Dear Bri: Community Strategy, Fiascos, and Drama

Bri Leever, Community Consultant, Strategist, and Founder at Ember.

Welcome to Dear Bri, an advice column for community conundrums, fiascos, and drama! In each episode, host and community strategist Bri Leever invites a guest community expert to respond to an anonymous letter from a real-life community creator in distress. From online community-building mishaps to community engagement tactics gone awry, this podcast delivers relatable stories and sound community strategy for navigating the chaos of digital communities—all with empathy, expertise, and a touch of drama. The mission? Helping community managers and community creators feel a little less crazy and a lot less alone while building thriving brand communities. You're in th...

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Dear Bri: Community Strategy, Fiascos, and Drama

Episodes (27)

Oct 7, 2025 How can community repair our polarized politics? With Rebecca Davis, Director & Producer of Join or Die
Aug 5, 2025 Part 2: What common mistakes should I avoid when setting up my community platform? (Solo Series)
Jul 29, 2025 Part 1: What’s the best all-in-one platform for building a paid community? (Solo Series)

Dear Bri: Community Strategy, Fiascos, and Drama

Oct 7, 2025
46 minutes
42 MB

In this episode, we’re hearing from Walking on Eggshells. Our letter today is from a community builder who wants to know how we can bridge the political gap in our families and communities when it all feels so impossibly polarized. To better help Walking on Eggshells, I invited the director and producer of the documentary Join or Die, Rebecca Davis, as my guest. This feature-length documentary is a commentary on the decline of social capital in the US over the last two decades and its implications for democracy. It can be scary and despairing to...

Dear Bri: Community Strategy, Fiascos, and Drama

How can community repair our polarized politics? With Rebecca Davis, Director & Producer of Join or Die

Bri Leever, Community Consultant, Strategist, and Founder at Ember.

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