Build Your Tribe with Bao Bao Chen
“When you have a dream, draw a circle as big as you can so there is space for others to come in, be very open to the unexpected.”
Summary of Episode:
Jenn speaks to Taiwanese producer and Co-Founder of Small Island Big Song, Bao Bao Chen on how to find your tribe or build one! A vivid storyteller and fluent in English and Mandarin, Bao Bao has a social media following of 130K+, and has been invited to speak at TEDx, APAP NYC, Stanford Live, and numerous arts festivals regarding her Small Island Big Song. She shares with us her humble upbringings in Taiwan, how her adventurous soul took her to Mongolia and Australia where she met her husband and business partner Tim and what it took for them to build this company an work with talented musicians from Austronesian islands connecting cultures, stories and songs for the world to hear.
During my backpacking years, you meet a lot of people on the road, but you don’t really get a chance to do more than that. When you are building a family, you really have to not just begin a relationship, you need to maintain a relationship. That in itself is a very fun and challenging process.
About Bao Bao Chen:
Bao Bao Chen is the co-founder and producer of Small Island Big Song. Having produced ’Small Island Big Song’ concert, albums, documentary, as well as curating world tours across 17 countries in Europe, the USA, Asia and Oceania, involving up to 13 artists from 8 Indo-Pacific island nations, BaoBao is one of Taiwan’s most prominent producers of cross-cultural arts projects and an ISPA (International Society for the Performing Arts) fellow 2023-25.
A vivid storyteller and fluent in English and Mandarin, she has a social media following of 130K+, and has been invited to speak at TEDx, APAP NYC, Stanford Live, and numerous arts festivals.
