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Suggested Reading: Agile in the Rustbelt

If you’ve seen my talk or been following my work with a cross-functional cohort of nonprofit and public sector leaders who are attempting to break the cycle of poverty in a small, midwestern community, you might be interested in learning how you could apply this way of working in your neck of the woods. If…

The Mentor Myth: Join me at WITCon Columbus on October 14

I’ve been working on a new talk lately and I’m pretty excited about it. It’s called “The Mentor Myth: Half-Truths and Real Talk about Claiming our Seats at the Table”. I’ll be debuting it at Columbus WITCon on October 14. “Get a mentor.” It’s common advice, especially for women. Unfortunately, it’s rarely enough. Because mentorship…

The Gas Station as a “Third Space”

I sometimes stop at the gas station in the morning after I drop my kids off at the bus stop to fill up my tank. It’s the only gas station for miles, the only anything for miles, really, sitting on a hill next to a rural divided highway on the edge of a small village.…

Won’t you join me? (P.S. It’s Free!)

🎤 Guess what? I’m presenting at the 2026 Agile in Nonprofits Online Summit on Thursday, October 2 (12–2pm ET)! My session, “Agile in the Rustbelt,” tells the story of a cross-functional group of nonprofit and public service leaders who used Agile methods to take on poverty in their small midwestern community — what we set…

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