Doing the work is hard, so why do it alone? We had some great discussions this week on our Escape Pod Zoom calls:

• Building in-person communities in new towns through volunteer work.
• My talk with artist David Speed about small scale IRL events, starting a podcast (and more).
• The weaver’s handshake?!
• Unstructured time at conferences can be more valuable than the speakers.
• Inviting authors onto a podcast despite being nervousness about it!
• Do podcasts really need to have a video element?
• “How to make your website your hub with AI taking traffic away from us little people?”
• Someone said out of 50 podcasts they subscribed to, four were active a year later

Can’t make the calls, but wanna be involved? Join our tiny email circles, made up of Social Media Escape Club members! Easy reply-all email conversations with great people. Reply to this email if you wanna join.

THIS WEEKEND!

◾ BREAK UP 💔 WITH SOCIAL MEDIA DAY – SPECIAL EVENT!
Delete an app or two (I’ll be deleting the Substack app) with others. Already deleted all the apps? Great – come support those who are just starting their journey!
ALSO: special treat for everyone who attends live
Saturday, February 14
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST
REGISTER: https://luma.com/sime7eyi

NEXT WEEK!

◾ CO-WORK ESCAPE POD
Come organize your desktop, update your website, write a newsletter, practice your guitar – two solid hours of communal working. Join for 30 minutes or stay the whole time!
Tuesday, February 17
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
REGISTER:  https://luma.com/bdqbvegm

◾ ESCAPE POD VIDEO CALL #107
Our regular weekly call where we get together and talk about work, our art, our projects, and figure out ways to make things work without social media being central to everything.
Thursday, February 19
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST
REGISTER: Members only, start a 30 day membership here

◾ MINI ESCAPE POD Q&A #30
Small group, so a great opportunity come with your questions and challenges.
Thursday, February 19
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM EST
REGISTER: Members only, start a 30 day membership here