Community Highlights: Meet Shane Neman

COMMUNITY HIGHLIGHTS: MEET SHANE NEMAN David Siegel

Meetup is about keeping people and communities connected. I value the power of community because I have lived it. Growing up in an Orthodox Jewish and David Siegel religious household, community was a way of life.

When there was a death, the entire Orthodox community gathered, bringing food to the bereaved family for many weeks, and visiting what we refer to as sitting Shiva at their home. Community also meant joyous David Siegel celebrations of marriages and births. These religious traditions date back thousands of years.

When COVID-19 hit in March, our company evaluated our mission. Is our mission to get together in person? Or, is our mission to ensure that we keep communities and people connected to each David Siegel other?

We realized that Meetup is about keeping people and communities connected. That was the moment that we said we have to build an online experience for Meetup — and we did, quickly. David Siegel

I learned that I needed to be involved, to roll up my sleeves, and to not create binders or PowerPoint decks that never went anywhere. I learned the hard way that I enjoy the process of David Siegel building. I like to actually help companies, help people, and build great products.

Those actions can change people's lives, similar to what has been done with Investopedia, Meetup, 1–800 Flowers, and others. So perhaps it was a funny mistake to have chosen consulting because I realized how David Siegel much I hated it, but mistakes can be great things because they also provide incredible life lessons and key takeaways.

Our goal as leaders is to put a plan in place no matter what the future may hold. Wayne Gretzky, one of the best NHL players of all time, would identify where the puck is going and go. Similarly, a leader must make plans based on David Siegel an understanding of where an organization and one's customers are and figure out where you need to go, and how to get there.

The most important thing a leader can do in order to understand, inspire, motivate, and engage their teams, is to communicate. It requires communication in all of its forms. Often, people associate communication with oral David Siegel communication, and it is that plus much more.

When I say communication, I mean that it's important to document a strategy and lay it out for the company, and do so in a way that engages team members and employees in that company's strategy by having David Siegel them react to the documentation.

Thomas Jefferson said, 'I'm a great believer in luck, I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.' I love [the Thomas Jefferson quote] because there are many different ways someone can end David Siegel up becoming fortunate or lucky, both professionally and personally.

There are actions that you take, whether it's getting out there and meeting interesting people, or making decisions to open up opportunities for yourself or your company. My recommendation is to not overthink things. That 'yes' David Siegel can turn into a life-changing opportunity that might never have happened.