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# Building Online Communities: Interview with Svi Ben-Elya about Elephant.org.il

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[![Svi Ben Elya](https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/images/00001-svi-ben-elya.JPG)](http://elephant.org.il/)

In this podcast, I talk with Svi Ben-Elya about [Elephant.org.il](http://elephant.org.il/). Elephant is an online community he and others created to empower technical communicators in Israel (originally in the city of Yokneam) with relevant salary information to make them more market savvy when they negotiate jobs.

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