You're listening to the Creating a Brand podcast. I am your host, Alex San Felipe. As you know,

I am passionate about building community that goes without saying at this point. But I first

discovered this passion when I was in my early 20s. My wife and I built a small group network within our

church. We started with just the two of us and ended up to almost 100 group leaders with over

a thousand people attending groups every single week. It was seriously incredibly part of and we saw

so many lives changed. We saw just true connection happening. And this is when I discovered this

passion for creating community. However, the landscape for community building has changed over the years.

We went from in-person, which I believe was true connection and powerful, to big social media,

which maybe at first ended up being really healthy, but it's turned into a bit of a monster

in today's world.

People more just want to share their opinions, find the things about you they don't like,

and then also just kind of hate on what you're doing. So it's become a very dangerous thing in my mind. So, but the future is looking

very positive thanks to my guests today. Today I'm interviewing one of my heroes. Her name is

Gina Biancini. She is the founder and CEO of a company called Mighty Networks. It's a community

building platform, which helps companies build an audience around their unique focus. I want to bring Gina on the show today, talk about

the future of online community and what it means for people that are creating brands. This

interview is eye-opening. It's going to get you thinking about the future of online community

and connection and what it can do for you. So here's my exciting interview with Gina Viankeen.

Gina, thank you so much for being on the podcast today. Thank you for having me.

I'm so excited about this interview because you and I are both people that are passionate about

community. And I can't wait to get into this conversation with you

today. I kind of wanted to just start off with talking about community in general. I know that

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