Donna Walker Kuhne: The Power of Building Audiences

First Online With Fran · Feb 27, 2026 · 34m

As I've traveled around the world to teach, speak, and lecture about audience development, in particular, Africa, is that what I've learned is that at the end of the day, people want to feel welcome, they want to have a good time, even if it's something that made them want to laugh, but to feel like, 'Wow, this was thought-provoking, this was interesting, and to feel that I made a good choice coming. And maybe I met someone that I didn't know.' I learned how class, particularly in America, is such a barrier for people to feel they belong.

~Donna Walker-Kuhne

Donna Walker-Kuhne is an…