In this podcast, Lana Jelenjev shares her journey to becoming a community alchemist and learning design specialist with a solid background in training and education. She is the author of Community Builder: Designing Communities for Change and The 90 Day Action Planner, a Kickstarter-backed planner for creative entrepreneurs. Lana provides support in various areas related to ideation, curriculum design, community building, and personal development.

She is also the Director for Learning Design and Community for Dream See Do, an online learning and community-building platform for transformational leaders, NGOs, and community cultivators. Lana is also active in non-profit work, spearheading the educational campaigns for Neurodiversity Foundation, Shift Foundation, and She Dare. 

In this episode we discuss: 

• Starting with who when building community 

• Connecting with leaders to share in building a community together 

• Cultivating a community for change in the world, alignment with the vision for the future 

• The clarity to find calm for leaders to connect with each other 

• Community best practices 

• Launching a book with a collaborator 

• Connecting to “who am I” before starting a project, career change, or life commitment 

• Connecting Handfasting to possible business partnerships or collaborating 

• Book Recommendation: The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything