
Madalina Neagu
@cristinaneagu
I build human-first, data-informed community systems that strengthen engagement, retention, and sustainable growth.
What I'm looking for
I co-founded We For Real, a training and consulting studio that helps organizations build engaged, sustainable communities through strategy, facilitation, measurement, practical playbooks, and scalable structures. In 2025, I designed and launched Romania’s first mapping of communities through the Community Diagnostic Report.
I also map startup-support ecosystems for the World Bank and lead impact measurement, global surveys, Power BI dashboards, and MEL frameworks at Impact Hub Network.
Across 15+ years in community building, I’ve designed onboarding and member journeys, trained community builders, facilitated events, and helped grow the Impact Hub Bucharest community by more than 1,000 members.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
We For Real is a training and consulting studio that helps organizations build engaged, sustainable communities. We blend strategy, facilitation, and measurement to turn purpose into practice: clear journeys, steward roles, host guilds, and tiny KPI dashboards that make learning a monthly habit. Our approach is human-first and data-informed: small moves that compound, practical playbooks over theo
Main responsibilities:
- Mapping the Romanian Startups Enablers Ecosystem
- Conducting data research and analysis for the national report: Enabling the Enablers : Building the - - - Capabilities of Romanian Startup Support Organizations
- Conducting quantitative and qualitative research, data analysis and interviews for various projects.
ÎntreVecini (intrevecini.ro)- - Between neighbors - Sustainable communities is a Bucharest-born nonprofit that helps neighbours turn apartment blocks and urban streets into sustainable, self-organising communities. We fund and mentor local “incubator” teams by offering micro-grants and guidance so residents can launch practical projects together (from green spaces to energy and shared activities)
Impact Measurement | Data Analyst & Global Survey Coordinator
Sep 2020 - Present (6 years)
Main responsibilities:
- Design, management, and implementation of Global Surveys
- Data analysis and Power BI dashboard creation
- Writing data insights reports
- Creation of Impact logic & Theory of change frameworks
- Design, creation and implementation of Measuring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) frameworks
Community building consultant
LOFF Ecosystems
Oct 2018 - Present (7 years 11 months)
I advice people or organisations about building and growing a community. This includes current state assessment, vision alignment, value proposition, strategy building, designing community processes, guidelines, roadmap and KPIs, members journey and offerings.
International Events Team - Global events management & Agenda co-designer
Jan 2015 - Dec 2021 (6 years 11 months)
ebbf is a global learning community that accompanies mindful individuals and groups through daily work and discourse
to transform business and the economy
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Community App Lead Implementation & Global Members Engagement
Sep 2019 - Sep 2020 (1 year)
Planning and execution of member engagement strategy
Leading a user engagement agency to deliver outputs complementing the defined strategy
Collaboration on new business initiatives
Delivering virtual hosting materials and webinars
Insights on content creation
Product development & redesign of the Community App interface & user journeys
Supporting the rollout of the Community App in the global
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Main responsibilities
- Analyse business data and advise data driven decisions
- Oversee business flows and propose optimization
- Analyze onboarding data and optimize the onboarding process
- Co-leadership of Impact Measurement COP (Community of Practice)
- Capacity Building: analyze data and prepare insights from Global Member Survey data, consult local Impact Hubs on their data, create content and webinars on Impact Measurement
- Support network engagement before and during the surveys
- Develop strategies for community growth, maximize member experience and enhance mechanisms for collaboration and feedback
- Managing relationships with various actors in the eco-business system: entrepreneurs, mentors, investors
- Responsible of the key relationships in our member community: member-to-member and company-to-member
- Co-creation and evaluation of membership structure and levels t
- Facilitate the relationship of members; take a keen interest in their ventures, their needs and offerings and connect them to relevant opportunities both locally and internationally
- Cultivate the member experience through community building practices
- Actively participate as a virtual host on our global social network and connect members to opportunities on the online platform
- Source Me
Worked as Project manager at roPot.
Feb 2009 – Sep 2011
Junior Accounts Payable Officer
Accenture Romania
Finance, Consultancy
Financial Department - Payments, Reporting and Financial Analysis on Financial Statements in 10 Countries.
Achievement: innovation of the internal invoicing process, which reduced the team's working time by 15% and the error rate and made savings of 150000 EUR / year / client.
Quality control of document re
Co-Founder & Community Strategist
We For Real
Sep 2020 - Present (6 years)
Co-founded a community strategy and consulting studio helping organizations design, launch, and strengthen communities. Advises on strategy, architecture, member journey, and platform selection, including Mighty Networks implementation.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
ASE Academy of Economic Studies - DOFIN
Master's degree, Finance, Banking and Econometrics
2009 - 2011
Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest
Master's Degree, Finance, Banking, and Econometrics
2009 - 2011
Pursued a Master's degree in Finance, Banking, and Econometrics, with a quantitative background that informs a data-driven approach to community strategy.
Academy of Economic Studies
Master's degree, Finance, Banking and Econometrics
2009 - 2011
Pursued a Master's degree in Finance, Banking and Econometrics at the Academy of Economic Studies.
ASE - FABBV
Bachelor's degree, Finance, Banking, Insurance & Stock Exchange
2006 - 2009
Academy of Economic Studies
Bachelor's degree, Finance, Banking, Insurance & Stock Exchange
2006 - 2009
Earned a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Banking, Insurance & Stock Exchange from the Academy of Economic Studies.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Website
weforreal.comSalary expectations
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