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Plant-based food brands will soon be growing exponentially in number. Nearly every week we hear about another startup that has landed major venture capital investment. $8 million for Daring Foods. $10 million for Sol Cuisine. $12 million for Good Planet Foods. $32...

Alicja Peszkowska, IOVIA's Community Strategist, talked to Emma Skipper about the process of designing an online space for a community to thrive, how the current pandemic changed the way communities form and grow, and what to keep in mind to ensure high levels of...

On this month's Community call we're talking with Emma Skipper. Emma is a community architect, strategist and writer. Her work focuses on the design of impactful human interactions and experiences (both on and offline). She is the current Global Community Lead for...

It's the heart of summer and our thoughts have turned... to wine. On this month's Community Call, we're joined by Ashli Komaryk, who will walk us through her work at the intersection of wine and community. We'll learn how wineries build their communities through...

We’d love you to join this month's Community Call where we will be in conversation with Matt Moreau of the Earth Group. The Earth Group exists entirely to provide food, water, and education to children globally. On the call, we'll hear Matt's story, learn more about...

The wave of brands pausing or abandoning Facebook advertising is growing. Unilever, Coca-Cola, Hershey, Verizon and Starbucks are just a few of the massive enterprises that have boycotted Facebook, after years of the company providing a platform for lies and hate...

We’d love you to join this week’s Community Call where we will be in conversation with Lisa Lambert and Rick Kitagawa of The Brightspot Trust. The focus of our discussion will be on how to build trust in times of crisis and uncertainty. The Brightspot Trust is a...

In 2020, we've seen crisis after crisis change how we work and live. And while any single problem may eventually recede into the background, the larger systemic issues across societies promise a future of regular shocks. Many of the brands we are speaking with are now...

On our upcoming May 14 Community Call, we’ll be joined by Nabeelah Shabbir, The Correspondent’s Conversations Editor. The Correspondent is an online platform for ‘unbreaking’ news, committed to collaborative, constructive, ad-free journalism. Their mission is to...

This post is by Alicja Peszkowska, an IOVIA Community Strategist. -- "Culture eats strategy for breakfast" -Peter Drucker Actions speak louder than words.  At IOVIA, we often talk (for example: here) about the importance of ingraining your community into the...