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Hey all,Welcome to episode 4 with Kathryn Finney. Without writing a bunch of words, I’ll let my video do the talking: And here’s my conversation with Kathryn. Hope you enjoy:  With love,Paul 📺 You can watch more of the interviews in the Meaningful series here. You’ll find short films, interviews, and stories that help you become a brand that matters. 

Hello my friends! My name is Gabi and I'm the new Community Advocate here at Typeform! I just joined the company and couldn’t be more excited about being part of this fantastic community!  I’m a big believer in the power of community and that’s why I couldn’t resist the temptation to join this project. Together we’ll keep growing a friendly, exciting and useful space for all Typeform creators to exchange ideas, solutions and, more importantly, some jokes (I’m a big fan of dad jokes!). I’m Brazilian but I’ve been living in the Old Continent (aka Europe) since 2017. I’m very passionate about traveling and new cultures, so I can’t wait to get to know more about you and your culture. I’ve lived in Canada, Ireland, Brazil, Italy and Portugal. Now, thanks to Typeform, I’ll soon be making a move to lovely Spain!  In my previous life, I worked as a Sports Journalist and, like most Brazilians, I’m a little bit obsessed with football. Feel free to open a topic in the community to test my knowled

Hey y’all. A little late on this one, but we’re back with episode 3. I did an interview with Bejamin Zander a few months back. Here are the reasons I wanted to interview him (besides his zest for life)  And pleased to present to you, Maestro Benjamin Zander (full interview below)  Enjoy

Happy July community 🌞 June’s Round Up comes a little late - things have been particularly busy at Typeform in the past weeks and it was hard to find a few minutes to sit down and reflect about the past month 🧘🏽‍♂️ Perhaps the most important event of the last month was my birthday 🤣 My wife bought me cheese and wine (like every year) and my son made a very artistic drawing which I find ‘marvellous’. No idea what it means though.  Luca's drawing I can’t confirm this information, but I heard that once Picasso said:  It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.  Needless to say, my son already has better painting skills than me.  June was Pride Month and that’s possibly the most remarkable thing about last month - not my birthday. Shout out to our very own @Pep Sanz  who wrote this great post in the community. Pep did an incredible job at raising awareness within Typeform about the importance of Pride Month and diversity in the workspace.  Regardi

Hey, happy Monday and welcome to episode 2 of Meaningful, featuring Adam Lisagor. He might not be a well-known name, but you may recognize his face on TV commercials, and his very popular product explainers, like this one and this one. Well, in case you’re still wondering why I interviewed him, I explain here:   And of course, the interview, for your viewing pleasure:  Enjoy everyone Paul

Hey all,Last year, we started Meaningful, a web series on what it takes to build a brand that matters. Why meaningful brands? Because meaningful brands outperform the average brands across all key metrics, including profitability. “Yeah, Paul, we get that, but why is Typeform talking about meaningful brands?” Well, because when we did some deep research of our most loyal customers, we found that people generally use Typeform and VideoAsk for one of two reasons: People care about looking on-brand. You can customize the look and feel of their typeforms (even down to customizing every single question), and VideoAsk couldn’t be more on-brand as it is because it features you, the face of your respective brand. People want to deliver the best on-brand experiences. We found that people really love delivering the best possible experience to their audience, even if it is through a utility like forms, surveys, quizzes, and various ways of exchanging information.  Bottom line is brand is more rel

We’re ‘the fun’ people. Or, at least, that’s what other departments think of us, the Employee Engagement Specialists at Typeform. As much as we love that label; for us, engagement goes beyond that. This often involves raising awareness of important issues along with other teams for the company and the employees. With these efforts, we want to create a space where meaningful conversations can happen. Pride Month is one of the topics we need to raise awareness for. It is an opportunity to embrace and celebrate diversity. It is also a moment to reflect and realize society still has a long way to go.  Diversity is much more than changing a company's logo colours for a month. Typeform believes that a company should actively promote diversity and enable employees to be their true selves at work. That's why this month, we are launching many external and internal initiatives, such as the creation of a global and local resources page for LGBTQIA people for our employees and a little message and

Hey community   I’m Elinor Samuelsson and together with Sofie Wahlström, we are the founders of BrightAct. Find out about our design sprint and if curious watch our Meaningful Conversations talk. The Silent Voices you Don't Hear If you know 3 women, at least 1 will be subjected to sexual or physical violence in her lifetime. There are still many families who suffer in silence, where less than 60% seek help of any sort.  Typeform has joined forces with BrightAct to change this. BrightAct - Tech to Address Domestic Violence BrightAct is a Swedish  impact startup that builds thoughtful tech to break the cycle of domestic violence, globally. Our mission is to save lives and help families living in unsafe homes.  We do this by gathering all support in one place, so it's available wherever you are, whenever you need it. We design apps to guide help seekers to safety, and build a platform to bring the public sector, help organisations and academia together to innovate for society .  Introduci

There are many examples of brands creating special moments, but you need to create your own. Here are two examples to learn from:  If you’ve designed a special moment, feel free to share your example so others can learn.Let’s make every interaction count.Paul

Keeping it simple, today. Here’s how I think about brand strategy. Hope it’s helpful.  Paul

I was challenged by a friend to do a quick presentation on why diversity matters for business. So, I made a short video. But let’s be clear. It doesn’t just apply to hiring. Think about what travel experiences do for you. Or think about traveling without traveling (reading, or some other immersive experience) and meeting with people who aren’t like you, etc.   Of course, you can always read McKinsey’s study on Diversity here. The point is, expose yourself to different ways of thinking, different perspectives and personalities, and different cultures & behaviors than yours.Just keep an open mind and your world, the world, benefits.Paul

Happy June folks 😎 Another month gone. Time flies when you are busy and working on great things.  We launched our community on January the 26th so we are now four to five months in this journey. This space keeps growing and I can’t wait until we reach the 5,000 member mark. I know, it’s just a number, but my ambition was to reach 5,000 by June and it looks like we are pretty much on track! June is Pride Month   and our colleague Tomi is driving some really cool content on social media. Make sure to follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and all those other platforms. This is a recent example of one of our LinkedIn posts. Shout out to Typeform’s designer @Debi for this fab illustration for the campaign:   In May we kicked off an initiative called Typeform Love, which is a formal way to say thank you to our most valuable community members. So, if you have received a typeform by our one and only Mariana, you should be hearing from us at some point in the coming weeks. I’m sure you are

Not much to say that’s not said in the video. I think there’s many ways to unpack this…  

Thinking about the people who power our businesses today. We all want to bring our best self to work, but there are so many things that get in the way, so many friction points, and so much politics and ego to wade through.But it doesn’t have to be that way.Employees are people, too. If we give the same attention EX as we do to UX, and help people do their best work despite the challenges and obstacles in their way, we would’ve done a great thing for the overall bottom-line, sure -- but people also leave their workday behind with a sense of pride and accomplishment, thus impacting their home and community as an extension of a company’s potential impact.#peoplefirst 

Hello dear community  I'm James and I'm a community content specialist here at Typeform. Since you made it here to our community I'm pretty sure you're doing some neat stuff with Typeform – or at least you're planning to. We'd love to hear what you've been doing with Typeform, so we can elevate your creations along with your tips and insights to inspire and educate our community. We'll be sharing the most amazing 'typeform stories' here in the community and our social media channels.  It'll be a great way to get some virtual back slaps for the hard work you've put in – and expose your business to our community.  We may also be interested in featuring your story in a blog article, podcast, webinar, or even a documentary! Examples of the sort of cases we've featured before:* How Typeform's Support team creates automated ticketing reports * How Rostr saved four hours a week by integrating Typeform and Automate.io * Meet the lead generating quiz that reshaped CurlMix's hair care business*

We’re back at it with Office Hours! Nico and I are hosting an Office Hours session April 29th at 8am PST, so bring your questions! Office Hours are your chance to ask questions to the Typeform team live and learn from others who are using Typeform, too.  Not sure what to ask about? Here are some ideas to get you started:   Get your technical questions answered: tell us about your quandaries around APIs, embedding, integrations – or whatever is puzzling you.  Show and tell: built something cool with Typeform? We'd love to see your solution, so feel free to come along and share Ask us anything: Curious about anything Typeform-related? Ask away!   Drop a comment below if you have anything you’d like to learn this week – or if you want to share something you've built with the crew for feedback. You can find all the event details, including how to join, here.  

Hey Community,  This is @David Leon and me, coming at you with some pretty cool news about a new project we're working on at Typeform: SHIFT!  So, what is Shift? We're glad you asked. Shift is a new Typeform series that sheds light on Typeform customers that are doing great things for their community and in doing so, making the world just that much better. The Shift series will pair short and powerful documentaries with long form articles that will offer a truly reflective narrative of our customers and their journeys. Why are we doing this? We want to learn what it takes to be a truly meaningful brand and offer those who are working through this, a stage in which to share their stories and inspire others. Creating a shift in someone’s perspective can be hard work. We chose to name this series Shift because it signifies the change the people we will portray want to see in the world, or the personal struggle they have overcome by shifting their outlook. It's also the result we would lik

Hello and welcome to part three in our series on Meaningful Conversations—our free, virtual, two-day event that’s happening in just over a week on April 20 + 21, 2021! If you want to start from the beginning you can read part one here and part two here. And if you want to register for our upcoming event—which I very much hope you do!—you can sign up for free here. This week, I’m excited to once again take you behind the scenes and share more about a parallel stream of events we’ll be running alongside the conversations we talked about last week. In addition to hearing from individuals and thought leaders on a range of topics that we feel are worth discussing, given everything that’s been going on around us for the last year plus, we’ll also be hosting a series of interactive workshops that aim to teach our attendees about our products—Typeform, VideoAsk, and/or Chat. These will all be taught by Typeform team members, customers, or a combination of both. Read on to see what community me

I spent 15 years working in the food + beverage industry. I’ve been a server, a line cook, a bartender, a greeter. I’ve worked in catering, on a food truck, built restaurants from the ground up. I’ve written about food in print and online, and even briefly hosted my own cooking show. Perhaps you’re reading this and thinking, “She must really like food.” Well, that’s true—I do. But that’s not why I was so drawn to the food industry. Many people who work in the F+B industry don’t do it because they love food—it’s more personal than that. Food brings people together. Great conversations happen around great meals. There’s a special kind of joy, a wonderful closeness, that emerges when people connect around a dining table. And that is why I was so drawn to working in food.  I have always believed, deeply, in the power of conversation to forge connections. When I was younger, that took the form of bringing people together over food. Now, I have the chance to do that at Typeform. If you’re st

Hello and welcome to part four, the last chapter in our series previewing Meaningful Conversations—our free, virtual, two-day event that’s kicking off TOMORROW, April 20th! If you want to start from the beginning you can read part one here, part two here, and part three here. And if you want to register for our upcoming event—which I very much hope you do!—you can sign up for free here. This week, I want to shine the spotlight on what’s happening—and has happened for the last 4+ months—behind the scenes. This event would not be possible without the incredible, awe-inspiring team that’s dedicated so much time and energy to bringing this baby to life. Thank you all, from the bottom of my heart. An event like Meaningful Conversations takes a village. Typeform has no formal events team, which means that we all did this in addition to our full time jobs. I mean this when I say it—this is an event that comes from the heart and I hope it resonates with you too.  I've kvelled about our speaker

Howdy!March went really fast, it kind of slipped through my fingers which I guess it means we have been pretty busy here at the Typeform Community HQ.  Here are some community achievements that I’d love to share with you all:  We’ve reached 3,000 creators - woohoo! We are not far from reaching 1,000 community conversations! (aka topics started). On a weekly basis we have about 1,500 visiting the community already - keeps going up! Google is loving our community - at the moment our community content gets about 1,000 impressions a day on Google. Let’s remember we only launched about 10 weeks ago,  As usual had some great engagement from the Typeform team, including: Meaningful Mondays -@paul  started every week on a meaningful note with his thought-provoking discussion points.Webinar: The art of outcome quiz engagement -@amy.carlson ran a live workshop explaining how to use logic to build engrossing quizzes.Integrations Digest -@rachelmkalt gave an update on a couple of interesting

Well, well, well. Only after 64 days since launch date, our lovely Typeform online community has already reached 3,000 creators And that deserves a Cartlon Banks dance.   Im super grateful for everyone who has joined so far, we are growing and have plans to grow this place even further to help you all connect and - As @James - be badass at making typeforms. Creator 3,000 was either @jnewnam or @WebCars Group - can’t be 100% sure about it. Anyhow, thanks both for joining!Keep joining folks, we can’t wait to see what you are building. 

Last week we announced that our upcoming event, Meaningful Conversations, was officially live, and to celebrate I shared a bit about my why—why I do what I do, why I ended up at Typeform, and why I’ve poured so much of my heart and soul into our Meaningful Conversations event. If you missed that article, you can read it here. This week, I’m excited to take you behind the scenes and share more about how we’ve organized our event, and what conversations we’ll be having across the two days of Meaningful Conversations—April 20 + 21, 2021. Some months ago, a core group of us gathered around a virtual white board for 4+ hours to begin to workshop the event. All that we knew coming in was that we wanted to host an event that was called “Meaningful Conversations”...and that was basically it. We started the workshop by openly sharing our most memorable conversations. Some of us talked about hearing the stories of people who’d come from a rough past and, through sheer willpower and mental fortit

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