The Importance of Community —with Melanie Aronson, Founder and CEO of Panion

Brief summary:

Melanie Aronson is the founder and CEO of Panion, an all-in-one community management platform that builds privacy, empathy and meaningful connection into online and offline communities. After researching integration at Lund University in Sweden, she birthed the idea of an app that would help facilitate meaningful connection between people. This idea launched her into the world she lives in today.  Listen in as Melanie shares, how her drive to reduce loneliness and increase a sense of belonging for all has driven her on her journey thus far.

Key insights from this episode: 

• (at 1:55) Melanie talks about her brainchild, Panion, how it differs from any other social platform and what value it can offer to its users. 
• (at 14:53) MA:  I felt like there were impacts I could make that could slightly change the world. And it's the same with products. I would never build a product that didn't somehow enhance people's lives in some way. It wouldn't drive me. 
• (at 19:00) Melanie shares how leadership has been the hardest part of her journey and how she’s developing in that area. 
• (at 31:51) Melanie shares a great tool for connecting an organization's mentors to mentees via her platform

RESOURCES & SOCIAL MEDIA:
*Melanie Aronson's LinkedIn
*MelanieAronson.com
*Panion

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