Hi, I'm Beth Vanderkolk.
Building relationships and community is in my DNA, and I love to connect people with one another to do amazing things.
I'm best at reimagining the old, building the new, and forging alignment. I've spent the last 15 years creating new communities and content, forming advocacy and ambassador programs, and building customer-facing knowledge systems.
I thrive in the gray, and I believe that the relationships that we have and the communities that we build
around the work that we do is the key to how we sustain them.
I've been working remote and managing fully distributed teams since 2014.
I'm best at reimagining the old, building the new, and forging alignment. I've spent the last 15 years creating new communities and content, forming advocacy and ambassador programs, and building customer-facing knowledge systems.
I thrive in the gray, and I believe that the relationships that we have and the communities that we build
around the work that we do is the key to how we sustain them.
I've been working remote and managing fully distributed teams since 2014.
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2022 - present, Google, Austin, TX
I lead a team of 7 that cultivates and manages community forums in support of specific product and service offerings. 2021 - 2022, Mural, Remote As Director of Community, I led a team that focused on launching, building, and growing the Mural Community forum, creating community program strategy, measuring the success of the Community, and more. 2020 - 2020, GitLab, Remote At GitLab, I led and developed a remote and globally distributed team of 5 engaged Community Advocates. I defined and executed the strategy with which all GitLab team members can actively engage with the wider social community across 15+ platforms as the company scales. 2014 - 2020, InVision App, Remote My work played a critical role in educating and supporting customers and harnessing the power of community at InVision as the fully distributed company grew and raised a total of $235.2M in funding over 7 rounds. 2008 - 2014, VRBO, Austin, TX I rose quickly through the ranks at VRBO/HomeAway from a copywriter to launching 5 global Help Centers and a relaunch of their existing customer Community forum. Connect with me on LinkedIn. |
Authentic Leadership panel at the Within Retreat for women leaders in design
