Caty Kobe of Nextdoor discusses #RandomActsofKindnessDay, how #Nextdoor helps ~ @nextdoor

Host Cyrus Webb welcomes back Caty Kobe of Nextdoor to Conversations LIVE to discuss how you can use Nextdoor to celebrate kindness.

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Episode Transcript

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could be with us as well.This is part of our music gon Use
segment here at WYD and today we'retalking about the importance of kindness. Too

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many times we forget the impact thatsimple gestures can make when it comes to
the lives of other people. That'swhy February the seventeenth is such a big
day. It's recognized this National RandomAcces of Kindness Days a great opportunity for
us to be able to celebrate andencourage everyone to spread some kindness in the
world around them. Here to talkto about how you all can be a
part of this year's event, butalso how you can use this as a

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way of connecting with your neighbors.We're excited to welcome back Kati Kobe to
our broadcast. You know, Katieas next Door the US market lead to
share with you guys some great ideasand let you know where to go for
more information as well. Katie,always a pleasure to speak with you.
Thanks for the time, of course, thanks much for having me. Glad
to do it. So for thosewho may just be hearing and saying,
what in the world it's National RandomActs of Kaidas Day, Katie, what

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should they know about this day andhow do they get started? Yeah,
Well, I think what folks willbe surprised to hear is that Random Act
of Kindness Day was actually first recognizedas an annual observance back in nineteen ninety
five. I mean, we've beendoing this for almost thirty years now,
which is wild. It takes placeevery year on February seventeenth, and the
whole point of it is to celebrateand recognize those small gestures that are really

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easy to do, because those arethe gestures that remind us that there's a
big impact that we can make inthe world. Such a great thing and
for those looking around and thinking aboutthis said their neighbors. Katie, what
tips do you have for neighbors whowant to celebrate this year in their neighborhood.
I always like to remind people thatit's free to be kind, right,
so starting really small with just asmile or a wave, holding doors

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open for people. If you happento be out and about, maybe on
your commute or just driving around throughthe day and you're in some traffic,
someone is nice and lets you in, give them a wave in the rearview
mirror. Little things like that arejust quick and easy ways to show kindness
and appreciation. I also think it'sgreat to focus on what's close to home,
looking for those maybe easy chores tohelp with. Perhaps it's helping folks

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bring in their garbage cans or pickingup trash, or maybe like cleaning up
from like a recent storm. Ifyou do spend a little bit of money,
I love this is like my favoritething to do. I love to
go buy an extra cup of coffeein the morning and leave it behind me
for the person. I just thinkthat's like a nice way to give someone
else a little bit of joy intheir day. And I hope that they

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always pay it forward. Love thatand you're right, little things a great
reminder for people. And they weretalking about random acts of kindness, Katie,
But why do you think that askfor kindness or also something that may
be welcome by our neighbors. Yeah, well, asking for kindness or asking
for help is really important because peopleare not mind readers. If you need
help, no one's going to knowunless you ask. Like, think of

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you know, if there's something goingon in your backyard, maybe your tree
has like lost a limb and youneed help getting rid of it. Unless
you ask somebody, like, noone's going to know that you need that
support. So I think it's reallyreally great to ask for help and to
let people know what you need.I'll share with you a real quick example.
I was talking to a woman acouple of weeks ago in Pennsylvania.
She had just had a snowstorm,but under doctors orders, she was not

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able to shovel out her driveway becauseshe had some you know, lifting restrictions
that were preventing her from shoveling thesnow. So she posted on next door,
we have a hashtag asked for help. She posted using that hashtag,
and within fifteen minutes someone had messengermessaged her and confirmed that peminist Son would
be over later help her clean outour driveway, and sure enough, within

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the hour she had a clean drivewayready to go. So I think that
just just is a testament to thepower of asking for help when you need
it, Katie. Such a goodpoint, and especially for people who don't,
you know, they may feel like, you know, I don't want
to bother people, you know.I don't want people to think I can't
do something to know. I mean, people like the idea that they are
able to help. But I lovethe point that you made here that we're

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not mind readers, right, andunless someone does ask for that help,
it's really difficult sometimes to be ableto know about that. You mentioned the
couruse what she was able to dothrough next doors or Are there any new
features on nextdoor, Katie that canhelp neighbors recognize an honor one another this
way? Oh? Yeah, youknow, along with the asking for help
feature, we have a feature that'scalled Think a Neighbor, and it allows
you to create a very special kindof post where you know you can thank

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the person for whatever it is that'sgoing on. If you're able to mention
the person on next door, weactually send them a notification that lets them
know that they have been thanked,and then the post is going to show
up in the news speed looking almostlike a digital thank you card, so
to Speed. So that's also reallyspecial because you know, people love hearing
the good news, right and sowhen you share and kind of say thank

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you to so and so for helpingme out with this situation, other people
in the neighborhood get inspired, rightLike they'll come in and comment and say
like, oh, this is sosweet, great job, thanks for sharing,
and then also inspire those people togo out and do their own acts
of kindness elsewhere. So definitely lookfor that, think a neighbor feature.
Love that, Katie. You alwayscome through some helpful information. And again

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we want our audience and no Februaryto seventh is Random Acts of Kindness Day,
but always take advantage of those opportunitiesthat we have again, so Katie,
for our audience. Then they wantto find out more about the features
of nextdoor. Where can they gofor more information? Yeah, for more
information check out nextdoor dot com.You can also download the Nextdoor app in
the App Store the Google Play Store, free to download, free to use.

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We'd love to have you there allright, Katie. We'll make sure
we link it up for audience aswell. Katie, thank you, Thank
you again for the great work thatyou're doing and looking forward to one x
chat together. Thanks so much.Take care you as well, and we
think your audience are tuning in toanother great segment of Conversations Live until next
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