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Guest Talk with Janine Leger | Zuzalu: A First of Its Kind IRL Pop-up Community

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Janine Leger discusses Zuzalu, a first-of-its-kind IRL pop-up community she organized, and shares insights on building engaged communities. Her talk bridges protocol theory with practical community-building design, offering lessons relevant to how Summer of Protocols is scaling its own cohort and affiliate network.

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