Participation commentary

Join our Aug 6 Community (Wine) Call – with Ashli Komaryk
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...

IOVIA Community Call – July 9 – with Matt Moreau of the Earth Group
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...

Done with Facebook? Here’s what’s next.
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...

This week’s Community Call: Building trust in times of crisis and uncertainty
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...

A six-step process for brands to build purpose-driven communities during a crisis
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...

IOVIA Community Call – May 14 – with Nabeelah Shabbir of The Correspondent
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...

Community engagement made right: Turning strategy into culture
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...

IOVIA Community Call – April 30 – with Alicia Soulier
We’d love you to join this week’s Community Call where we will be in conversation with Alicia Soulier from SalonScale Technology. Alicia is a first-time tech founder who has created an advanced hair salon back-bar solution software that is quickly gaining traction....

IOVIA Community Call – April 23 – with Matt Lane from BeerBods
We'd love you to join this week's Community Call where we will be in conversation with Matt Lane from BeerBods. We'll be discussing the innovative BeerBods subscription and live tasting model, along with the importance of community for the business. The call takes...

IOVIA Community Call – April 16 – You’re invited
"Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked." Warren Buffet We'd love you to join this week's Community Call where we will be discussing the changes we expect for brand marketing, post-COVID. We wrote about them...