#12. How to Use Customer Feedback to Grow your Community with Alexis Dean
Your business should evolve from your customer feedback. ~ Alexis Dean
Alexis Dean is the Founder and Lead Steward of The Dovetail Community, a global organization of women on a mission to advance female entrepreneurship through generosity, collaboration, education, and unforgettable shared experiences like Dovetail Summit and Camp Dovetail.
With seventeen years of experience and education as a professional facilitator, trainer, consultant, educator, and speaker, she has worked in 21 countries with more than 100 corporate teams, non-profits, and school faculties.
She is a lover out of the outdoors and has one of the biggest hearts I know.
In This Episode, You Will Learn About:
Everything is a long game. It’s a marathon and not a sprint
Sustainable businesses grow sustainably
Business mistakes often come from trying to do things too quickly
Everything needs to be in a contract
A great community wants to see each other rise
Make yourself available for really honest feedback
A business should evolve from your customer feedback
Live events should be hands-on and experiential
If it’s your event, you need to be face-to-face with your attendees, so hire to have people run the behind-the-scenes
Nature is the biggest form of inspiration
How biomimicry inspires Alexis’s creative moments
Big trees have strong roots, which can weather any storm
Allow yourself to be bored
You need to say no more than you say yes
Resources:
Instagram: @alexis.dean
Website: Camp Dovetail
Being a WILD woman means
To think differently and openly. To not compete with other women. Wildness is openness and the freedom to see the world differently. - Alexis Dean
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