Natalie Audelo

@natalieaudelo

designing social architecture and community experiences that build trust, generate creativity, and encourage authentic human connection. exploring the healing power of play, movement, music and other integrative practices.

Your premise is the specific, defensible purpose for a project or your overall platform, pulled from your personal vision for your audience . Most work is too generic to resonate, too forgettable to become anyone’s favorite. But by developing our premise — and forcing ourselves to test just how differentiated it truly feels to others — we stand a g... See more
from How to Differentiate Your Ideas: The XY Premise Pitch by Jay Acunzo
She is a maestro of self-determination, of writing her own story
from TIME's Person of the Year 2023
building my own language library
“beauty is supposed to serve power’s interests.”
from Dating After Divorce Wasn't What They Said It'd Be — Gloria
power structures and dynamics
Today’s cult of convenience fails to acknowledge that difficulty is a constitutive feature of human experience. Convenience is all destination and no journey. But climbing a mountain is different from taking the tram to the top, even if you end up at the same place. We are becoming people who care mainly or only about outcomes. We ar
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from The Tyranny of Convenience by Tim Wu
You know, the reason, the reason that I made the hip-hop records that I made, I made them the “wrong way.” I didn’t have the baggage of the “right way.”
from Rick Rubin — Magic, Everyday Mystery, and Getting Creative by On Being
Nothing looks the way I thought it would look. Some of it has been more delightful than I expected, much of it has been more heartbreaking than I ever planned for — or thought I could survive. Yet here I am, living out the story that I am, at best, co-creating in collaboration with mysterious and invisible forces. It has been, at every turn, intere... See more
from LETTERS FROM LOVE — With Special Guest Pico Iyer!
loving the process
In addition to tracking the impact your program is having on the organizations you’re supporting and the beneficiaries they serve, track the halo effect your program is having on your own community .

I regret not integrating questions around how the existence of Airbnb.org impacted community members' decision to join Airbnb and their desire to cont... See more
from How to Activate your Community for Impact by David Spinks
community activation x social impact
What do you consider your greatest achievement so far?

Building a family. Building is a political philosophy – a very noble act. We talk a lot about the virtue of building in Silicon Valley, and for most people, family formation is the deepest and most tangible way in which they’ll experience building something from nothing that outlasts themselves... See more
from Modern Meditations: Katherine Boyle
loving the process
I would argue that the high standard for congruence among Japanese establishments plays a similar role in improving the quality of public life. Yes, tasteful establishments cater towards wealthier patrons, but they are key players in creating the city’s overall appeal, as most shop owners are working hard to provide “visual delight.” Japanese propr... See more
from On Taste and Congruence
building better neighborhoods & communal spaces

from How to Differentiate Your Ideas: The XY Premise Pitch by Jay Acunzo

from TIME's Person of the Year 2023

from Dating After Divorce Wasn't What They Said It'd Be — Gloria

from The Tyranny of Convenience by Tim Wu

from Rick Rubin — Magic, Everyday Mystery, and Getting Creative by On Being

from LETTERS FROM LOVE — With Special Guest Pico Iyer!

from How to Activate your Community for Impact by David Spinks

from Modern Meditations: Katherine Boyle

from On Taste and Congruence