Welcome to Community Divas

Welcome to Community Divas, a podcast about communities with hosts Eden Spodek and Connie Crosby.

Eden Spodek is the woman behind the ever-so-pink but not-for-women-only shopping blog Bargainista. In 2001, she launched Yabber.net, YTV’s first online community for tweens. Eden is passionate about social media and community building and put her passion to work as a member of the PodCamp Toronto organizing team and regular contributor to One Degree, a Canadian marketing industry blog. She’s been working in digital communications since 1995.

Connie Crosby is a law librarian and consultant specializing in social media. She blogs at conniecrosby.blogspot.com and is a core contributor to the Canadian law blog Slaw. She started her consulting firm Crosby Group Consulting in February 2008, and also teaches social networking tools to information professionals through the Professional Learning Centre at the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto. Connie works with Eden as a member of the PodCamp Toronto organizing team. She has been participating in online communities since 1986.

photo credit: Glow Bracelets on PAB Cruise by Andy Caster on flickr