Courage, community, and coming out over and over. Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of LGOtv with special guest, Shane Feldman. Shane Feldman believes community is the answer to every question, and the solution to every problem.
Shane Feldman – Entrepreneur, Frequent Flyer, Gay Best Friend.
Recognized by The White House, Prime Minister of Canada, and United Nations for his achievements in community leadership, Shane Feldman helps leading brands optimize team culture, leadership, engagement and retention.
Shane is the founder of COUNT ME IN, the world-renowned social entrepreneurship incubator and community of 10.2M people across 104 countries. Started as a small project out of Shane’s high school locker, over the past 10 years COUNT ME IN has launched more than 30,000 ventures worldwide, contributing a value of over $2.6 billion to the global economy through service.
Having researched community leadership and human behavior in 28+ countries, Shane has uncovered universal strategies that make teams click and businesses thrive.
Shane has been featured by Larry King, Dr. Oz, Forbes, People Magazine, and is the subject of a TV series from A&E
Timestamps: 0:54 10.2M people across 100 countries 2:12 What is community in covid? 3:00 Community isn’t something you find, it’s something you build 5:07 “We are not our history, but we still need to learn from it to transcend it” 7:05 Sawubona 12:09 So…how did you get so wise? 14:08 My 1st event I was hoping for 50 people and just under 400 showed up 18:05 From 400 people to 1.2 million 19:29 The Prince Phillip Idea – Why don’t we stream the event? 22:04 Find a way to pay yourself 30:53 Asking questions to minimize the trial and error periods 31:35 Turns out going through puberty is a lot harding than managing a business organization 33:54 When I left my room I was a hollowed out masked version of me 37:10 The difference between coming out vs. inviting in 41:05 Deciding to use my platform to speak out was less about courage and more about the fire burning inside 49:50 People never end up sitting in the shade where they plant trees 52:18 We don’t have mentors to look up to like the next generation will 55:36 I thought my email from Oprah was a mass mailing
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