about the event when creating the registration and promotional copy for landing pages and event invitations.
41:02 Using objects to have fun playing “show-and-tell” by getting to know others during an event and how that can lead to a better understanding of people in the community.
About Find Calm Here -
Deb Schell is the founder of Find Calm Here LLC, an online consulting agency supporting entrepreneurs, founders, creators, and speakers as they build, launch, and grow a paid online membership. As a community strategist, Deb helps clients find calm in the community-building process through the CALM Method of Clarity, Awareness, Learning, and Motion so that they can lead with energy, confidence, and purpose. She brings together entrepreneurs who feel overwhelmed with building, launching, and growing their paid on
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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