Project: Training for an Arts Foundation artists cohort Goal: Individual artists and arts organizations receiving funding have a path forward to revenue once the funding is done Outcome: 17 values-driven organizations or individuals received a 2-session training, with interstitial work, in which they learned about entreprenurial options and sketched out a path to positive revenue… Continue reading Diversifying Revenue Streams for Arts Orgs
Category: Writing/Speaking
New podcast: Have a Nice Life!
If you haven’t noticed, I’ve been quiet here … because I launched a podcast that I’m really exited about! Listen on Spotify or Apple podcasts or watch on YouTube. Pippi and I combined forces with what we know about career changing and financial needs and where people get stuck in their intentions to change. We created a clear process [see… Continue reading New podcast: Have a Nice Life!
The magic of prototyping
In conversation with design thinking Professor and agile shop Director of Staff Maggie Lewis, I go off on prototyping and why we all should be doing it. Three words: learn by doing.
Keynote: Active Care Interventions in Workshops
I came to facilitation after many years of hosting and presenting live performances. The similarities are deep: engage people, care for them and their experience, produce something meaningful worth everyone’s time. And, sometimes: things go sideways. I presented a framework for active care at Voltage Control’s Control the Room facilitator conference in Austin, 2022. The… Continue reading Keynote: Active Care Interventions in Workshops
Be a Problem-Finding Wizard
~ or, at least, stop solving the wrong problem and wasting your time!~ Question: Modern life. Adulting. Dayjobs. Projects, Clients, Stakeholders. Our families. Vacations. Money … Which one of these doesn’t have problems? Answer: they ALL do, sadly. Our challenge is to identify WHICH problem to work on next with our precious, limited time. That’s… Continue reading Be a Problem-Finding Wizard
Digital Security Training Guide for Organizations
From Fall 2017 – through the Spring of 2018, I got to work with ten other trainers to collaborate on the design and facilitation of a digital security training series for organizations, and our pilot group was organizations supporting immigrants in NYC. In particular, our goal was to “build power – not paranoia!” Over the… Continue reading Digital Security Training Guide for Organizations
SXSW 2018: From Publishing City Data to Solving Problems
I was on a panel March 2018 at SXSW, talking about my work with open data, sharing this stage with the smart: ADRIENNE SCHMOEKER, New York City Mayor’s Office of Data and Analytics MARY TOBIN, Brownsville Partnership ZACK BRISSON, Reboot Sharing stories from the front lines of data impact, we will shine a light on… Continue reading SXSW 2018: From Publishing City Data to Solving Problems
Smart Cities NYC 2017: Open Minds, Open Data panel
It was an honor to share the panel stage with Dr. Amen Ra Mashariki, Beth Noveck, and Lourdes German at the Smart Cities NYC conference. The core questions I asked were: What tools or frameworks do we use to generate broad civic engagement with our metrics and data sets? How do we see our development… Continue reading Smart Cities NYC 2017: Open Minds, Open Data panel
The ethics of algorithms: nonprofits, open data, and feedback loops
I recently gave a talk at Thoughtworks’ Ethics of Algorithms series, which was a great opportunity to examine how structured logic appears in my work with decidedly unstructured-leaning organizations. A few key takeaways: Feel free to grab the slides if they’re of interest: Ethics of Algorithms_Dec16
Queer & Radical Cataloging Conferences
I’ll be speaking about the Interference Archive, disruptive cataloging, and technology that works with activist organizing tactics at two conferences in the coming weeks: April 4 at Queer Internet Studies workshop, and April 11 at the Radical Archives Conference.