{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What Works","title":"EP 198: Finding A New Opportunity To Serve With Abundance Practice Building Founder Allison Puryear","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2143,"description":"\n\n\n\n\nThe Nitty-Gritty:\n\n\n\n* How a conversation at a networking event planted a seed for Abundance Practice Building founder Allison Puryear* What the first business coaching program Allison led looked like* Why she knew this opportunity was the right thing to pursue* How Abundance Practice Building has grown and evolved since that first group\n\n\n\n\n\nI’d like to introduce you to Shannon Paris.\n\n\n\nToday, Shannon is our Director of Product for What Works. But when I hired her, I was hiring a community manager.\n\n\n\nI’d known Shannon for over 10 years. She and I had co-managed a Borders Books and Music until she left to join a company as a visual merchandiser in the fair trade industry.\n\n\n\nWhen she was looking for a new gig, I knew she was the right person for the job.\n\n\n\nBut, I’d be lying if I said it didn’t take some convincing on her part!\n\n\n\nShannon had never been a community manager before.\n\n\n\nShe didn’t know what the job entailed and she wasn’t necessarily steeped in the culture of the internet.\n\n\n\nWhat Shannon had, though, was extreme people skills. She’s a master of friendly matchmaking, professional networking, and team member buy-in. I also knew she was detail-oriented, focused on helping people feel like they belonged, and excellent at having difficult conversations.\n\n\n\nIn other words, I knew Shannon was the perfect community manager.\n\n\n\nLuckily, she trusted me enough to take the job. Not only does she make What Works Network members feel at home, connect them to resources, and help them turn their challenges into posts that get our whole community talking, she also makes The What Works Network hum like a well-oiled machine.\n\n\n\nI could see the seed of a community manager well before Shannon saw it herself and bloomed in the position.\n\n\n\nThat’s the funny thing about some seeds we plant as small business owners: sometimes it takes someone else to tell us something is starting to grow!\n\n\n\nThat was the case with Allison Puryear.\n\n\n\nAllison is now the founder of...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AmfGeDL96-fhMaeOcqmX7TK_eWrvTLco6OJj2QpZtZI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NGUx/OWY5ZDg1M2E5MmU3/ZjEwOWVmNDM3MWVh/ZjZlOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}