March 28, 2022
In our work, we are fortunate to see tons of Later Lists, like the models here and here. And as you know, The Together-Verse is all about organizing yourself in ways that work for YOU. So, you can imagine our delight when a recent The Together…
March 5, 2021
I recently had the pleasure of meeting some lovely and talented Texas-based school leaders—who managed to participate 100% in our Together Trainings, despite power outages, burst pipes, and no water in their schools and homes just the week…
February 22, 2021
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…
February 5, 2021
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…
March 27, 2020
Most of us are working. . . shall we say, differently, right now? And what may have worked pre-pandemic likely isn’t holding up anymore. And what worked – or let’s say at least duct-taped us Together – during panic mode may not hold up…
March 12, 2020
Knock, knock, tap, tap, ahem. . . Are you guys out there? Of course you are! And I’ve MISSED you!!! We’ve been hanging on the Insta regularly, the Facebook occasionally, and the Twitter NEVER. And Together Trainings have kept the team…
May 9, 2018
Remember our totally digital friend Sarah? We were together recently in Boston and experimented with what has turned out to be my recent favorite Outlook calendar trick. (Or “hack” if that is the language you speak.) Outlook Calendar is…
February 22, 2018
On a recent hang in Houston, I re-met Together Tribe member Chris F., a Dean at Relay Graduate School of Education. Chris is a digital loyalist, and I spied this amazing Excel sheet over his shoulder. Chris uses Excel as his main Together…
October 10, 2017
When I bumped into Andrew K., a Director of Special Services and former ELA teacher, he already had it pretty Together. His charter school network is very Outlook-y, and he was very much in the habit of scheduling his To-Do’s directly into his…
March 22, 2017
Transferring To-Dos after meetings is kind of the worst. Our next steps often linger in a notebook, never to be seen again. Even in the best case, manual transfers or cut and pastes across digital tools are still annoying and time-consuming. But…