As you may have heard, our Tiny Together Team just launched a new book right over here! We are deeply proud of this 180-or-so pages of Project Management goodness (come join us for a Together Talk next week!), but we thought you, our…
Shared in our October 2021 Newsletter Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, Real autumn has arrived in DC, and this Maine girl is thrilled. The windows are open, the AC is off (until it is not because #humidity), and I’m stockpiling…
After a summer and fall teaching blitz (I’m still in it!), I’m finally getting the chance to follow up with course participants to see how you share Togetherness throughout your organizations. Andrea W., a leader at the Texas Education Agency…
Last fall, in anticipation of a dark, screen-filled winter ahead with a side of holiday loneliness, I built myself a Playlist. Not of songs, but a literal PLAY List: things to turn to when I needed a joy boost. Sidenote: Elena and I even talked…
Shared in our August 2021 Newsletter. Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, I greet you today, following SEVEN days of blissful solitude, from a semi-undisclosed-location near my Homeland. When you are a solo-parent whose kids go…
Note: The contest is closed as of June 18, 2021. After many fits and spurts (have you ever tried revising 80,000 words you wrote almost a decade ago?!?), I’m pleased to announce that The Together Teacher 2nd Edition is at the printer! I mean,…
We’ve written about open door policies here and here, and they’ve come back up to the surface as many of our schools continue in-person and in-office work. Mariama K., a school leader at Uplift Education in Dallas, shared her school’s shift…
In a recent pre-(online) class chitchat, my co-host Ana Gutierrez held up a small Hershey’s chocolate nugget. I was all, “WHAT IS THIS DELICIOUSNESS??” and she said, “I have a quarter of this chocolate bar as we finish each fourth of…
One of the biggest worries we hear about Togetherness that it feels too rigid, too structured, too . . . . Which is why it is such a treat to see the flexibility we hope to preach in action. We lead our Together Trainings with the loud and clear…
My boyfriend Toby and I are still going strong! But three of my favorite school leaders based here, here, and here introduced me to their new inbox savior, Superhuman. Intrigued! I wandered over, entered my email address, and got this back in…