Networking Like a Scrum Reporter: Why Don Martelli Builds Community Everywhere He Goes

Don Martelli is a strategic communications, public affairs, and business growth professional with more than 25 years of experience centered on one core principle: trust drives results. A former journalist, he is the founder of PR Bunker, a Boston-based crisis communications and reputation management firm, as well as SBGA, NPO Start-up, and Mission Engine, programs that help small businesses and nonprofits grow through stronger relationships and community engagement. He also leads user education, PR, and social media at Alignable and hosts The PR Bunker Podcast, which has surpassed 100 episodes. Beyond his professional work, Don is deeply involved in his Revere, Massachusetts community, serving as chair of the public library board, president of the chamber of commerce board, and a member of the committee overseeing the city’s new high school. He also handles PR and strategic partnerships for NexusGaming and is a competitive gamer. Across all of his work, Don focuses on building communities, protecting trust, and connecting the right people. Links Website: https://prbunker.com The Anti-Networking Playbook (Substack): https://prbunker.substack.com The PR Bunker Podcast (YouTube): https://youtube.com/@prbunkerllc LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/donmartelli X: https://x.com/BigGuyD Instagram: https://instagram.com/bigguyd Threads: https://threads.net/@bigguyd TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@bigguyd Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bigguyd.bsky.social Plug In Show Notes If you’re enjoying Entrepreneur’s Enigma, please give me a review on the podcast directory of your choice. The show is on all of them and these reviews really help others find the show. Listener Survey: https://gmwd.us/ee-survey iTunes: https://gmwd.us/itunes Podchaser: https://gmwd.us/podchaser TrueFans: https://gmwd.us/truefans Also, if you’re getting value from the show and want to buy me a coffee, go to the show notes to get the link to get me a coffee to keep me awake, while I work on bringing you more great episodes to your ears. → https://ko-fi.com/entrepreneursenigma Support me on TrueFans.fm → https://gmwd.us/truefans. Support The Show & Get Merch: https://shop.entrepreneursenigma.com Follow Seth Online: Instagram: https://instagram.com/s3th.me LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sethmgoldstein/ Seth On Mastodon: https://indieweb.social/@phillycodehound The Marketing Junto Newsletter: https://MarketingJunto.com Host/Producer/Booker: Seth Goldstein of Goldstein Media LLC Podcast Network: Marketing Podcast Network AI Disclosure: The only thing that is AI generated is the intro voice guy and any long transcripts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.